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This is what you should know about mileage, I can tell you ,that you well not see the EPA range on the highway.
Most reviews of the AWD are getting around 225 miles highway driving, I well say that is a good estimate.
But there are a lot of variables, like, grades, wind, speed,. and more SPEED
here is one example, I left Las Vegas, for a So Cal. EV charge station that was 175 miles away, I had 213 range @95% charge,
I had a 30mph plus headwind, doing 80mph up grades, long story short , i had to reroute to closer charger, and I ended up @2.4 kwh per mile, That is only 170.4 miles on that charge
For stress free long distance driving ,i would just plan stations about every 150 miles,. and all ways give at least 50 miles of extra range from what the lie o meter tells you.
On my 4 other charges at highway speeds, i gave 60 miles of extra range , and each time i cut into that buffer range by 40 to 60 %, so plan accordingly.
that brings me to true range, ok 20% to 80% is the sweet spot of your battery , run it below 20% A lot , well degrade it over time, high speed charge over 80ish% takes its toll over time
So that really leaves 60% useable of the 225 miles the car is getting in real life.
Now that is not to say you cant push the battery to 5%, or high speed to 100, but again not the best for the battery.
So what did I leave out , oh ya , it charged fast , 21 min max charge time from 16 /95% avg charge of 170kw [from a 150hw charger],
and 239 kw frow a 350 charger.
The charging worked out to be stress free [ thank god]
The HDA driving mode is amazing.
Keep a microfiber cloth with ya as the front screen and the shinny black on the doors is a finger print magnet
After 1000 miles I now avg 3.0 kwh on mileage, no issues.
City driving in eco i was getting 3.8 kwh
WE love the car, and expect lots of people looking and asking questions about it!
Most reviews of the AWD are getting around 225 miles highway driving, I well say that is a good estimate.
But there are a lot of variables, like, grades, wind, speed,. and more SPEED
here is one example, I left Las Vegas, for a So Cal. EV charge station that was 175 miles away, I had 213 range @95% charge,
I had a 30mph plus headwind, doing 80mph up grades, long story short , i had to reroute to closer charger, and I ended up @2.4 kwh per mile, That is only 170.4 miles on that charge
For stress free long distance driving ,i would just plan stations about every 150 miles,. and all ways give at least 50 miles of extra range from what the lie o meter tells you.
On my 4 other charges at highway speeds, i gave 60 miles of extra range , and each time i cut into that buffer range by 40 to 60 %, so plan accordingly.
that brings me to true range, ok 20% to 80% is the sweet spot of your battery , run it below 20% A lot , well degrade it over time, high speed charge over 80ish% takes its toll over time
So that really leaves 60% useable of the 225 miles the car is getting in real life.
Now that is not to say you cant push the battery to 5%, or high speed to 100, but again not the best for the battery.
So what did I leave out , oh ya , it charged fast , 21 min max charge time from 16 /95% avg charge of 170kw [from a 150hw charger],
and 239 kw frow a 350 charger.
The charging worked out to be stress free [ thank god]
The HDA driving mode is amazing.
Keep a microfiber cloth with ya as the front screen and the shinny black on the doors is a finger print magnet
After 1000 miles I now avg 3.0 kwh on mileage, no issues.
City driving in eco i was getting 3.8 kwh
WE love the car, and expect lots of people looking and asking questions about it!