Headed back to LA today after a few days in SF. While I was there I was able to get a 100% charge at my buddies place and decided to see how far I could push the car on a single charge.
Initially my first stop was going to be in Selma which is around 190 miles from Oakland. I was unsure if I would actually make it that far and it was raining so I set the cruise control between 60 mph and 63 mph the entire trip. After going through two mountain passes and things flattened out I was doing really well with efficiency so I decided to push on to Vasila which was a total of 219 miles from my start.
I ended up making it with 4% SoC and the car just saying LOW for rated miles remaining, I was guess I had maybe 8-10 miles left though. Driving slow really upped the overall efficiency!!
Temp: ~45-50F
Speed: ~62mph
Wind: None
Cabin heat: Off
Miles: 219.2
Total kWh used: 57.6 (100%-4%)
Efficiency: 263 Wh/mi or 3.8 mi/kWh
Charging start: 1:35pm, 4% SoC
Charging finish: 2:25pm, 58% SoC (Also includes 2 minutes on the phone with EVgo)
After that I had a short trip to Bakersfield for another charge before going over the grapevine and getting back to LA. I tried to drive this as close to 75mph as I could.
Temp: ~50F
Speed: ~75
Wind: None
Cabin heat: Off
Miles: 84.8
Total kWh used: 25.8 (58%-15%)
Efficiency: 304 Wh/mi or 3.29 mi/kWh
Charging start: 3:48pm, 15% SoC
Charging finish: 4:30pm, 65% SoC (Total charge time was 39min)
Going up the grapevine chewed up a lot of range but going back down I was able to get a lot of regen.
Temp: ~55F
Speed: Mixed (~60ish going up the grapevine, 65-70 going down)
Wind: None
Cabin heat: Off
Miles: 106.9
Total kWh used: 25.8 (65%-22%)
Efficiency: 241 Wh/mi or 4.14 mi/kWh