Pre heat

[emgie72]

I know I can manually pre heat the car via the iSMART app but can I set the heating to come on at a set time like pre setting the charging?

 

[N2STY]

Not seen that option it can only stay on for 10 minutes so I just do it manually before I decided to drive car really liking it in this cold weather probably used it 6 times today

 

[Vipar]

I have just checked my car after charging last night -2%. 80% shows 193 miles does that seem right?

Ooops ZSLRTC

 

[RobinH]

I have just checked my car after charging last night -2%. 80% shows 193 miles does that seem right?

Ooops ZSLRTC

Sounds fine. Mine shows about 175 on 80% currently, but then I drive it with heating on, 70% motorway and with no particular regard for economy!

 

[Gadget Geek]

Yeah, me too. 194 miles this morning after an overnight charge to 80%, although the % used doesn't drop that quickly when driving about, so I think the estimate is over cautious.

 

[Lovemyev]

Yeah, me too. 194 miles this morning after an overnight charge to 80%, although the % used doesn't drop that quickly when driving about, so I think the estimate is over cautious.

202 miles showing on mine this morning after a 80% charge, with both trips reset.

 

[N2STY]

180 at 90% but I do not reset trip counter and the gom is very accurate now I prefer it this way what the point of showing miles that's not achievable

 

[Vipar]

I did not reset the meter. Do I reset before plugging in?

 

[N2STY]

Only if you want the car to lie to you but for some reason people just like to see the higher unrealistic mileage

 

[Lovemyev]

Or - It could be seen as a very basic way of monitoring for battery degradation maybe ?.
I have been here on the Gen 1 ZS EV and I am keeping a close eye on what is going on now.
Time will tell.

 

[N2STY]

And I understand that but there are other ways just be seeing how many kw your car takes to charge works the same way or reset once a year mg won't do anything till degradation is over 25% each to there own way but if you let the gom learn it works to your advantage a car telling me I have 300miles is no good if I only get 200miles and could catch people out

 

[Lovemyev]

Yeah - I see that and agree, but it can bite you the other way as well.
It can work both ways really.
In the summer time, you charge to full and over that time it takes to burn that range, you are mainly conducting town driving, with no A/C running and are driving very carefully.
Your efficiency is great and the improvement in predicted range is high, due to this.
After the next charge, the GOM reports a predicted range based on that previous full charge of the battery, with careful driving etc including.
The predicted range is artificial inflated based on the historical data.
Your next trip is made in poor weather conditions and at motorway speeds with a strong head wind.
The car is now rapidly readjusting its prediction, based on the historical stored data.
Then it can leave the driver wondering why his predicted range ( at the start of the trip ) is suddenly decreasing much faster that the car had previously reported ?.
Now this CAN catch people unaware !
Both ways of doing this are simply a prediction, hence the word GOM.
I tracked my predicted range on our previous ZS EV Gen 1 over two years and almost 20,000 miles in a similar manner.
So, I can relate in a similar manner, what is roughly going with our Gen 1 model.
Enough to say that battery degradation was a real thing on our Gen 1 model.
Other owners have reported similar / more accurate SOH figures from their batteries, by using a OBD dongle and software to interrogate their SOH of their packs.
My “gut” method and simple man maths gets me close enough to know what is going on with my HV pack.
Depending on your usage case, I have now learnt that you do seriously need to build in a fair amount of extra ( fat ) capacity when choosing your EV battery size, this will truly offer some protection for both winter and future battery degradation, because there will be some !.