navneeth1986
Established Member
Hi Guys,
Just thought of sharing with you my experience of my first long drive in my ZS EV SR. Admittedly I did not plan this properly.
I had 75% battery when I set out from Bristol to Reading. When I reached Reading, it was on 10%. Yes, it drains real quick on the motorway, even with KERS on 3, and AC off(weather was okay-ish yesterday). The problem was a lot of charging points I planned to use were out of order. Luckily I got 1 usable one and managed to charge it. Also, another point, with a lot of EVs out there, the motor services charging points are always occupied, especially in summer when people are out and about. Needed to wait for least 45 minutes to get a free one.
On my way back, I tried to take the foot off the accelerator frequently, with KERS, it did help and a little bit to re-charge. But don't think you would see any difference.
Long trips need to be properly planned and risk accessed. I am hoping they increase the number of charging pods moving forward.
Lesson learnt:
1 . Always charge to 100% before going for a long trip.
2. If the charging points are occupied, wait and get it done, instead of moving to the next one(services). what if the next one is out of order.
3. Some charging points had just the pods, without the cable, worth having a spare type 2 cable.
4. when running low on battery, stay on the left-most lane, and take the foot off the accelerator more frequently. Little help with KERS.
Just thought of sharing with you my experience of my first long drive in my ZS EV SR. Admittedly I did not plan this properly.
I had 75% battery when I set out from Bristol to Reading. When I reached Reading, it was on 10%. Yes, it drains real quick on the motorway, even with KERS on 3, and AC off(weather was okay-ish yesterday). The problem was a lot of charging points I planned to use were out of order. Luckily I got 1 usable one and managed to charge it. Also, another point, with a lot of EVs out there, the motor services charging points are always occupied, especially in summer when people are out and about. Needed to wait for least 45 minutes to get a free one.
On my way back, I tried to take the foot off the accelerator frequently, with KERS, it did help and a little bit to re-charge. But don't think you would see any difference.
Long trips need to be properly planned and risk accessed. I am hoping they increase the number of charging pods moving forward.
Lesson learnt:
1 . Always charge to 100% before going for a long trip.
2. If the charging points are occupied, wait and get it done, instead of moving to the next one(services). what if the next one is out of order.
3. Some charging points had just the pods, without the cable, worth having a spare type 2 cable.
4. when running low on battery, stay on the left-most lane, and take the foot off the accelerator more frequently. Little help with KERS.