I know this is a common-ish question here but here goes. I’ve had this car for less than a week, technically bought used but only had 1000 miles on it. For reference, here are my driving conditions:
Central coast of California where mornings are ~40F and afternoons are ~70F. I commute ~140 miles a day for work. I’ve driven round trip from work twice now. The first time I drove to work was definitely fast (80mph) and then I realized how much speed influences my estimated mileage so I’ve slowed down to ~70mph. My 70-ish mile drive to work has cost me about 100 miles of range with about 2.1mi/kWh efficiency.
Today was only the second time I’ve charged it and after charging to 90% my estimated range was only 214mi. I know that the estimated range changes based on recent driving but being 65 miles below the expected mileage at 90% was concerning. However my efficiency increased a lot on the way home to >3.0 mi/kWh.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Edit: I also want to add that this change happened very suddenly between my morning commute to work and my drive home. My drive to work used almost 100 miles of range with 2.1mi/kWh efficiency. My drive home used about 65 miles of range with 3.2 mi/kWh efficiency.
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I would give it some more time to get more accurate averages, could be a high wind day causing more drag. I’d expect 3.0miles per kWh or better with your car at those speeds though, I get 3.0-3.2 on the highway with my Ioniq 5 AWD at 65-75.
The displayed range on startup is really just based on your current average efficiency + exterior temperature. It dropping precipitously under those circumstances isn’t concerning.
Overall, I’d focus on how much % SOC you use and get a feel for your commute rather than worrying about displayed range. That’s just the car trying to estimate based on external factors and isn’t worth worrying too much about until you’ve got quite a few miles on the car and it’s got a better estimate of your averages.
we’ve had some santa ana events recently so depending on where exactly on the central coast you are and what direction you drive, you could have easily been driving 80mph into a 15min wind. you might also wanna take a look at whether you have a net elevation change between your home and your work location.
I finally get it, guys 😅 idk why it took 8 people saying the same thing but it finally clicked this morning lol
I pretty easily get 270-300 miles of true range in my 22 EV6 Wind AWD, keep it at 70 MPH or below if you want good range, speed is a range killer. use HDA as much as possible also.
Check your tire pressure. My EV6 Wind RWD loses range quickly if the tires go below 35psi. They are spec’d for 36psi.
The difference suggests you may going slightly up elevation to work. If I got it alright you are using 165 mi stated range for a real world 140m. That’s good
I’m guessing you drive uphill on the way home?
Freeway driving does not get EPA range in EVs. It just doesn’t.
In Tesla forums everyone is calling the “Elon scam”.
It’s not a scam, it’s just physics of how EVs work and how the EPA rates the mileage.
The EPA is basically rating them based on city driving with a little bit of light 55mph freeway driving.
For most people charging at home means range doesn’t matter that much. If you’re trying to do 160 mile commute with only public charging, I’m sorry but it’s not going to be amazing.
In a round trip you can have one way using for more percentage of the battery depending on elevation and winds.
But at 140 miles a day, you need to look at moving. Jesus Christ that is nuts
Unfortunately, the city that I work in is much more expensive than commuting 🫠
Likely not once you do the math
Well I was able to buy a home in my current city while the city I work in often has no homes for sale under a million dollars, so…
You factored in your health huh? Increased risk of obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, cardiac arrest…: