dbsb3233
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Yep, we're stuck doing some of these projections from smaller samples that aren't ideal simply because we've been starved for anything better. But now that more MMEs are making it to customers, we'll be able to do a lot better ones. Mine should show up in a week or two, and I'll do my own testing then. But I'll make sure the car is fully up to temp when doing miles/kWh tests at 75 MPH, which is the stat I'm most interested in at various temps because it's the one that really matters for determining practical range on typical road trips (where range matters).I was planning on a hundred miles tomorrow but it may rain, which would be great but would cancel the event. That would have given me a good idea of the range at 68-82 MPH (hard to find a steady speed with traffic).
Cold will take it out of range but you have to be careful when projecting from a small sample of miles. A Prius will get 8 MPH for the first few miles when it's really cold, but as things warm up it becomes much more efficient. Not exactly the same with BEVs but similar.
The bummer is that you're not going to want to drive the Escape! LOL
The Escape has been great, but we don't mind making it the secondary car now. It's got 65k miles on it, so it's still got half it's life ahead. We're gonna have to drive it periodically just to keep the battery charged, if nothing else.
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