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Re:What Happened to EVs? by niemandhier on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:11AM (#38864823)
My Skoda Enyaq has a range of around 350 km ( 100% -> 20% ), using a 300kv charger the car is fully charged pretty fast. I have traversed Germany in the north south axis quite comfortably.

The thing can pull a trailer, max distance is less but I only need to go the local hardware store.

I think those concerns overall are unfounded for most of us.

Re:What Happened to EVs? by oblio on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:14AM (#38864843)
> My Skoda Enyaq has a range of around 350 km ( 100% -> 20% )

I'm actually curious about this. Say I where to drive with the AC on, 130kmph, outside temperature of -5C. What would you say the range is under these circumstances? Still 350km?

Re:What Happened to EVs? by kavalg on Thursday January 04, 2024 @05:17AM (#38865304)
plus the trailer that has been advertised by the owner :)
Re:What Happened to EVs? by niemandhier on Thursday January 04, 2024 @06:31AM (#38865744)
Yes under ideal conditions my setup has 4xxkm reach ( it claims 5xx , but I guess that means depleting the battery completely, which is not smart) . 3xx is during winter including winter tires etc.

Summer usage is 17kWh per 100 km, winter usage 21-25 kWh per 100 km. Battery is 100 kWh.

That is 0.342 FoBpF ( firkins of butter per furlong ) in summer and 0.422-0.503 FpF in winter on a battery of 1kFoB, if you prefer imperial units

I never measured reach with a trailer. I only use it to haul lumber from the wood or buy heavy stuff close by.

Re:What Happened to EVs? by oblio on Thursday January 04, 2024 @06:57AM (#38865926)
Ok, that makes sense. So 25kWh would be the "whole shebang" (winter tires, heating, etc, etc). That's actually decent.

I'm too much of a coward and I'll wait for the infrastructure to mature and for 120-150kWh batteries to become cheaper and more commonplace, though :-)