Alistair S
Novice Member
2023 ZS EV, about 14,000 kms. I live near Wellington, NZ and drive over some relatively steep, sustained hills to and from work. I've found when below 50% battery and driving up these hills, the power output will be capped at usually 30% (but sometimes some other number) after perhaps 5 seconds of good uphill acceleration.
These are 100 km/hr roads, and when this happens I'm doing 80 km/h by the time I get to the top. The other day it happened in an overtaking lane with a merge coming up and I barely made it on front of the car to the left. So this is I'd say dangerous as well as poor performance.
I might expect power to be capped at 10% battery or something but not 50%. Dealer doesn't seem to be sure whether it is a fault at all. Anyone have experience with this?
These are 100 km/hr roads, and when this happens I'm doing 80 km/h by the time I get to the top. The other day it happened in an overtaking lane with a merge coming up and I barely made it on front of the car to the left. So this is I'd say dangerous as well as poor performance.
I might expect power to be capped at 10% battery or something but not 50%. Dealer doesn't seem to be sure whether it is a fault at all. Anyone have experience with this?
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