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by sigio 1253 days ago
Just did a 1000km (and back) drive this week, using a Kia Niro, which does about 400km on 64kWh. Was amazed I actually managed to drive this distance with 4 charges one way, and just 3 on the way back, reaching almost 400km actually on the first leg of the return trip (though this was downhill from the Alps). With longer roadtrips you want to go way below 20% remaining charge. With the quality of the charging-network in western-europe, and using ABetterRoadPlanner I managed to get a charge at 2% and a second one at 8% remaining, thus giving you 25% more capacity than re-charging at ~20% (~4-80 compared to 20-80). And this was with winter-tires and a full car. Sure, the actual range is still lower than the EPA / WLTP / NEDC range, but very usable and predictable.
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That's not really amazing. That's a massive waste of time. I got 260km per charge in Enyaq iv80 going 130km/h on highway so cca same as you. That's 2 hours of driving and 1 hour of charging on 150kW+ charger.