EPA Range Released: 204 miles
04-04-2019, 05:12 PM
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If I were the Audi executives, I would make Electrify America charging free for life in exchange for these very poor EPA range estimates. They own the network and should use it to reward buyers of the vehicle. Tesla made a lot of loyal first adopters using that rationale. Get the vehicles on the road, make the owners happy and worry about range moving forward.
04-04-2019, 05:14 PM
#22
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Eh, probably better that people can use them and they're not clogged with people trying to justify a luxury car purchase.
If I were the Audi executives, I would make Electrify America charging free for life in exchange for these very poor EPA range estimates. They own the network and should use it to reward buyers of the vehicle. Tesla made a lot of loyal first adopters using that rationale. Get the vehicles on the road, make the owners happy and worry about range moving forward.
04-04-2019, 05:44 PM
#23
ABRP (abetterrouteplanner.com) will need to update their consumption values for the e-tron. The EPA figure represents a mixed driving consumption of 83.5kw/204miles (410wh/mi). However, I've been overriding the "alpha" default (377wh/mi) with a reference 65mph value of 425wh/mi. That's more consistent with the highway consumption we've seen from video reviews.
On a side note, the EPA MPGe (city/highway/combined) is 74/73/74 MPGe so you probably won't get any better range in town than on the highway.
On a side note, the EPA MPGe (city/highway/combined) is 74/73/74 MPGe so you probably won't get any better range in town than on the highway.
04-04-2019, 05:46 PM
#24
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Actually, identical highway and city is best case. I don't need range in the city, and if city was compensating for even worse highway, that would have been bad.
04-04-2019, 05:49 PM
#25
I'd reconsider a daily 100% charge. This will significantly degrade your battery faster. This isn't necessarily a 12% capacity buffer at the top end of the charge voltage. It could be split 6% bottom/6% top. If you're daily charging to above 4.0V per cell, it will degrade your battery faster.
Also, unless you have daily long range needs, 80% daily charge should be plenty of in-town range.
Also, unless you have daily long range needs, 80% daily charge should be plenty of in-town range.
More important is tempreture, discharge rate and charge rate.
BTW the 12% buffer is by definition at the top end.
I appreciate your comment but find it misleading.
04-04-2019, 05:51 PM
#26
Sounds good to me. As it is now, Electrify America is going to make a lot of money from e-tron owners that need to charge past 80% to make it to the next station. Since the charge rate slows down past 80% and it's $/minute, they'll get more money per charge.
04-04-2019, 09:00 PM
#29
Yes, I don’t do 200 miles in a day but the fact of the matter is you’re charging a premium for this car and then had down this lame *** mileage number. Audi should’ve studied Tesla’s battery tech more because this is a complete fail.