ca_jon
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- Jon
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- 2022 Mustang Mach-E Performance
A couple of thoughts for your wife....Ford says the heated seats and heated steering wheel use less power than eHeat. She might try that (works for me, the seats get really hot). Take a look at any of your wife's recent trips and you'll see how much energy (potential range) is used for climate control.
Today I drove from San Diego to LA and back - mostly freeway with some in town segments. I did the math and for the 222 mile trip I used 59.6 kWh, or about 85% of my SR battery (nice weather ).
I always use one pedal driving....here are the miles/range I Gained from brake regen on some recent trips (as stated in the "Brake Score" in the FP app):
109 miles, range from regen: 12.7 miles (first leg of today's trip)
10.4 miles, range from regen: 3.4 miles
18.8 miles, range from regen: 4.1 miles
These days, having to actually put my foot on the brake feels so "last century." And knowing I'm using the weight and momentum of the car to actually produce energy is strangely gratifying.
I'm a normal driver - mostly normal speeds, but like to push it on curvy rural roads near where I live. On today's trip I got 3.73 miles/kWh at mostly freeway speeds. Overall since I've owned the car I'm also at 3.7. A quite amazing technical feat of human engineering when you think about it.
Bottom line, your driving habits and use of energy make a huge difference in your range, which is true in every automobile.
Lastly, we're waaay past the early adoption stage for EV tech. That ship sailed a decade ago.....
Today I drove from San Diego to LA and back - mostly freeway with some in town segments. I did the math and for the 222 mile trip I used 59.6 kWh, or about 85% of my SR battery (nice weather ).
I always use one pedal driving....here are the miles/range I Gained from brake regen on some recent trips (as stated in the "Brake Score" in the FP app):
109 miles, range from regen: 12.7 miles (first leg of today's trip)
10.4 miles, range from regen: 3.4 miles
18.8 miles, range from regen: 4.1 miles
These days, having to actually put my foot on the brake feels so "last century." And knowing I'm using the weight and momentum of the car to actually produce energy is strangely gratifying.
I'm a normal driver - mostly normal speeds, but like to push it on curvy rural roads near where I live. On today's trip I got 3.73 miles/kWh at mostly freeway speeds. Overall since I've owned the car I'm also at 3.7. A quite amazing technical feat of human engineering when you think about it.
Bottom line, your driving habits and use of energy make a huge difference in your range, which is true in every automobile.
Lastly, we're waaay past the early adoption stage for EV tech. That ship sailed a decade ago.....
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