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Electric cars: Owners share their real world range figures

12th February 2024, 09:05 by Ananth Iyer

This space is for EV owners to share their real-world range experiences, helping potential EV buyers make informed decisions.

BHPian linuxworld recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

I noticed there's a fuel efficiency thread for ICE, but let's have a dedicated EV range thread! This space is for EV owners to share their real-world range experiences, helping potential EV buyers make informed decisions.

Format:

Car and Model:
Year of Manufacture:
Kilometers Driven:
ARAI / Manufacturer Claimed Range:
Real-World Range:
City Usage (%):
Highway Usage (%):
Home Slow Charging (%):
Outside Fast Charging (%):
Battery Capacity:

Feel free to contribute, and let's build a valuable resource for the EV community!

Here's what BHPian Chrome6Boy had to say on the matter:

Car and Model: MG ZS EV
Year of Manufacture: 2022
Kilometers Driven: 32,000 km
ARAI / Manufacturer Claimed Range: 400 km
Real-World Range: 330 km
City Usage (%):50
Highway Usage (%):50
Home Slow Charging (%):95%
Outside Fast Charging (%):5%
Battery Capacity:50 kWh
I do not drive to extract the max range from the car. On highways I drive on Sports mode with a max speed of 110 kmph, in the city it is normal mode.
I always keep the regen on max as I love the feeling of "engine breaking".
The only times I use a fast charger are on our infrequent road trips. The remaining time it is charged at home. We also have a solar plant at home which making charging the car extremely cheap.
For our usage this car has a perfect range combined with reasonably exciting performance.

Here's what BHPian electric_eel had to say on the matter:

Car and Model: Nexon EV Max
Year of Manufacture: 2022 -- Delivered in December
Kilometers Driven: 23,000
ARAI / Manufacturer Claimed Range: 453
Real-World Range: 360 (full load, AC at 25) long trip
City Usage (%): Difficult to say (see notes)
Highway Usage (%): Difficult to say
Home Slow Charging (%): close 100%
Outside Fast Charging (%): only 4 times so far
Battery Capacity: 40.5 KWh
I have not given the City/Highway split because it is a bit more subtle. I live in Palakkad which is a very small town. Most of my 23K kms are for office commutes (about 40 Kms) round trips but it is not through the city. About 50% highway and the rest through country road. For most people in Kerala (except perhaps people in Kochi, driving will be through country roads mostly). So I am not an outlier in any way.
I do Palakkad-Thrissur-Palakkad trips often (about 200 Kms round trip + local travel). This is easily done with a single charge. Recently I did a Palakkad-Kozhikode-Palakkad about 280 kms round trip again on a single charge (SoC drop to 100-22%). The longest I have drove on a single charge is Palakkad-Piravom round triple of about 314 km (SoC 100-17%).
My most efficient drive was 99 KWh on an early morning Palakkad-Coimbatore airport early morning drive (140 km round trip) but I am confident in extracting 110 Wh/km with full load and AC any day for long trips (multiple short trips are less efficient).
I was always a defensive driver (ICE or EV) and that greatly helped in getting good range from the beginning. I am most comfortable in cruising around 80 Kmph on highways and mostly stick to that although once in a while I do touch 90-100 but never go beyond 100.

Here's what BHPian V.Narayan had to say on the matter:

Car and Model: Volvo C40
Year of Manufacture: 2023
Kilometers Driven: 1500
ARAI / Manufacturer Claimed Range: 530 kms at 100%
Real-World Range: 475kms at 100%
City Usage (%): 67%
Highway Usage (%):33%
Home Slow Charging (%):50%
Outside Fast Charging (%):50%
Battery Capacity: don't know

Here's what BHPian mally2 had to say on the matter:

Car and Model: Tiago EV LR
Year of Manufacture: 2023
Kilometers Driven: 15000
ARAI / Manufacturer Claimed Range: 315
Real-World Range: With AC 100-0% - 190km@130whkm - 230km@110whkm
City Usage (%): 90%
Highway Usage (%): 10%
Home Slow Charging (%): 90%
Outside Fast Charging (%): 10%
Battery Capacity: 24kw

Here's what BHPian sharathkamath04 had to say on the matter:

Car and Model: Nexon EV Max
Year of Manufacture: 2022 -- Delivered in Sept
Kilometers Driven: 25,000
ARAI / Manufacturer Claimed Range: 453
Real-World Range: 300km per charge
City Usage (%): ~330
Highway Usage (%): 290km @ 100km/hr speed
Home Slow Charging (%): close to 80%
Outside Fast Charging (%): rest 20% on highways or Malls
Battery Capacity: 40.5 KWh
Charging Infrastructure is improving every month with new chargers set up. Even BPCL chargers are now turning on slowly.
300km range is perfectly to drive 500km in a day, if you plan breakfast and Lunch at hotels with chargers.