kevin ellard
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- MG5 Trophy LR
I'm not sure that inflating the range prior to a journey is a great way to allay fears. I'd imagine it does a better job of delaying fears.Of course it won't give you a 'true' range, but many newer EVers are witnessing the winter 'range' for the first time. The effect of cold temperatures, short runs with the heater on and are causing a few 'what the heck' reactions.
Resetting the accumulated trip (all that is necessary) is a simple method to allay the fears that something could be wrong because the GOM range is so low.
When the car is calculating the range it doesn't know (or care) how the charging was done. It just looks at how much charge it has and how quickly the charge was being used in the last few miles.I am wondering if charging my 2023 MG5 Trophy to 100% via a 3 pin 13 amp in cold weather (around -1) should give me better than 145 miles?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
It is entirely possible that if you drove fast in sub zero temperatures you might only get 145 miles from a full battery. When I visit the south coast it is a round trip of about 150 miles and if the temperature is very low then I do a large part of the journey at about 60mph until I'm sure that I have enough in reserve to get home.