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Disappointed with range estimate in first long term drive

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ecarfan, you're in the bay area, on 280 most people drive 75 - 80+ that I've seen.
The profile for @byan123 shows he is in Boston. Didn't know people drove that fast in the northeast.
Yes I'm in the Bay Area but I keep my max speed at 72. I mostly use the 280 and it is heavily patrolled by the CHP. I rarely see people going over 80 on that freeway, and my experience is that average speeds on the 101 are slightly lower.
Anyway, back on topic: speeds of 75+ have a major negative impact on EV range. I really don't see the point of going faster. YMMV.
 
Thanks to all who replied to my post. I was more annoyed that I test drove the car 3 times and no one mentioned how the cold would eat up the battery. The delivery specialist even turned off range mode and regen brakes, even though I told him my commute is 100 miles per day and I drive at least 70 mph, if not 80 mph. He made it seem like since I like to drive fast that those things weren't necessary and would hinder the fun. Then I had major range anxiety when I got to work and over half the battery was gone the first time I took it. Now I've turned those items on and I have over 20% by the time I get home on a daily basis.

It's really not different than an ICE in that cold decreases range. Slowing down to 70mph if possible would definitely help.
 
I have a 150mi round trip commute in the northeast. I drive about a third of that, park for 2-4hr, drive another third, park again, then drive the rest. There is no charging available at any of my office locations.

This is pretty much worst case scenario range-wise, because the battery gets cold, gets warmed up, cold again, etc

In the summer, no problem. I can charge to 70% and have plenty of range left when i get home. Starting in the beginning of January though i had to schedule 100% charges every morning to finish right before i leave. I figure i'll have to do that until March sometime.

This wasn't a surprise to me though. I did a lot of research before buying.

I'm working on convincing my workplace to install charging stations (i even offered to cover the cost). Hopefully next winter i will have that option.
 
The profile for @byan123 shows he is in Boston. Didn't know people drove that fast in the northeast.
Yes I'm in the Bay Area but I keep my max speed at 72. I mostly use the 280 and it is heavily patrolled by the CHP. I rarely see people going over 80 on that freeway, and my experience is that average speeds on the 101 are slightly lower.
Anyway, back on topic: speeds of 75+ have a major negative impact on EV range. I really don't see the point of going faster. YMMV.

Yeah I'm from Boston but spend most of my time in NJ driving on I78. I should update that location haha