MG4 Xpower - Australian real world km range

[powerfulx]

Well ive worked out those nice tall trucks offer me incredible efficiency. Min distance on adaptive and watch the efficiency go crazy. Have done this multiple times, often i look around to see if anyone else has cottoned on. I always wonder what the truckie is thinking. I thought of it after my dad was saying he used to do it in his VW in the 70s, he was saying he used to get so close that it would pull him along. Not so sure thats true, but all i know is those numbers are repeatable for me.

 

[decrep]

Not worth it in my opinion, too dangerous.

 

[DixieTGS]

I thought of it after my dad was saying he used to do it in his VW in the 70s, he was saying he used to get so close that it would pull him along.

I think before power assisted brakes came along people used to regularly do it on bikes as the buses took ages to slow down - no pedaling at all. You wouldn't last 5 minutes if you tried that these days.

As above, I wouldn't risk it even in a car.

 

[powerfulx]

Not worth it in my opinion, too dangerous.

Its actually further back than you think, i was like no way this will work, there is plenty space, im not 3 meters off the back, test it out at 100 kmh it drops back way further than what ud think. Only worry would be rocks, however rocks that have hit me in the past are coming the otherway.

 

[woody1]

Hey All,

Its been about a month of owning a 2023 Xpower and I wanted to share my input so far on real world range in Australian conditions. Recently I went on a 900km round trip from Perth to Albany in Western Australia (450km each way).

Temp was around 17 degrees C, minimal wind, fan on 3 (no ac) and drive mode mostly normal with occasional overtake.

This is mostly a 110km/h stretch of up and down roads, with 2 potential fast changing locations on the way, Williams (200km) and Kojonup (300km). Initially I was hoping to get 300km on my first leg with 97% battery but soon realised this could be a stretch.

Driving through the city was fine, averaging approx 15kWh/100km which is normal for me (which technically you would think means you could get 400km from 60kWh battery but I found you need around 14kWh/100km to achieve that which equates to approx 54kWh???)

I soon realised once going 110km/h on the open road up hills etc without anyone in front that 300km is not achievable, economy went to an average of 23-24kWh/100km. If I dropped down to 100km/h and slipstreamed a car/truck this could go down from anywhere between 20-22kWh/100km.

Anyways long story short, if you are planning an open road trip, I would calculate you have at worse case maximum range of 225km before charging stops, this is factoring 90% battery (100%-10% to be safe).

This is based on worse case 25kWh/100km which is essentially 25km per 10%.

Yes sure in Eco mode with energy saving and driving 100km/h slipstreaming someone you could achieve 30km per 10% but I was amazed the difference going 110km/h on and open road compared to 100km/h on a flat freeway made (approx 16-18kWh/100km).

The upside is that you should really rest every 2 hours anyway which is approx 200km and I was amazed at the quick charging speed achieved on a chargefox station, at around 20%-60% charge I was seeing around 130kW then it tapered down to around 70kW, by the time I stopped at the toilet or had lunch, 20min approx to go from 20% to 80% or 40min 10%-100%).

My Stats for (%100 to 0%) normal mode so far:

• Combined/City driving average: 15kWh/100km approx (360km range)
• Motorway 100kmh approx 17kWh/100km (320km range)
• Open road 110km/h 24kWh/100km (250km range)

Hope this helps others get an idea of real world range for the Xpower and curious to see other drivers input, cheers.

I've got 64 essence. Going to Albany soon so will be interesting. Plan to stop at Williams. Done perth to Yallingup quite easily in winter. Power seems more thirsty. If I remember I will let you know how it goes. Not going till March though.