Hi all,
I'm knee deep into range anxiety. Not my commute, or even romps. I did drive about 400 miles on Sunday, my first "big boy" trip with the car. Early in the day, i did a 100 mile round trip, that used up about 40%, so i think 80% to 40%. the car was preconditioned, there were 4 of us (2 kids) and it was like 20 out, so yeah, the car had some heating up to do for us for the drive. not much elevation, and not much wind.
For the bigger drive later, the navigation said I'd reach my destination (in some mountains, 146 or so miles away) with 30%. I didn't believe it. i also didn't know I was going to do the drive, or I'd have charged to 90%. If i didn't know there were superchargers all over, i might have pushed to 100%, but no need.
so, 1st question -
Is there a way to have the navigation continue to show the amount remaining at end of the trip, without taking up the whole left of the display?
Does that estimated amount remaining update during the drive?
Can we trust it, or give a 10% or whatever leeway, and by that, I mean 10% of the value it says, say, 3% if it says 30%, versus it saying 30% and it could be 40% or 20%?
anyway, i managed to luck out and hit a supercharger when I had a good amount left, maybe 45%, i don't remember.
I forgot what I had when I got to my destination. Again, if my trip out was supposed to be about 80% to 30% (so, 50% of capacity) I know that the trip back should also have been about 50% of the full capacity, give or take (maybe do a little better coming down from the mountains).
I was able to add superchargers to the display (um, wasn't hard) and then added one as a waypoint. that did allow preconditioning for supercharging
Is that any different than just driving there for an hour or so - I figure that would warm the batteries anyway, though it was about 20 degrees out
Is there any way to easily just add a supercharger to your route if the car doesn't think you need to? I did it as a waypoint, and i think I did it correctly, but I'm not sure I could do it correctly 10 out of 10 times.
basically, I appreciate any input anyone can give on how to be more efficient and "Better' with this stuff. I may also use ABRP and anything else recommended.
FWIW, I had about 80% when I left my home, and yeah, stopped at a supercharger each way. I made it home with like 50% left, so that was overkill, but then I wasn't sweating it out (It drives me nuts when I see i lose 1% really quickly early on - i get it, cold batteries, whatever) but still, it scares me.
I also believe that the "pros" use percentages, and newbies like me use miles (i actually use percentage, but them simply multiply by 400) - is that the "right" way to go?
thanks for any and all help!!!!!
I'm knee deep into range anxiety. Not my commute, or even romps. I did drive about 400 miles on Sunday, my first "big boy" trip with the car. Early in the day, i did a 100 mile round trip, that used up about 40%, so i think 80% to 40%. the car was preconditioned, there were 4 of us (2 kids) and it was like 20 out, so yeah, the car had some heating up to do for us for the drive. not much elevation, and not much wind.
For the bigger drive later, the navigation said I'd reach my destination (in some mountains, 146 or so miles away) with 30%. I didn't believe it. i also didn't know I was going to do the drive, or I'd have charged to 90%. If i didn't know there were superchargers all over, i might have pushed to 100%, but no need.
so, 1st question -
Is there a way to have the navigation continue to show the amount remaining at end of the trip, without taking up the whole left of the display?
Does that estimated amount remaining update during the drive?
Can we trust it, or give a 10% or whatever leeway, and by that, I mean 10% of the value it says, say, 3% if it says 30%, versus it saying 30% and it could be 40% or 20%?
anyway, i managed to luck out and hit a supercharger when I had a good amount left, maybe 45%, i don't remember.
I forgot what I had when I got to my destination. Again, if my trip out was supposed to be about 80% to 30% (so, 50% of capacity) I know that the trip back should also have been about 50% of the full capacity, give or take (maybe do a little better coming down from the mountains).
I was able to add superchargers to the display (um, wasn't hard) and then added one as a waypoint. that did allow preconditioning for supercharging
Is that any different than just driving there for an hour or so - I figure that would warm the batteries anyway, though it was about 20 degrees out
Is there any way to easily just add a supercharger to your route if the car doesn't think you need to? I did it as a waypoint, and i think I did it correctly, but I'm not sure I could do it correctly 10 out of 10 times.
basically, I appreciate any input anyone can give on how to be more efficient and "Better' with this stuff. I may also use ABRP and anything else recommended.
FWIW, I had about 80% when I left my home, and yeah, stopped at a supercharger each way. I made it home with like 50% left, so that was overkill, but then I wasn't sweating it out (It drives me nuts when I see i lose 1% really quickly early on - i get it, cold batteries, whatever) but still, it scares me.
I also believe that the "pros" use percentages, and newbies like me use miles (i actually use percentage, but them simply multiply by 400) - is that the "right" way to go?
thanks for any and all help!!!!!