Oh winter...

[loudog3114]

16 degrees. 21s. Conserve mode. All highway setting the cruise to 78.

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[madgrey]

it's not just you...

 

[Mysta]

16 degrees. 21s. Conserve mode. All highway setting the cruise to 78.

That's actually not too bad considering no precondition to leave. If they add that function it would be a bit higher.

 

[scooter]

I'd take that all day at that speed and temp. Nice work

 

[Riviot]

the cruise to 78

 

[MoreTrout]

Pretty darn good considering the conditions and speed. I just drove mine for the first time in this deep freeze. I have a detached garage. Temps since yesterday have been from -4 to 5 F at most with wind chill around -30. Drove about 40 miles to see family this morning with temps 5-7F. I forgot to reset the trip meter, but had the 15 min efficiency meter up the whole way and pretty much stayed 1.6-1.75 mi/kWh. Winds were 20-30 mph and probably mostly crosswind to very slight tailwind. On the 20 in ATs in these conditions, I'm very happy with that.

Oh yeah, the heater blasted hot air the whole way and I didn't even need to keep the seats and steering wheel on. Every time another issue pops up in the forums, I seem to avoid it. I have been hesitant to say out loud how good my truck has been for the first 8600 miles because I feel like the second I say it one of these issues is going to bite me.

 

[johstacy]

137 miles / 42 kWh = 3.26 miles per kWh or is my math broken??.... if my math is correct then I think you did great!

 

[loudog3114]

137 miles / 42 kWh = 3.26 miles per kWh or is my math broken??.... if my math is correct then I think you did great!

Math broken. First time it's done that to me but I got down to %15 from 97 in 175 miles.

 

[loudog3114]

lel, that's slow by Massachusetts standards.

 

[johstacy]

Math broken. First time it's done that to me but I got down to %15 from 97 in 175 miles.

so are you saying the trip calculator is wrong? because it says you only used 41.7 kWh for the whole trip

 

[Riviot]

lel, that's slow by Massachusetts standards.

Agreed but anything over 70 really starts to kill efficiency. I passed a cop on I-95 once going the speed of traffic, 80 in a 65, and another guy sped by at 90. Zero Fs given.

 

[loudog3114]

so are you saying the trip calculator is wrong? because it says you only used 41.7 kWh for the whole trip

Yeah it burned over 100kwh easy.

 

[loudog3114]

Agreed but anything over 70 really starts to kill efficiency. I passed a cop on I-95 once going the speed of traffic, 80 in a 65, and another guy sped by at 90. Zero Fs given.

So I've owned a few EV's and since I started with ev ownership I said I won't adjust my driving style for this... And I still haven't. The rivian and Mach E are really the first that don't inhibit my range needs (sans cold).

 

[iansriv]

I'm new to EVs and find it fascinating how a lot of EV owners know so much about consumption etc. Most ICE car owners with anything remotely close to 832 HP couldn't tell you what the MPG is. To further expose my ignorance, can someone help me understand the petrol equivalent of what the Rivian does? I saw a post of 75mpge. Does that mean the Rivian (all things held constant) would go 75MPG?

Merry Christmas to one and all!

 

[s4wrxttcs]

I'm new to EVs and find it fascinating how a lot of EV owners know so much about consumption etc. Most ICE car owners with anything remotely close to 832 HP couldn't tell you what the MPG is. To further expose my ignorance, can someone help me understand the petrol equivalent of what the Rivian does? I saw a post of 75mpge. Does that mean the Rivian (all things held constant) would go 75MPG?

Merry Christmas to one and all!

A lot of this has to do with how malleable range is with an EV, and how much time a little increase of range can give you.

You can move to conserve mode
You can slow down
You can follow semi's a bit closer (not recommended)
You can turn down/off the heater, and turn on the butt warmer.
You can turn off the "preconditioning for destination" if applicable (just navigate to a nearby location instead of the charger).

For me personally my knowledge is directly attributed to my laziness whether its an EV or a ICE car.

With my Rivian I have no clue what my daily average is commuting to work. I never bothered to check as I just plug it in when I need to. Rivian doesn't help because they don't have a feature to automatically reset the wh/mile everytime I charge like my Tesla did. I have to do that manually and I always forget.

On road trips I need to know how fast I can drive and still make it to my destination X miles away while having a comfortable amount of buffer when I arrive. Winter generally means charging closer to 100% before leaving and/or driving slower.

I'm too lazy to stop to charge as I'd much rather charge somewhere the next day on the way home. Ideally a bit closer to home to drive faster home.

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