Stick with it! It's like if you've ever tried to brake with your left foot ... very odd ... you just haven't fully adapted yet. Even at the higher setting (Standard) the regen is as gentle as you make it. You feather oh so gently back on the pedal. Initial adapting comes fairly quickly but it may take a little longer to get the finesse that allows you fully exploit the delights of brakeless braking! We have driven for years just lifting straight off the accelerator so it's ingrained. (Actually it's a bit like on a motorbike because the relative amount of engine braking gives a similar effect ... nobody just lets go of the throttle on a bike, you actively roll it back either slow or fast.)
Real world range is possible :-O
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Stick with it! It's like if you've ever tried to brake with your left foot ... very odd ... you just haven't fully adapted yet. Even at the higher setting (Standard) the regen is as gentle as you make it. You feather oh so gently back on the pedal. Initial adapting comes fairly quickly but it may take a little longer to get the finesse that allows you fully exploit the delights of brakeless braking! We have driven for years just lifting straight off the accelerator so it's ingrained. (Actually it's a bit like on a motorbike because the relative amount of engine braking gives a similar effect ... nobody just lets go of the throttle on a bike, you actively roll it back either slow or fast.)
At the other extreme. Family holiday with 4 in car, every inch of storage full of clothes, paddle boards, bike helmets... and 3 bikes on the tow bar in a SR+. I achieved 395wh/mile with an average speed on 60mph!
What amazed me is the car predicted this! I had driven 2 miles with the car loaded up to drop something at a friend before this journey. I had the trip graph up under the energy window open and we pretty closely matched the predicated line. How did it know? All I can assume is it a)new I had a 'trailer' as the lights are plugged in and b) calculated the weight based on the motor torque compared to the cars acceleration.
So on one hand I was amazed on the accurate prediction. On the other hand realise long journeys with a bike rack on an SR+ will be short!
What amazed me is the car predicted this! I had driven 2 miles with the car loaded up to drop something at a friend before this journey. I had the trip graph up under the energy window open and we pretty closely matched the predicated line. How did it know? All I can assume is it a)new I had a 'trailer' as the lights are plugged in and b) calculated the weight based on the motor torque compared to the cars acceleration.
So on one hand I was amazed on the accurate prediction. On the other hand realise long journeys with a bike rack on an SR+ will be short!
You’re joking right? It was predominantly 70 for 100 of the 125 miles.
But In all seriousness my long range barely goes over 230w/m. Today I drove like a “tool” on the way back from the city and still couldn’t get it under 250 again with the heated seats on.
It seems way more efficient than I was expecting from all the reading I’ve done.
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