Electric car thread

[Jerry_Atrick]

24 minutes ago, red750 said:

Most Poms wouldn't go that far by car on their holiday.

Indeed! Reminded me of the first time SWMBO came out to Aus on holiday with me. We werein Melbourne and I decided to take her to Brown Brothers in Milawa. Sadly, she was not into flying in the big jets let alone a rented PA28, so it was to be by car. I told her we had to leave at 7am to get there by 12. She didn't believe me but went along with it anyway. not 2 hours into the trip, she was visibly frustrated, even though I still had what was a young VS commodire, which was comfy for those drives. By the time we got there, she was virtually a nervous wreck. "Who on the face of theis bloody earth travels that far by car  just for lunch.. and how f@cking big is this counrty???" 

 

Then she went and ordered roo while I had beef. Guess who ended up eating roo?

 

When we moved to Melbourne, she declined my offer of a drive to Mildura to have dinner at Stehano's. 

Edited 6 hours ago by Jerry_Atrick

[onetrack]

Here's an interesting site where official tests of fuel consumption and EV battery range are measured accurately, and checked against the manufacturers claims.

Unsurprisingly, many of the ICE models used more fuel than advertised, and a lot of the EV's battery range claims fell well short of the manufacturers claimed range.

 

The worst offender amongst the EV's was the MG4, which recorded a shortfall of 31% in battery range, against the manufacturers claimed range.

The MG company claimed a range of 405kms, but accurate/real life testing revealed a range of only 281kms.

 

That's a world of difference, and I can't understand how MG hasn't been hauled over the coals for making false claims.

 

https://realworld.org.au/

[kgwilson]

The WLTP range for the MG Excite 51 is 350km not 405km. The WLTP range for my MG Essence 64 is 435km with the lower spec Excite 64 it is 450km. None of the models has a quoted 405km range. This is the old out dated NEDC range which was very inaccurate & was created in laboratory tests in the 1980s based on urban driving. It was last updated in 1997.

 

A friend of mine has an Excite 51 & gets over 300km. In mine the range is about 380 to 400km based on 110km highway driving & some 50  - 80 km driving. Driving around in an urban environment at 50 - 60  kmh gives me much higher range. The range estimator (also known as the guess-O-meter) has given me 505km from a full charge & that would have been close if I hadn't gone over 50kmh. It has a level of intelligence that works out the range based on your driving style & it is surprisingly accurate.

 

It is 182km from my house to Gold Coast Airport & a few weeks ago I left with 100% charge & arrived with 52%. Most of this was at 110kmh on the Pacific Highway. I could have got home without getting a charge but just like with my old petrol car I would never let the fuel get that low. I spent 15 minutes at the BP in Ballina for a comfort stop & coffee & added some charge. Cost me $9.04 but there was plenty left when I got home. Other than long trips it costs nothing to run my EV as I charge from solar, supplemented by my home battery and 3 hours of free power every day. I'll never have to worry about the price of petrol going up because of wars or other reasons for shortage.

 

In any vehicle, electric or internal combustion it all depends on how you drive, the terrain, weather, the total weight of the vehicle and use of accessories like air conditioning etc.