do people get anywhere near the 200 mile range?
I think I am correct here, when you said you have ordered the Long Range version Andy ??.
Regarding range, I can offer you an example of a trip we made only yesterday.
Paid a day visit to family on holiday in Harlech ( Wales ) and we live on the England / Wales border.
Currently, we are lucky to have the face lift Trophy LR after owning the original ZS EV for over two years prior.
We have done this same trip about 5 times before in the original ZS EV.
Yesterday, was our first trip the face lift model.
The weather was NOT great, with wind and rain and we needed the heater set at 25 degrees to keep the car nice and warm ( we are OAP's and feel the cold ).
The trip involves a lot of uphill climbing over the Welsh mountains.
Not ideal for EV range, but a good test of the car !.
I charged to 90% and reset both of the trips before starting out.
Made a note of the start mileage etc etc.
The GOM reported a predicted range of 242 miles.
We arrived to meet family and then set off to the Italian stye village in Portmeirion.
Then back into Harlech then back out again, for dinner heading towards Barmouth.
Returned back to Harlech, to say our goodbye's and then left for home.
It was 9.00pm when we started back, heater on / lights / wipers etc etc.
Arrived home safely after a great day.
This morning I checked the figures ( this is the bit that may help answer your question ).
We actually travelled 176 miles in total distance.
The GOM had a remaining range of 64 miles.
So, therefore there was only a two mile discrepancy between the predicted range AND the actual range covered.
The car returned 4.1 M/Kwh's over the trip.
Given the weather conditions and the steep climbing over the Welsh hill's, I am pretty pleased with that first long (ish) trip out.
REMEMBER - We only charged to 90% and not 100% !.
No way would we have made it in the original ZS EV unless we grabbed a small top up on route.
As we know, the charging facilities in Wales are pretty dam poor, to say the least.
So,
@andysimpson2 will the LR achieve 200 miles in the real world ?.
I would say only this - Hell yeah !.
Not total winter conditions of course.
Total energy costs for the day ????
Charging just the once from our home, using the cheaper rate "Off Peak" rate of 5.0p/kwh's - I think the total cost of the trip was about ................... £3.00 ish ?.
A taxi to the top of our road, will cost me more than that !.
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