etcadman
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Yesterday I unintentionally tested the range of my Niro EV. Had a series of errands to run with family, including returning one child back to college, and found myself running low on range. Probably could have squeezed a fast charge before heading out for the long drive, but only down to 80% I didn't think I could regain much for less than an hour while also loading the car, etc. So we headed out. By the way, at the end of driving 253.8 miles freeway at the end of the day, my 2019 Niro has 16,900 miles. Normally I would have logged more miles by now, but a year of the pandemic and limited driving.
After finishing the college dropoff, we were in a hurry to stop by a store for an important purchase which was 52 freeway miles away, with another 30 freeway miles from there home. The range meter showed only 62 miles range remaining. If I stopped along the way we'd possibly missing closing, an hour 45 minutes to go with at least one hour of driving with traffic. So I opted to turn the regen off (easy to do with the paddles) and maintain a steady speed with always someone breaking the wind in front of me, ie drafting. With the freeway fairly level and traffic keeping the flow between 55-65 mph, we managed to get to our destination on time, with 45 minutes for me to quick charge and return to load before actual closing. So quickly found a level 3 50kw charger 3.2 miles away and when I arrived my pack was at 3% and the distance drive since 100% that morning at 253.8 miles. Quickly plugged in Charged for just 20 minutes and unplugged at 25%, showing 64 miles range and zipped back to the store to load up our purchase right at closing, just in time.
But that's definitely the furthest I've driving on a single charge, with performance at 4.1 m/wh. I only hypermiled for that last let since I had traffic flow and passengers to accommodate most of the time. In round numbers that means the consumer visible capacity is about 64kwh on the pack, which is spot-on for the vehicle specs. (253.8 miles divided by 4.1 m/wh divided by 0.97% used).
Has others tested the range, and what kind of results?
I've heard of owners driving long distances at higher efficiencies (>4.0 m/wh), but I have typically driving 3.6-3.9 m/wh on the freeway and sometimes racked up slower city travel as high as 5.1. Please chime in with your comments and stories.
After finishing the college dropoff, we were in a hurry to stop by a store for an important purchase which was 52 freeway miles away, with another 30 freeway miles from there home. The range meter showed only 62 miles range remaining. If I stopped along the way we'd possibly missing closing, an hour 45 minutes to go with at least one hour of driving with traffic. So I opted to turn the regen off (easy to do with the paddles) and maintain a steady speed with always someone breaking the wind in front of me, ie drafting. With the freeway fairly level and traffic keeping the flow between 55-65 mph, we managed to get to our destination on time, with 45 minutes for me to quick charge and return to load before actual closing. So quickly found a level 3 50kw charger 3.2 miles away and when I arrived my pack was at 3% and the distance drive since 100% that morning at 253.8 miles. Quickly plugged in Charged for just 20 minutes and unplugged at 25%, showing 64 miles range and zipped back to the store to load up our purchase right at closing, just in time.
But that's definitely the furthest I've driving on a single charge, with performance at 4.1 m/wh. I only hypermiled for that last let since I had traffic flow and passengers to accommodate most of the time. In round numbers that means the consumer visible capacity is about 64kwh on the pack, which is spot-on for the vehicle specs. (253.8 miles divided by 4.1 m/wh divided by 0.97% used).
Has others tested the range, and what kind of results?
I've heard of owners driving long distances at higher efficiencies (>4.0 m/wh), but I have typically driving 3.6-3.9 m/wh on the freeway and sometimes racked up slower city travel as high as 5.1. Please chime in with your comments and stories.
