Discussion
cc3 said:
We have had one for 12 months. Great car super quick but it never shows more than 110 miles when charged. We have an Andersen wall box.
Is 100 miles a realistic range for local non motorway usage?We are considering swapping our N18 Cooper S for one. It would be an all electric fleet
Maracus said:
cc3 said:
We have had one for 12 months. Great car super quick but it never shows more than 110 miles when charged. We have an Andersen wall box.
Is 100 miles a realistic range for local non motorway usage?We are considering swapping our N18 Cooper S for one. It would be an all electric fleet
cc3 said:
You will get 100 miles but if all one trip you will be marginal on any reserve. It’s a great car
I am considering one of these.I would have a requirement to once a week drive it 38 miles at 05:00 in the morning (so dark, cold), leave it in an airport car park for 4 days then drive it home at night (so dark, cold, assuming winter).
Would that be tight with the Cooper SE's range? Thinking worst of winter with lights, wipers, heaters, aircon....
cc3 said:
We have had one for 12 months. Great car super quick but it never shows more than 110 miles when charged. We have an Andersen wall box.
Thanks. Do you ever use the granny charger? I may not be able to easily get a wall box installed (potentially not enough capacity for one without laying another electricity cable) so interested in times to charge etc. Any other surprising things after 12m of ownership?
Cheers!
Picked up my Level 2 back in March last year and love it to bits. Most of time I just trundle round in it, but on a fun bit of road it is great to drive.
Like the others range rarely goes over 110 miles (and in winter it can "report" as low as 85), but I do mostly very short trips and I see the range increase on longer journeys.
I have a Pod Point charger installed, but almost always charge with Granny Charger, as I have solar panels and often have 1-2KW free.
If I plugged car into PP then I would be pulling 4-5KW from the grid, but using the GC takes a lot longer, but means bulk of electriciy used is free.
Like the others range rarely goes over 110 miles (and in winter it can "report" as low as 85), but I do mostly very short trips and I see the range increase on longer journeys.
I have a Pod Point charger installed, but almost always charge with Granny Charger, as I have solar panels and often have 1-2KW free.
If I plugged car into PP then I would be pulling 4-5KW from the grid, but using the GC takes a lot longer, but means bulk of electriciy used is free.
Edited by mini_se on Thursday 1st July 11:27
I have an R57 JCW at present and will be changing in the near future. Would like to go electric but 85 miles range is pretty hopeless in the middle of winter. I drive on the M4 daily, one thing I have noticed is that for all there speed It is rare to see a Tesla outside the inside lane at 65-70, given that I normally cruse at 80-90 what would range be like if I drove ‘normally’
You have to take these range estimates with a large pinch of salt. Almost all my driving is 3-5 mile round trips, going up and down a steep hill. There is something about this type of journey that really messes up the estimated range.
On the relatively few occassion I ever go for longer drives I see the estimates range either not drop, or even initiially go up as I drive and it is not uncommon for me to have gone 10-15 miles and still have the same estimated range I had when I left.
I don't know if this is down to the hill i.e. regen going down does not match energy to go up, if there are "warm up" costs that dominate in my short trips, a combination of both or something else.
For me and my driving it is of no concequence, as even a Smart ForTwo could manage the range.
I meant to do it last winter but did not, but this winter I may wait until I see one of the low estimated ranges and then just drive to see how far I can get on a typical route i.e. mix of terrain and speeds. I suspect it would be 100 miles or so.
On the relatively few occassion I ever go for longer drives I see the estimates range either not drop, or even initiially go up as I drive and it is not uncommon for me to have gone 10-15 miles and still have the same estimated range I had when I left.
I don't know if this is down to the hill i.e. regen going down does not match energy to go up, if there are "warm up" costs that dominate in my short trips, a combination of both or something else.
For me and my driving it is of no concequence, as even a Smart ForTwo could manage the range.
I meant to do it last winter but did not, but this winter I may wait until I see one of the low estimated ranges and then just drive to see how far I can get on a typical route i.e. mix of terrain and speeds. I suspect it would be 100 miles or so.
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