I'm sorry but I find that hard to believe. I take a usual trip of about two hundred miles and always stop once for a charge. there is never any possible way to make up that 30 minutes plus lost to charging, even if I made the exact trip in an ICE vehicle and stopped for fuel the time lost to charging is still longer.
30 minutes?
even if I achieve a best case charging scenario of going from 20-80% SOC in 20 minutes of charging, which is something that I have yet to achieve, you are not including the time it takes to go from the route you are on to where the charger is located, chargers are rarely directly off of an interstate.
That's fair. These things are off the beaten path, there's the hunt to find them, time spent waiting for charging to handshake/begin, time switching chargers if one doesn't work, etc.
Speed
what is a kick down?
When you are in range mode, you can floor the pedal and the maximum speed is temporarily suspended. The momentum that you get from those slingshot moments can be helpful. Obviously, everyone's driving style and geography will be a little different.
I have my max speed set in range mode set at 95mph or so, so I've never had you use that sort of driving style.
I have gotten up to 250kw and charged up to 80% in 20 mins. You have to get that low SOC pulling in, get that battery pre-conditioned and sometimes it’ll still be luck or state of the charger and if it wants to give those top speeds. I’ve done all the above and sometimes still “only” top out at 175kw. But you can save much time if you only stop when you have to. Like for 200 miles, I wouldn’t even stop during that drive unless there was no charging available at the destination I’m going to. I get 250-300 miles range (big battery) on road trips, depending on if I keep it 80 mph most times and under.
I have never gotten over 260 miles on an almost full battery, I disregard the guess o meter and rely on assuming a 245 mile range, 2021 4s with 20 inch all season tires.
Just trying to help And let folks know its possible. My car is similar to yours. My range estimator has been highly accurate. I’ve done trips now from Huntsville to Orlando (twice), Atlanta, Charlotte NC, New Orleans and only once was that meter really off and that’s on the way back from New Orleans and the temps dropped that day into low 30s and a seriously strong headwind blew the entire trip back. I’m not sure what’s the magic trick where some get close to 300 miles and other get closer to 200 mile average. I punch it when I’m local sometimes, but on roadtrips i take it smooth, average about 80 on the highways, sometime in the 90s but mostly just set cruise to 80 and I dont even put it in eco. Oh….one thing i know that affects range too is the AC. It drains range much faster than heat does for my car. I will typically put the AC in eco and 73/74 if I use it, or windows down if it is not too hot. Maybe that’s why i get higher range?
that could be, my AC is set at 67, I never use range mode but I don't buy that the AC has that dramatic of an impact on range.is the AC. It drains range much faster than heat does for my car. I will typically put the AC in eco and 73/74 if I use it, or windows down if it is not too hot. Maybe that’s why i get higher range?
