Issues with Range/Power usage

[bumrar]

Hi,

Just got a second hand MG4 Trophy Long Range. Using it to commute to work but getting what seems to be dreadful range based on my reading of like posts on this forum.

Essentially its a 55min journey, roughly spit as A road (7 miles) B road (3 miles) and Motorway for 21 miles. the average speed over the whole journey is 35mph, doing about 75mph on the motorway. I'm getting 2.1 - 2.3mls/kwh over the whole journey.

At time of driving it was cold ~3-4 °C

I understand that the temperature and driving slower on the motorway would benefit usage, however I still feel like I would expect more range?

 

[salty]

Sounds about right to me. Some my say different.

 

[T1 Terry]

When we first bought our MG4, we weren't EV trained, just loved that performance the moment you stepped on the go pedal.
Then we learnt about changing to eco mode, watching the power meter on the right hand lower side of the drivers screen and realised that stab on the go pedal used a lot more battery than a lighter touch that still felt like it was going well, just not neck snapping ... but we still give it a bit every so often

Sports mode eats battery like you aren't planning to drive very far.

25% is still 1/4 tank of fuel, so not the panic point, 5% is when the old petrol gauge red light came on .....

T1 Terry

 

[Martinonline]

Using the HVAC reduces the range as well has high. Speed and acceleration.

What driving parameters have you set, eg, Sport, regen 1.

 

[LenEV2016]

Hi,

Just got a second hand MG4 Trophy Long Range. Using it to commute to work but getting what seems to be dreadful range based on my reading of like posts on this forum.

Essentially its a 55min journey, roughly spit as A road (7 miles) B road (3 miles) and Motorway for 21 miles. the average speed over the whole journey is 35mph, doing about 75mph on the motorway. I'm getting 2.1 - 2.3mls/kwh over the whole journey.

At time of driving it was cold ~3-4 °C

I understand that the temperature and driving slower on the motorway would benefit usage, however I still feel like I would expect more range?

Seems normal for the time of year, guessing heating on and you are doing 75 mph on the motorway

 

[siteguru]

Do 65 rather than 75 and it'll take you about 2.5 minutes longer for those 21 miles. However your consumption (efficiency) will noticeably improve.

 

[EvTek23]

@bumrar, All the previous responders have given thier experience of ev motoring, and I'd agree with them all. Keeping the efficiency up especially in cold weather is always a challenge. I did a journey similar to yours of motorway, A and B roads totaling 65 miles. My speed on the motorway was around 55mph. I also used the heated seats, and kept the HVAC on 22 degrees (no a/c).The journey worked out to an efficiency of 3.4mls/kWh.

 

[LenEV2016]

@bumrar, All the previous responders have given thier experience of ev motoring, and I'd agree with them all. Keeping the efficiency up especially in cold weather is always a challenge. I did a journey similar to yours of motorway, A and B roads totaling 65 miles. My speed on the motorway was around 55mph. I also used the heated seats, and kept the HVAC on 22 degrees (no a/c).The journey worked out to an efficiency of 3.4mls/kWh.

I get that slowing down on the motorway helps efficiency but 55mph is a step to far for me