Welcome back warm weather

[Davn]

Nice to see the mls/kwh rise above 4 again?

 

[Rolfe]

Hey, that could have been my dashboard this afternoon, except I had only driven three miles (and was on 5.1)! Absolutely miraculous. I haven't seen it over 4 miles/kwh since about October if that, and seldom above 3 miles/kwh all winter. To be honest I was mostly hovering under or around 2.5 miles/kwh especially on short journeys.

 

[bobbarley]

I drove 100 miles on the motorway yesterday whilst it was pleasantly warm and never saw more than 3.2. I was doing 70mph though, so it’s probably about right.

 

[Davn]

I drove 100 miles on the motorway yesterday whilst it was pleasantly warm and never saw more than 3.2. I was doing 70mph though, so it’s probably about right.

Yes there not as good at continuous speeds, mine was all A roads

Hey, that could have been my dashboard this afternoon, except I had only driven three miles (and was on 5.1)! Absolutely miraculous. I haven't seen it over 4 miles/kwh since about October if that, and seldom above 3 miles/kwh all winter. To be honest I was mostly hovering under or around 2.5 miles/kwh especially on short journeys.

Have never got down that low but low 3s?

 

[Rolfe]

I see we are due to get 20ºC on Saturday. Which is almost a miracle for this neck of the woods in the first half of May.

Of course, Saturday is the day I have set aside to do the car's <10% to 100% charge, so not driving.

I could leave it, but I want to do it before I set off on the road trip on the 21st, and next week is going to be all chaotic with charger and solar being installed. Of course the charger will mean that I can do future long charges overnight and save this hassle, but I think I'd rather work up to that gradually as I get to grips with how it all works. Anyway, I've already got the car down under 40% and set to drop below 10% on the way home from my music lesson on Friday, so I'm not giving up now. (The SoC may well terrify my duet partner, in the passenger seat.)

 

[decrep]

Interesting thread, I wasn't aware that cold weather had such an impact on consumption.
It's been in the mid twenties here [ South Western Australia ] recently and we are currently sitting on 13kWh/100km around the burbs and 15 on the freeway. It's Confusing trying to compare with your 5miles/kWh. Going to have to invoke the calculator, this old brain doesn't do mental arithmetic as well now.
Working on 62 miles = 100km that's 4.8 around the burbs and 4.1 on the freeway.
So as Winter approaches and it gets colder I'll start using more power, and we'll have less sun to charge it back up. Never mind we have all summer free driving.

 

[hharzel]

I wasn't aware that cold weather had such an impact on consumption.

Can't wait for battery tech to improve and overcome this limitation. It really is a big thing if you live somewhere colder. -3°C this morning and consumption is still around 25kWh/100km.

 

[GaryMG4]

Hey, that could have been my dashboard this afternoon, except I had only driven three miles (and was on 5.1)!

Was that downhill? Last year on hols in Yorkshire the trip into Pickering from the cottage registered 7.3, downhill all the way, needless to say the return trip corrected the average.

 

[Rolfe]

Yes, it was slightly downhill. A drop about 200 feet.

 

[Waterstoney]

Was that downhill? Last year on hols in Yorkshire the trip into Pickering from the cottage registered 7.3, downhill all the way, needless to say the return trip corrected the average.

I had a round trip drive in London on 6 April. It was 19 deg C. I achieved 5.4 miles/kWh for that 2h 30 miles trip mainly in 20 miles zone. Mine is a ZS LR. MG4 should be more efficient.

 

[fnegroni]

Commute to office this morning in central London
At least the HVAC only used 1kWh. ?

 

[PeteC]

This was during my trip back from Scotland last Sunday. I was quite happy with that as I was doing 70mph whenever I could. Over winter I was getting around 3.2 at similar speeds.

p.s. Before I get told off, I asked my wife to take the photo!

 

[tsedge]

Long motorway journeys last weekend at a constant 65mph I was getting 3.8m/kWh.

 

[STG]

Warm weather.... It;s usually 3.xmls/kwh

 

[Lillemy]

Yes finally getting good range here in Norway as well.

 

[Davn]

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Commute to office this morning in central London
At least the HVAC only used 1kWh. ?

Wow nearly 1 1/2 hrs for 11 miles I could not do that!! You must have the patience of a saint ?

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Wow nearly 1 1/2 hrs for 11 miles I could not do that!! You must have the patience of a saint ?

And he was 10 minutes late!!!! I would have been quartered. Three times in a week and there is a obligatory hanging and drawing as well.

 

[QLeo]

Hey, that could have been my dashboard this afternoon, except I had only driven three miles (and was on 5.1)! Absolutely miraculous. I haven't seen it over 4 miles/kwh since about October if that, and seldom above 3 miles/kwh all winter. To be honest I was mostly hovering under or around 2.5 miles/kwh especially on short journeys.

Don't make me drive the 1.5 miles from the Crofters' Trust office, a trip where I discovered the efficiency meter only goes as far as 20mi/kwhr. I'd rather not discuss the difference getting there, though.

 

[dsimpkins]

Don't make me drive the 1.5 miles from the Crofters' Trust office, a trip where I discovered the efficiency meter only goes as far as 20mi/kwhr. I'd rather not discuss the difference getting there, though.

I suspect a large hill was involved. I can get the same figures on way home from work as first mile includes a large downhill section. Which gets completely destroyed on the next slightly uphill section at motorway speeds.

 

[dsimpkins]

View attachment 26179View attachment 26180Nice to see the mls/kwh rise above 4 again?

Here we go again, the range competition between myself and my wife will start all over again. She's beating me 5.4 to 5.3 miles/kWh.