Range Update

[RogEletre]

2,000 miles in and Odo shows 50.9 KW per 100 miles so almost spot on 2 miles per KW.  Any software to give 10-15% more would be perfect.

Mixture of London, Motorway and Longer trip to Yorkshire and back so representative.

[Bibs]

Any range updates now the weather is more mild?

[aquiss]

I'm certainly seeing improvements compared to January. Similar runs compared to what I opened this thread with are now 275-280 miles, roughly 30 miles more.

Edited April 16 by Bibs

[RogEletre]

Yes 256 fully charged is now regular and 220 ish actual driving range.

Running almost exactly 2 miles per KW across entire ownership which is probably a more relevant metric?

Edited April 20 by RogEletre

[jimbobjoe]

Just completed a 500 mile round trip to Leeds.

Averaged 36 KWh/100 miles.

Very happy with that.

(Base model on 22" wheels, in range mode, and sticking to speed limit)

 

[DarrylV8]

We recently did Scarborough return (200 miles) cost £5.18 yes plugged in at home on Octopus overnight. As Jon, base model on 22” wheels in range setting and keeping within national speed limit 

As a very good friend said to me yesterday “a cheap fish and chips” 

[RogEletre]

So R is about as big a hit on range as we suspected.  Approx 30% less range than S/Base on 22s based on figures above.  

I drive in Individual generally:

Suspension: Tour, Power: Tour, Steering: Sport, Brakes: Sport

Edited April 29 by RogEletre

[aquiss]

So I did exactly the same trip (and I mean exactly the same, same roads, same start and end point and driving like I normally do...mix of 50MPH -> 80MPH - like we all do...real world stuff.)

Back at the start of this post, I reported 61 miles left after doing the trip (with 19% battery)

Now running on 1.5.0 HyperOs and in summer months, I returned home with 119 miles left (34% of battery left)

Yes they are at different times of the year (Winter v Summer Temps), however, in winter I had heaters, lights and wipers on....in Summer I'm trying to cool the car down...so pretty compared, from a car wide use of systems.

I'm basically hitting a solid 300 miles on proper runs now (Eletre S on 23" wheels), something I said a few months back was possible on this platform.

[kabre]

I had a longish run to Swansea and back last week, and I also can report much improved range.  I'm still on 1.4.0, so thinking that weather was the main factor in my improvement - and I rarely went above 70mph.  The car averaged just under 37kWh / 100miles, which based on 109kW usable battery gives the same 300mile range.  Mine is a base model on 22" wheels and standard wing mirrors. 

However, based on the release notes for 1.5.0, I would not be surprised if some of those things also have a marked impact on the range.  That might explain why your slightly larger wheels and speeds didn't seem to have much impact in comparison to mine - I do think that there is a big difference in range between 80mph and 7-mph.

But 300 miles of range is still about 20 miles less than my car always tells me it can do with a full battery.  I don't see why it does not better consider any previous recent average energy consumption in calculating range - I can only assume it is the marketing team that is concerned (probably quite rightly) about social media photos showing a disastrous range after someone might have been hammering the car around a track before recharging - not unlike the very early TG review of the original Tesla Roadster!

 

[PhilM]

This is great to hear as I'm about to hit go on an order for an S on 22" wheels and my only slight concern was range. Having said that, I'm comng from almost 4 years in a Model X long range where I achieve no more than 240 miles from full. My main worry is about movin away from superchargers to finding reliably fast charging on long journeys with work.

Possibly wrong place to post this question but should I get the dynamic handling pack? Ignore the cost of this option. Would it improve comfort as well as driving experience?

[kabre]

I can't comment on the dynamic handling pack - but w.r.t. moving away from superchargers - you will find everything a LOT more fragmented, and with a lot of variation between networks in regard to operation (though that is getting better with the increased standardisation of contactless payment) and lots of overly ambitious claims about the potential power that a charger can theoretically provide in comparison to the power it can actually provide based on the size of it's connection to the grid.  But you might also be surprised as to how many of the Tesla superchargers you are able to use in the UK whilst driving a non-Tesla!