Range anxiety

[LeedsLoiner]

Hello all. Can anybody tell me how long my ZS ev 2025 will keep going for when the battery is approaching zero volts? Does it stop straight away or does it have a reserve, therefore reducing range anxiety.
My old car, a Honda Jazz when it reached empty used to say you have so many miles available, usually about 15 miles and would keep going, so no range anxiety there.

 

[wattmatters]

Can anybody tell me how long my ZS ev 2025 will keep going for when the battery is approaching zero volts?

At zero volts you car's battery is toast, never to be recovered or used again. Off to the recyclers. Fortunately that will never happen in normal use as the BMS will prevent discharge below a minimum voltage threshold.

As to range, when state of charge indicates 0% I would treat that as meaning the well is dry but the range estimator should give some idea.

Just don't allow the battery to become discharged that far unless there is no choice.

 

[Gadget Geek]

If you are range aware, you won't be range anxious. When you get down to 20%, use android auto to find a nearby charger.

 

[Data]

I've heard of some folks running to zero miles on the guessometer but still driving for another 12+ miles. This is really bad to do that. The battery suffers in that situation. Don't do it.

Hello all. Can anybody tell me how long my ZS ev 2025 will keep going for when the battery is approaching zero volts? Does it stop straight away or does it have a reserve, therefore reducing range anxiety.
My old car, a Honda Jazz when it reached empty used to say you have so many miles available, usually about 15 miles and would keep going, so no range anxiety there.

In reality you won't or shouldn't experience any range anxiety wherever you go. There are chargers all over the place & it's improving all the time. I have to confess I never have range anxiety wherever I go. If I go into the wilds where there are going to be fewer chargers I make sure I charge to 100 % before I start the trip & check Zapmap before I head out so I can plan for a charge should one be needed. I've never ever had a charging issue.

At zero volts you car's battery is toast, never to be recovered or used again. Off to the recyclers. Fortunately that will never happen in normal use as the BMS will prevent discharge below a minimum voltage threshold.

As to range, when state of charge indicates 0% I would treat that as meaning the well is dry but the range estimator should give some idea.

Just don't allow the battery to become discharged that far unless there is no choice.

Carwow during one of their interesting test videos drove several electric cars until the batteries were completely empty according to the GOM) to find out just how far they could go. At zero available miles showing on the GOM they still kept driving. The cars all came to a grinding halt eventually. All they did was to plug in & charge them up. All good!

Of course, the car probably prevents the total exhaustion of the battery. But they seemed to be eating into some sort of buffer (not the cars BMS only accessible buffer). It seems the cars gom is a bit conservative in what it shows us regarding range & of course it will vary from car to car.

It is very definitely NOT a good idea to run your battery down as Carwow did. Very bad for the car battery & will accelerate battery degradation.

 

[Gadget Geek]

Check out Bjorn Nylands YouTube channel. He runs all makes of EV down to zero fo see how far they go after tortoise mode.

 

[salty]

It is very definitely NOT a good idea to run your battery down as Carwow did. Very bad for the car battery & will accelerate battery degradation.

And not much good for your Heart or Bowels.