First Multicharge Journey

[Deleted member 2439]

On Thursday we will be undertaking our 1st multicharge journey from South west England to Central Scotland.

I have planned it on A Better Route Planner and it indicates we will require 4 short(ish) stops. These stops are not adding too much time to the overall journey time as we would normally be stopping at least once for a long leisurely lunch and depending on coffee consumption a couple of quicker comfort stops.

ABRP set the reference consumption as 275 wh/mile but don't know what that means in miles/kWh

We could reduce the charge stops to 3 but I chose to plan to arrive with 40% battery left as didn't want to be rushing about finding chargers as soon as we arrived.

What is the optimal cruise speed for the car do people think, my boy racer days are long gone and would usually be sitting about 65mph. I do not tailgate/slip stream lorries, don't wish to, and will just set the adaptive cruise control for a safe distance. I have seen too many rear end shunts to never want to be involved in one and debris thrown up by wheels can be avoided hopefully.

It will be interesting to see if we stick to the plan, chicken out and look for chargers sooner than necessary or take the oil burning Land Rover.

Got to do the return journey a week later so might involve more/less stops based on experience

To go from Wh/Mile to miles per kW is easy. One is the reciprocal of the other, i.e. divide 1 by one of them to get the other - works both ways. 275Wh per mile = 3.63 miles per kWh ?

 

[Gomev]

..... or divide it into 1000.

e.g 1000 / 275 = 3.63 m/kWh.

1000 / 3.63 = 275 Wh /mile

 

[biffo]

Unfortunately not.

I think I’ll stop here on way home from holiday, and then treat myself to a quick Ionity Gretna 10-20%-ish just for the hell of it!

 

[jamesie]

I think I’ll stop here on way home from holiday, and then treat myself to a quick Ionity Gretna 10-20%-ish just for the hell of it!

6 chargers. Never had to queue. Always got a charge, no problem. Take a book to read!