I am going to take this challenge, my commute is boring anyway. I do 80 miles round trip 5 days a week.... let's see what we can get . I can always go back to normal later.
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The 20/20 Challenge
I just got close to 400 miles on one charge. Not in a specially designed marathon, but in my daily commute over the course of 3 weeks.
I only did two main things:
Used zero heat or air conditioning.
Accelerated at 20 kW or less and braked at 20 kW or less. *When feasible.
So I'm calling this the "20/20 Challenge".
Challenge yourself to accelerate at 20 kW or less. This is not as difficult as it sounds. This is faster acceleration than an 18 wheel truck, and about the same acceleration as the smallest horsepower economy gas car. A bit more gentle than most, but I did it for 3 weeks in the SF Bay Area and never got honked at once.
* I say "whenever able". Exceptions are allowed. The freeway on-ramp is one place I had to break my own rule...if traffic was flowing at the speed limit. If I could look ahead and see the freeway was jammed, then no need to sprint down the on-ramp. I kept it under 20 kW in those cases. Once on the freeway keep it at 60 mph or less. You will see you will have no trouble keeping it under 20 kW at 60 mph or less. Hills are the exception. For me bridges are hills, and I had to exceed 20 kW for those brief instances going up bridge
Braking: I used L almost exclusively. Love one pedal mode. BRAKE at 20 kW or less. When able. Don't hit anyone! I found this even more of a challenge and you have to break the rule and "brake" to not hit others. But when you have a lot of room, try braking at 20 kW or less.
I'd say I kept acceleration under 20 kW 90% of the time.
I'd say I kept braking under 20 kW 75% of the time.
I kept speed under 60 mph 100% of the time. 55 or less 95% of the time.
Temperatures 48 to 72 degrees.
The end result:
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I only did two main things:
Used zero heat or air conditioning.
Accelerated at 20 kW or less and braked at 20 kW or less. *When feasible.
So I'm calling this the "20/20 Challenge".
Challenge yourself to accelerate at 20 kW or less. This is not as difficult as it sounds. This is faster acceleration than an 18 wheel truck, and about the same acceleration as the smallest horsepower economy gas car. A bit more gentle than most, but I did it for 3 weeks in the SF Bay Area and never got honked at once.
* I say "whenever able". Exceptions are allowed. The freeway on-ramp is one place I had to break my own rule...if traffic was flowing at the speed limit. If I could look ahead and see the freeway was jammed, then no need to sprint down the on-ramp. I kept it under 20 kW in those cases. Once on the freeway keep it at 60 mph or less. You will see you will have no trouble keeping it under 20 kW at 60 mph or less. Hills are the exception. For me bridges are hills, and I had to exceed 20 kW for those brief instances going up bridge
Braking: I used L almost exclusively. Love one pedal mode. BRAKE at 20 kW or less. When able. Don't hit anyone! I found this even more of a challenge and you have to break the rule and "brake" to not hit others. But when you have a lot of room, try braking at 20 kW or less.
I'd say I kept acceleration under 20 kW 90% of the time.
I'd say I kept braking under 20 kW 75% of the time.
I kept speed under 60 mph 100% of the time. 55 or less 95% of the time.
Temperatures 48 to 72 degrees.
The end result:
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Well now you know what you can get.... so Drive away.... do the Beep Beep here comes the roadrunner.... LOLYeah... I tried, too.
But then, about 150 miles into my "tank", I could not stand the slow moving cars an I zipped between them.
Screw the efficiency!
So far I saw 5.5 miles/kWh. That would give me over 300 miles on the full charge.
What kills my stats are stop and go. If I could just roll... it would be nearly 6 as speeds are about 45 mph and below.
I did a trip at 50 mph steady, round 60 miles, and the average was 5.2. But that was no stopping at all. Maybe once.
With average of about 4.5 miles to kWh I translate it to (using MI petrol price 3.0/gallon for premium at Costco and 0.15/kWh at home) 90 MPG.
Far better than, say GTI if I had one now, that would average 20 MPG.
If I do 5.5 m/kWh, it would be 110 MPG.
What for? No fun... why would I buy GTI if I do not drive it?
The car is to be driven.... zooommm, brrruuuum, burp, burp (those are DSG farts)
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