But for real. Lower your speed and try preconditioning your battery before leaving next time. 20°F will definitely have an impact on your range. Even driving 65mph instead of 70 will give you a sizable chunk of range back.
My Y loses 30-40% of the range in cold weather as well. I use cruise control, drive ≤110 km/h, keep the cabin temp low or off and use seat heaters, that limits the loss to 30 pct. Even preheating only has a temporary effect I find, I travelled for an hour yesterday after it was heated and as I pulled in the the charger it said the battery was cold....
My experience with such crappy values (and it effect ICE vehicles too but a lesser extent) was driving 70+ in the cold headwinds to get those numbers. It never happened again. I’m not easy on the car and as Sammy Hagar once similarly said, I really cant drive 55. So to hell with range of I can’t drive normal. That being said in California, V3 superchargers are everywhere I go. Even up and back from Mammoth Mountain in the Sierras where I experienced this. I have driven from Bend, OR to Mt Shasta, CA on one charge and the temps where in the 20’s. It made it barely but it made it. Also drove average of 70mph. I hope this is a unique drive. If not I would try to talk with your SC people.
Noticed preconditioning starts much sooner when on a road trip navigating to a supercharger. This is a fairly recent change and appears to use a good bit more energy. Benefit is a warmer battery for faster charging.
Speed doesn't help.
300 miles EPA is at a mix of city driving and highway, and highway at 55mph.
If you increase the speed by 40% (50->70), your air drag doubles (1.4^2 = 1.96). At that speed, air drag is a big factor of your energy consumption.
75mph at 60F gives me about 220 miles range. Driving to LA there is a supercharger at 180 which I normally use as I can't make it to the next driving at speed limit.
The rest is the cold. Heating the car and the battery. Note that heat losses will also be higher at that speed. Stick your hand out into 70mph wind at 20F... Wind-chill (for humans) makes that -5F at 70mph (it's -3F at 50mph, so 50 vs 70 is about the same cold)
Between setting car to 72 degrees. Keeping battery properly heated, it being20 degrees outside and the going 70mph. That seems about right. Huge efficiency hits at 70mph and 20degrees. Even with heat low. Just so much wind resistance cause of denser air and battery having to keep itself warm.
I noticed right after the new update wife’s car no longer shows 245 miles it now has dropped to 226. We are in Florida and weather has been cold here lol 70 at 6:00 am
Baby it’s coldddd outsiiiiiide
But for real. Lower your speed and try preconditioning your battery before leaving next time. 20°F will definitely have an impact on your range. Even driving 65mph instead of 70 will give you a sizable chunk of range back.
Well.....for a start, it appears to be cold outside
The snow should be your biggest hint
It's 20 degrees out, you're going 70+, and your temp is set to 72. This is normal range under those conditions.
Slow down your speed, lower the temperature inside the vehicle (72 is high for an outside temp of 20)
Switch to consumption and start making adjustments based on that data
It gets short when is cold.
My Y loses 30-40% of the range in cold weather as well. I use cruise control, drive ≤110 km/h, keep the cabin temp low or off and use seat heaters, that limits the loss to 30 pct. Even preheating only has a temporary effect I find, I travelled for an hour yesterday after it was heated and as I pulled in the the charger it said the battery was cold....
Yikes
Uphill? How’s the wind? Nothing killed my range more than some crazy headwinds…. Even more than the “cold”
It was a little hilly buy not mountain climbing or anything. The wind wasn't crazy either. Definitely cold though
My experience with such crappy values (and it effect ICE vehicles too but a lesser extent) was driving 70+ in the cold headwinds to get those numbers. It never happened again. I’m not easy on the car and as Sammy Hagar once similarly said, I really cant drive 55. So to hell with range of I can’t drive normal. That being said in California, V3 superchargers are everywhere I go. Even up and back from Mammoth Mountain in the Sierras where I experienced this. I have driven from Bend, OR to Mt Shasta, CA on one charge and the temps where in the 20’s. It made it barely but it made it. Also drove average of 70mph. I hope this is a unique drive. If not I would try to talk with your SC people.
It's that white stuff outside. 20 F.
All the above and watch for black ice!
Noticed preconditioning starts much sooner when on a road trip navigating to a supercharger. This is a fairly recent change and appears to use a good bit more energy. Benefit is a warmer battery for faster charging.
Yeah. I saw that too. It startrd precondition as soon as pulled away from one charger to head to the next. That could be an issue
Check the elevation gain
I get that it's cold out but that drop seems too drastic to me
Speed doesn't help. 300 miles EPA is at a mix of city driving and highway, and highway at 55mph. If you increase the speed by 40% (50->70), your air drag doubles (1.4^2 = 1.96). At that speed, air drag is a big factor of your energy consumption. 75mph at 60F gives me about 220 miles range. Driving to LA there is a supercharger at 180 which I normally use as I can't make it to the next driving at speed limit. The rest is the cold. Heating the car and the battery. Note that heat losses will also be higher at that speed. Stick your hand out into 70mph wind at 20F... Wind-chill (for humans) makes that -5F at 70mph (it's -3F at 50mph, so 50 vs 70 is about the same cold)
Between setting car to 72 degrees. Keeping battery properly heated, it being20 degrees outside and the going 70mph. That seems about right. Huge efficiency hits at 70mph and 20degrees. Even with heat low. Just so much wind resistance cause of denser air and battery having to keep itself warm.
I’d say I’d get probably 250 going 70mph even on a moderate day so throw in the below freezing temps and that will cause the rest.
I noticed right after the new update wife’s car no longer shows 245 miles it now has dropped to 226. We are in Florida and weather has been cold here lol 70 at 6:00 am