PhilT
Standard Member
I have charged my MG 4 short range to 100%. For the last week or two, I have charged to 100%, but the mileage showing is greatly reduced to approximately 160 miles. Is this a winter thing or do I need the battery checked?
Winter thing. Your historic useage has probably been heavier. If you thrash the car, use AC etc in the summer the same will happen.I have charged my MG 4 short range to 100%. For the last week or two, I have charged to 100%, but the mileage showing is greatly reduced to approximately 160 miles. Is this a winter thing or do I need the battery checked?
Reset the overall mileage screen, it will go back up.
Interesting - I would have said 220 from our LR Trophys before this morning (when Mine was showing 270miles with the heating on) ... Having 'reset it deliberately' to 'See' what would occur... & it was as I expected ...It is a Winter thing.
I'm only getting about 140 miles range in the real world with my Trophy (LR), the GOM says 240.
If your GOM says 160 I'd bet yo won't get much more than 110 real miles.
Do you know if ECO mode does anything other than make you accelerate more slowly?Interesting - I would have said 220 from our LR Trophys before this morning (when Mine was showing 270miles with the heating on) ...
It turns the brakes into spongy cheese.Do you know if ECO mode does anything other than make you accelerate more slowly?
Sure ;-)....Can we stick to the SR for once?
Well actually I disagree. On a long run, its better to start with the best view of what the car could do, it will soon work out based on your driving and temp etc what you are going to get out of it.Which will make bugger-all difference to the actual miles he'll get from the charge. Not only is that fooling yourself, it's a recipe for running out of charge if you actually believe you've increased the miles the car will run on that charge.
The car is trying to do its best for you, to warn you about the real mileage you can expect based on the conditions that pertained last time it was driven. Telling it to forget all about that and go back to factory settings assuming summer weather and moderate speeds is nuts
I get that with the factors affecting it so is it based on previous history and does it correct itself at all Sorry to be so dull!!There a number of factors controlling the estimated range - cold weather reduces range, your driving style, your regen setting, the balance status. My Trophy shows a range drop from 260 odd to around 240 but I have not balanced at 100% recently and have not had a long trip. I would not worry.
Edit: use of the heater reduces range too.
Which is good advice whatever type of battery you have - as are a number of other contributions in this thread. Agreed the two types may behave differently in cold weather, but a lot of stuff here is useful for both. I don't see this as an LFP only thread.It's best to remember what the range was after you've driven at a particular speed in particular conditions, so that you can use that to guess how far you'll get in similar conditions. But restoring your GOM to factory settings is probably the worst thing you can do, especially in winter.