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[Peugfan]

Summer came and my GOM went from 200 to 300.

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[rodbin]

SoC*usable pack size*whrs/mile

I would if I knew what that meant
Or is it a sarcastic remark like the other replies.

 

[rodbin]

Sorry to burst your bubble. Likely scenario is that they updated something or cleared your driving history which then resets the GOM and shows you more than you'll actually get. Give it a few days and it will be back to what it was. It's not an overnight calculation. Other possibility is that it's warming up where you are and you'll see an increase, or a little of both.

There's no updates available for the MME which increase range (as of 06/06/22).

Thanks that's all I wanted to know was how long it took for GOM to adjust itself In fact we had a cold spell so not that. I thought it was something they had done to reset, will continue with my normal practice of not trusting the GOM

 

[Zer0t]

I would if I knew what that meant
Or is it a sarcastic remark like the other replies.

It is not sarcastic at all.

SoC = state of charge or percent of battery left
useable pack size is how many kWh in your battery. For example a 2022 extended range battery is 91 kWh
watt hours per mile is your eMPG and the car tells you what that is in the center display.

let’s say you have a 91 kWh battery at 40% SoC and are getting 2.8 mi/kWh.
So you take, in the example above:

(91kWh*.4)*2.8mi/kWh

kWh cancels out and you have 101.92 miles of range.

 

[mkhuffman]

It is not sarcastic at all.

SoC = state of charge or percent of battery left
useable pack size is how many kWh in your battery. For example a 2022 extended range battery is 91 kWh
watt hours per mile is your eMPG and the car tells you what that is in the center display.

let’s say you have a 91 kWh battery at 40% SoC and are getting 2.8 mi/kWh.
So you take, in the example above you:

(91kWh*.4)*2.8mi/kWh

kWh cancels out and you have 101.92 miles of range.

@rodbin, after you have been driving your car for a while you will get a good feeling for what the mi/kWh should be for a particular trip. Then you can use your mi/kWh estimate to calculate your range.

The car probably isn't smarter than you because you know where you will be going and the car does not. Except when you use the navigation system. But I have never seen the car use a navigation system trip to change the GOM. The GOM is just based on driving history (which the dealer likely reset) and climate.

And yet, Intelligent Range is coming. I am sure we all will be impressed with the improved GOM accuracy...

 

[ChasingCoral]

2 gerbils in a wheel

Have to be more gerbils than that. The average hamster only generates 0.4 watts* on a wheel and gerbils are much lighter. At 3 miles/kWh, that's over 800 hamster hours per mile.

*see https://ironj11.imascientist.org.uk...ld-you-need-would-it-work-better-with-gerbils for calculations

 

[ripperAZ]

Spinal Tap maintains their Amps go to 11. Making them better than the amps that only go to 10

Jes sayin.

 

[OH2AZ2OH]

It took mine maybe 5 charges to adjust the GOM to something reasonable after my driving history was reset. Mine always seems to do a bigger adjustment when charging than when driving. If the dealer did something that reset your driving history, then you might just have to wait. Mine got very, very conservative when the driving history was reset, not optimistic, although mine is a Job 1 car so maybe yours has different software. But other than that, I don't have an explanation of why your estimated range increased so much after a dealer visit.

2.8 mi/kWh is pretty typical for warm weather highway driving. Or cool weather mixed driving. I'd pay more attention to your consumption than estimated range until the car gets 300 - 500 miles on it after the service.

 

[Benny’66]

What I don’t get is the need to be insulting to other people asking a simple question. To the OP, it could be a variety of factors, but most likely is what DevSecOps mentioned. Factors (not an exhaustive list) including ambient temperature, whether you drive with a lead foot and climate conditions while you were driving that reduced the expected range once your driving history cleared.

You have been on this forum for almost a year. You should know by now that comments regarding range are meant to be light hearted, not insulting.

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

Have to be more gerbils than that. The average hamster only generates 0.4 watts* on a wheel and gerbils are much lighter. At 3 miles/kWh, that's over 800 hamster hours per mile.

*see https://ironj11.imascientist.org.uk...ld-you-need-would-it-work-better-with-gerbils for calculations

this is the kind of informed, fact-based, high quality post we need more of here. good job, Mark.

 

[AllenXS]

You have been on this forum for almost a year. You should know by now that comments regarding range are meant to be light hearted, not insulting.

So people saying my range is bigger than your range aren’t over compensating. They just live in warmer climates?

 

[Benny’66]

So people saying my range is bigger than your range aren’t over compensating. They just live in warmer climates?

It’s not about the size of your GOM but more about how bouncy the ride is.

 

[chuckles]

Due to the Global Gerbil and Hamster Shortages, we had to go with Guinea pigs.

They do wonders for the mi/kWh!

(srsly tho: do others have bonkers "ev drive" reports as well?)

 

[Mach1E]

Due to the Global Gerbil and Hamster Shortages, we had to go with Guinea pigs.

They do wonders for the mi/kWh!

(srsly tho: do others have bonkers "ev drive" reports as well?)

Yup, I get 99 miles/kWh frequently.

It’s Ford’s way of trying to tell us to quit looking at the inaccurate data and just drive our cars.

Did you ever spend time calculating miles/gallon on your last car after every trip?

It seems like obsessing over that data should only appeal to a very small group of people. The kind that line up their alphabet soup in alphabetical order before eating it.

 

[ChuckA]

Sorry, I‘ve spent enough time driving in the UK to know that they use “miles.”

I’m wrong, bad assumption. Last time I was in UK I was too young to drive. Things were being changed to the decimal system.

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