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You did a terrific job with your data. The 2000 mile trip report will be of great interest! Looking forward to hearing about it and how charging en route works. Bon voyage!
On Sunday I started with 92% and ended the day with 19% . Drove from CT to NJ (heavy traffic thru GWB) to upstate NY (Woodbury Common outlet shopping) averaged. 37 kWh / 100 mi hot Sunny 80F humid w AC on and 4 adult passengers
implying 100% charge range of about 226.
Not too bad. I just drove through those areas today. Horrible traffic. Was routed to the Merritt Parkway off of I95. It got me to thinking about how the e-tron's GPS will handle traffic and charging along the route. I'm guessing it would favor routes that have adequate charging over avoiding traffic delays. Anyone have any experience with this? I got routed all over the tat of CT trying to get back to Boston, but it really didn't matter in my 535d. An EV would be a completely different issue.
If I’m calculating this right from today’s driving I would get around 240 to 250 miles. Drove around 48 miles each way relatively flat terrain with a bit of stop and go traffic. Car was set to efficiency mode, climate control on (68 to 72). Seat cooling on and climate control set to 68 when away from car to keep it cool when we returned. Happy with the results
My wife and I picked up our E-Tron on Thursday from Audi of Salt Lake, who despite all the BS in the news about the E-Tron have been very up front and honest with us. This is the first electric vehicle that we have purchased, so naturally we had range anxiety and were especially worried when the EPA rating came out. Depending on the source, it was either a really big deal or no big deal at all. Since we live in the mountains of Utah we need a car that can handle wind, rain, snow, hot weather, cold weather, and mountainous terrain. Many of the posts here persuaded us to keep our reservation, and after testing the car we felt it fit our needs and jumped into the pool, though were still concerned that we were going to get less range than advertised.
Today we went for a long drive to see if the EPA rating was correct or wrong and if we made the right decision. Our drive started in Park City, down I80 into Salt Lake where we dropped some keys off at the Audi dealership downtown. That section consisted of ~23 miles of interstate driving at 65 to 70 mile per hour driving with 1158 feet of climbing and 3848 feet of elevation loss. Next we drove 14 miles from downtown Salt Lake on I15 and I215 before getting off at 6200 South and starting our climb up Big Cottonwood Canyon. This section had 449 feet of climbing and 36 feet of elevation loss at 70 - 75mph driving. After exiting 215 we traveled 16 miles, climbed 4579 feet with 607 feet of down up to the guardsman pass turnoff where we traveled an additional 18 miles down into Park City and home. This section consisted of an additional 2384 feet of climbing and 4079 feet of descent.
In total we drove 73 miles with 8570 feet of climbing and descent. 50% of the drive was interstate driving between 65 and 75 mph, the rest consisted of two lane mountain roads with speed limits between 35 and 45 mph (one little section coming down Guardsman pass was 15 mph, but it was short). Temperatures ranged from 50 degrees Fahrenheit in Park City, 65 degrees in Salt Lake City, to 40 degrees at the summit of Guardsmans Pass (10,000ft elevation). We had a bit of rain, some wind, and some sun. Almost typical weather for April or May in the area. In total we saw average consumption of 39.1kWh/100 miles which equates to a 214 mile range if I am doing my math correctly. Since this is our first EV I am not an accomplished EV driver, but we did set the regen to manual and clicked twice on the left paddle. I’m sure a drive like this could be done a lot more efficiently, but I was pretty happy with our result.
One note is that this car definitely chews through a lot of energy going up hill. We left our house with an 80% charge and when we summited Guardsman pass (10,000 ft elevation) 56 miles into our drive we had only 45% of our battery remaining. The downhill into Park City and home added an additional 5% back into our battery pack.
My wife and I picked up our E-Tron on Thursday from Audi of Salt Lake, who despite all the BS in the news about the E-Tron have been very up front and honest with us. This is the first electric vehicle that we have purchased, so naturally we had range anxiety and were especially worried when the EPA rating came out. Depending on the source, it was either a really big deal or no big deal at all. Since we live in the mountains of Utah we need a car that can handle wind, rain, snow, hot weather, cold weather, and mountainous terrain. Many of the posts here persuaded us to keep our reservation, and after testing the car we felt it fit our needs and jumped into the pool, though were still concerned that we were going to get less range than advertised.
Today we went for a long drive to see if the EPA rating was correct or wrong and if we made the right decision. Our drive started in Park City, down I80 into Salt Lake where we dropped some keys off at the Audi dealership downtown. That section consisted of ~23 miles of interstate driving at 65 to 70 mile per hour driving with 1158 feet of climbing and 3848 feet of elevation loss. Next we drove 14 miles from downtown Salt Lake on I15 and I215 before getting off at 6200 South and starting our climb up Big Cottonwood Canyon. This section had 449 feet of climbing and 36 feet of elevation loss at 70 - 75mph driving. After exiting 215 we traveled 16 miles, climbed 4579 feet with 607 feet of down up to the guardsman pass turnoff where we traveled an additional 18 miles down into Park City and home. This section consisted of an additional 2384 feet of climbing and 4079 feet of descent.
In total we drove 73 miles with 8570 feet of climbing and descent. 50% of the drive was interstate driving between 65 and 75 mph, the rest consisted of two lane mountain roads with speed limits between 35 and 45 mph (one little section coming down Guardsman pass was 15 mph, but it was short). Temperatures ranged from 50 degrees Fahrenheit in Park City, 65 degrees in Salt Lake City, to 40 degrees at the summit of Guardsmans Pass (10,000ft elevation). We had a bit of rain, some wind, and some sun. Almost typical weather for April or May in the area. In total we saw average consumption of 39.1kWh/100 miles which equates to a 214 mile range if I am doing my math correctly. Since this is our first EV I am not an accomplished EV driver, but we did set the regen to manual and clicked twice on the left paddle. I’m sure a drive like this could be done a lot more efficiently, but I was pretty happy with our result.
One note is that this car definitely chews through a lot of energy going up hill. We left our house with an 80% charge and when we summited Guardsman pass (10,000 ft elevation) 56 miles into our drive we had only 45% of our battery remaining. The downhill into Park City and home added an additional 5% back into our battery pack.
Great review and summary! Nice to see another etron on the roads in Utah!
For everyone that has range anxiety because they are driving an electric vehicle, here is the solution: attach a trailer to the vehicle and load it with one of these: https://www.polarpower.com/wp-conten...40422_0115.pdf
P.S: for who doesn’t realize it, this is intended as humor!
06-06-2019, 04:06 PM
