Hello everyone, I recently got a 20plate ZE 50 R135. On a long trip 359miles. Any tricks on how to plan this type of trip, what percentage of battery to stop for a charge. Do you actually get the miles the computer says you have? It feels the miles go too quick (no AC on). Thanks
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Actually to be fair mine said 137 miles on full earlier but this is definitely related to driving style and patterns. I spent a week bombing around at 70 then the following week just going 1 mile to work and back. So I thought I'd go for a longer and more casual drive today (max 65mph), then plug in again. The result: range at full jumped to 170.
Nice haha. No you won't get 200 miles at this time of year. Mine said 134 last full charge! So that's about right.
Try not to reset the trip meter too often - each reset is back to the most optimistic and then it needs to recalculate back down to reality again. Unfortunately winter really takes it toll on the range due to more air resistance and effects on the battery. 140 winter 210 summer and 180 in the middle seems to be about right to me. If you do a lot of short journeys with preheating beforehand like I do, then the estimate will be lower still.
Hi all. Can someone please explain to me, is something wrong with my car or what. So, after charging it shows 199miles, i go on this approximately 40mile commute, on the motor way I go 60-70mph (which is most of the travel time), When I get back, the journey/ trip computer shows that I have done like 78is miles but I have around 70miles left. Should I not have enough battery to go on this commute twice?
In the summer it can do 180 on long journeys, even driving 70. However, I can't drive that far without a coffee and toilet, so I often stop after about 2 hours and give it a quick charge while I'm having a comfort break.
Heya, recently got mine, to give an idea one trip I just did today (mild summer weather 16-19C) was a 160 mile round trip consisting of 100 miles of motorway, the rest of it mixed (some 70mph dual carriageways some town and city)
Where possible I did 70 on the motorway which was quite often but we did have maybe 10-20 miles worth of slower congestion stretches. I drove normally - not like a hypermiler but also not like I stole it. My foot was heavy enough to get on with it exiting roundabouts for example and not have people tailgating me for gradual acceleration (top end of the green zone on the dial basically)
Returned home with 30 miles left so total range under those conditions 190 miles. I'd guesstimate pure "MSA to MSA" mileage on a long run would be more like 160, doing 70.
Using ABRP app (highly recommended route planner) I find its guesses quite accurate so far. I also notice that the difference between 60 and 70 mph max speed isn't the HUGE dent in range that it was in my old 22. This reflected in some testing I did last weekend. If you're looking to get A to B quickest, it seems the DC charging is fast enough that you're better off doing 70 and charging slightly more often than trundling at 60. But there are also economical and environmental concerns to take into account of course.
It's worth playing with ABRP, I find it very close to reality for my driving, maybe mildly pessimistic. I just told it to calculate a long stretch of pure motorway at 0C and 13mph wind I.e. winter, doing 70. Looks to be about 120 miles in those extremes.
I'm happy with it as it gets me places I want to pop out to on the weekend without the constant charge stopping my 22 needed. Time will tell in the winter :)
Thanks guys
Hi, you will get the mileage the computer says you have .... IF you continue to drive the same way as you have been. If you have been driving in town and then switch to motorway, then you will be getting a lot less. It will, however, recalculate once you have been driving on the motorway for a little while and that reading will then be fairly accurate. You can reset before you start your trip, so that you have a quicker re-calculation.
Speed has a big difference when it comes to range. I drive around 60 mph on motorways, ECO mode off.
I find then I get what the computer says more or less.
I had a 72 plate. I found homing past 50 dropped the mile range a lot faster than town running. I got 240 in summer used local. Go anywhere and that can drop to 160 so easy. That is full charge. They recommend charge up to 80% and not below 20%. The last 20% charges much slower, hence trying to charge only to 80%. Constant charging over night when only covering low miles is not recommended, it causes battery degradation. The battery warranty accepts this, hence up to a certain percentage of loss won’t get you a replacement battery.
Hope it helps.