how much the Ludicrous mode effects the range
Here's my 2p worth
The only time range matters is when it matters. i.e. you are on a "range challenged" journey. The rest of the time you leave home in the morning with a full tank of fuel, max range, but you don't actually drive that far.
On range-challenged days a number of things happen IME:
You probably home-charge to 100% for max-range. Ideally you pre-condition the car on "shore power" before you set off.
You are probably chugging along the motorway (you aren't going to be doing 300 miles on back roads, right?)
You get held up by traffic / roadworks somewhat.
In those scenarios you have pretty much ideal-economy-consumption and Ludicrous isn't going to make any difference. And (not sure about latest Raven) using Range Mode turns off the bigger motor when "just cruising" which extends range a bit (how much? Debatable if worth it ... but I use it from habit)
If you are nipping to the shops and happen to draw up alongside something pathetic (you know, like a Lambo or Zonda
) then you might use a "
little more energy than normal"
, but for long journeys I don't think it matters, and road conditions/holdups usually mean I get more range than I planned for.
One edge-case is when you are going up motorway, then off into the countryside, and then back again later/tomorrow, and the "off motorway" bit, and also the distance from "final motorway Supercharger to turn-off" is such that there there-and-back is close to max range. If you can charge at destination that's great (even 13 AMP plug can help) ... but those journeys are worst case, and also where Ludicrous might help to "clear the traffic" on the straights. Worst case I charge at a 3rd party charging site at my destination - pretty much all of them have been universally dreadful.
I plan my journeys with
A Better Route Planner, and it seems uncannily accurate (except for Traffic/Roadworks where I gain a bit of extra contingency
)