OT EV car range

alan_m · 2022-04-04T08:34:04+00:00

A Renault calculator to show how much the headline range of the EV drops when you speed up, use the heater or if its cold outside.They assume that you cannot have the heating or air conditioning on if the ambient temperature is within certain limits. They also assume eco mode cannot be used under certain conditions.With the default (electric) engine and batteryAt 31 miles per hour, 20C, no heating, range = 234 milesAt 68 miles per hour, 5C, heating on, range = 124 milesTheir published range for a full charge is 392km (245 miles)There is no mention of night time driving with lights on.

Apr 04, 2022 Last reply: 4 years ago 137 Replies

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Tim+ 4 years ago

OFFS, have you still not understood? There is no current analogy with filling stations as there is no shortage of them. If there *was* and Audi built their own filling stations for buyers of Audi cars, what grounds could any car owner have to object?

These stations would all be *in addition* to the existing network but would give Audi buyers peace of mind that they would always be able to fill up.

Tesla have not ?bought up? any charging stations, they?ve built new facilities.

Which part of ?stop digging? did you fail to understand?

Tim

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charles 4 years ago

Tesla?

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charles 4 years ago

As I understood, Tesla owners don't pay to charge their vehicles. Other users would have to.

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williamwright 4 years ago

I haven't heard of on-board charging.

Bill

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williamwright 4 years ago

I live in a cultural desert. Does that count?

Bill

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Tim+ 4 years ago

Nope. For a while early models did come with free charging and the deal is transferable so if you find the right older Tesla, you can still enjoy free charging. This deal was dropped some time ago I believe.

Tim

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charles 4 years ago

They might have to double thesize of the ferry's engines to cope.

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Jock 4 years ago

Straw man, Tesla isn't buying up existing EV charging stations and restricting who can use them.

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Steve Walker 4 years ago

And have a seriously good fire system - one bursting into flames while charging, on a packed car deck, could be interesting, with them being so difficult to extinguish.

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Theo 4 years ago

Irish Ferries do it:

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Theo

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Steve Walker 4 years ago

Hopefully they are prepared for any problems. However, 2 hours on a 7 kW charge rate is not overly useful - and one of the other ferries is listed as a 3.5 kW charge rate.

By the time you have driven to a port, you have likely travelled some distance and will have more distance to travel on the other side. 7 kW on a Birkenhead to Belfast night crossing would be quite good - you'd arrive after a sleep and have a pretty well fully charged car for your onward journey.

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charles 4 years ago

My 30A (7.5kW) supply gives me 24 miles range in an hour.

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ARW 4 years ago

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Jock 4 years ago

Which isn't much use at all for a car on that ferry.

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charles 4 years ago

exactly

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alan_m 4 years ago

I'm sure that P&O have fully trained their replacement crews by now :)

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alan_m 4 years ago

Or enough power to keep you warm/cool whilst waiting in the queue :)

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Theo 4 years ago

Yes, it makes a lot more sense on an overnight crossing - and there's more energy available over 6-8 hours than two. The Orkney/Shetland folks were interested in it for the Aberdeen-Kirkwall-Lerwick ferry - it's 6 hours to Kirkwall and then 8 more hours to Lerwick. Saves a rush of people coming off the boat and then all wanting to fast-charge at once.

Not a huge number of cars can be charged at present but that's probably because they're retrofitting it to the current ships and not wanting to make big wiring changes.

Theo

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