Efficiency over range

[LenEV2016]

Been saying this on here for a while, bigger and heavier isn't the way to go.

Forget range, electric car efficiency is what really matters for drivers looking to cut costs | Auto Express

Pete Baiden thinks the obsession with ever longer EV ranges is missing the point. More efficient EVs are what we need

www.autoexpress.co.uk

 

[MG Clive]

Must admit, I tend to check out the range first.

 

[Bam Bam]

Thinking environmentally efficiency is the key variable.

It also makes sense financially.

Where it gets a bit more complicated is that of course greater efficiency improves range as well!

The problem is that beyond a certain point it can be easier to get more range from extra battery than from (very marginal) efficiency improvements.

So OEMs stick in more battery capacity to attract those who worry unnecessarily.

I expect that as charging speeds increase and the charging network improves people will worry less about range and can focus on efficiency instead.

 

[salty]

Must admit, I tend to check out the range first.

Glanced at the so called 240 mile range of the X Power, even though we know it won't do that, particularly in winter and thought, that'll do me. The X Power's party peice, was what I was more interested in.
The range was definitely a secondary consideration with me. Although I can certainly understand why range is a big deal, to some.

 

[LenEV2016]

The thing is Tesla can give range and efficiency, so there are lessons there.

Nobody is getting range out of a battery like they do on the model 3.
The LFP standard range and rwd long range are about the best in the UK at the moment (range to battery size) and have been for a while

 

[emmrecs]

The thing is Tesla can give range and efficiency, so there are lessons there.

Nobody is getting range out of a battery like they do on the model 3.
The LFP standard range and rwd long range are about the best in the UK at the moment (range to battery size) and have been for a while

But at what price to the purchaser?

 

[GaryMG4]

I'm sure the M3 is a great tool, the software integration with the supercharger network would make it ideal to travel all over the UK for work. I'm retired, my longest day trip is around 170 miles so well within my range summer or winter. When you charge at home ay anything from 0p (solar) to 7p (IOG) the efficiency of 3-4.5 m/kWh isn't a factor but the £10k more for a M3 does matter, plus I wanted a hatchback and the MY is just ugly (juniper is little better).

 

[LenEV2016]

But at what price to the purchaser?

I'm not advocating the M3 as the be all and end all, what I'm saying is if they can do it so can others but the choose not to.
As it says in the article the current trend is just to chuck bigger and bigger batteries in cars

 

[GaryMG4]

I suspect it is easier to add battery than engineer an efficient drive train and aerodynamics tend to converge designs in one direction. The original Ioniq had good efficiency and even our e-Niro can be quite good given its weight and bulk. The problem is they listen to the 'I won't buy an EV until they can do 200/300/400 miles' rather than try to educate people that just because you drive to Cornwall once a year and drive 20 miles a day the rest of the time you don't need a range of 400 miles.