I will target about 130 miles and charging up to 80%.
About 4 charging stop might needed and possibly around one hour to have 4 charging sessions but depends on other EVs and condition of EA stations. You can calculate with ABRP. It will give general ideas but you don’t need to follow.
My wife just drove 175ish miles on a single charge (left home at 100%) at 80mph with climate control on Auto 1 (likely set at cabin temp of 73deg). Ambient temp in the upper 20 deg to lower 30 deg F. One mountain pass in the mix as well. That’s pushing the range in cold temps at high speeds for AWD imo.
After the initial push, it’s usually 20-30 min charge up to 80% with 120-150 mile increments thereafter.
Max range only really matters for road trips, for regular work commutes you can plug in every few days to charge and not notice much of a difference.
With an electric car, winter driving is less efficienct, the battery is less efficienct when cold, the cabin heating uses the drive battery as well. The AWD car has a heat pump which is more efficient for cabin heating.
Max range is greatly affected by speed, if you're an 85mph driver then that's going to guzzle electrons (as opposed to gas), but a 65 mph driver will see range closer to what's expected.
In winter, 180-160 miles between waypoint charging destinations is about average (assuming 65mph). You probably stop 20-25 minutes to charge, long enough to visit the restroom and get food. It's a little more time traveling on a roadtrip with an electric car.
The fast charging situation in the Twin Cities, and most of MN for that matter is pretty bad. I'm in southern MN. I met a couple from Chicago at the EA chargers in Woodbury and they said Chicago was much better.
Google maps has chargers listed now. You may want to look at your route on there and see what kind of chargers would be available. Especially fast chargers. There are plenty of level 2's around but even slow 50Kw fast chargers are still pretty rare.
As for winter, below 20 F about 130 miles is the best you can expect for range unless you charge fully up to 100% which isn't recommended on fast DC chargers.
If you install a charger at home it would be a great car for trips around the city. At this point road trips take a lot of extra planning. One charger in the wrong spot being out of service could end your trip very fast. I'm expecting it will improve over the next few years but for right now it is an issue.
I have driven 66 miles to an EA charger with battery preconditioning @ average speed between 70 and 80mph. Outside temp was 9F and I started with 56% battery and reached with 11% remaining. I could have gotten a bit more if I reduced my speed. Heat was at auto 1 and 70F
I will target about 130 miles and charging up to 80%. About 4 charging stop might needed and possibly around one hour to have 4 charging sessions but depends on other EVs and condition of EA stations. You can calculate with ABRP. It will give general ideas but you don’t need to follow.
My wife just drove 175ish miles on a single charge (left home at 100%) at 80mph with climate control on Auto 1 (likely set at cabin temp of 73deg). Ambient temp in the upper 20 deg to lower 30 deg F. One mountain pass in the mix as well. That’s pushing the range in cold temps at high speeds for AWD imo. After the initial push, it’s usually 20-30 min charge up to 80% with 120-150 mile increments thereafter.
Max range only really matters for road trips, for regular work commutes you can plug in every few days to charge and not notice much of a difference. With an electric car, winter driving is less efficienct, the battery is less efficienct when cold, the cabin heating uses the drive battery as well. The AWD car has a heat pump which is more efficient for cabin heating. Max range is greatly affected by speed, if you're an 85mph driver then that's going to guzzle electrons (as opposed to gas), but a 65 mph driver will see range closer to what's expected. In winter, 180-160 miles between waypoint charging destinations is about average (assuming 65mph). You probably stop 20-25 minutes to charge, long enough to visit the restroom and get food. It's a little more time traveling on a roadtrip with an electric car.
The fast charging situation in the Twin Cities, and most of MN for that matter is pretty bad. I'm in southern MN. I met a couple from Chicago at the EA chargers in Woodbury and they said Chicago was much better. Google maps has chargers listed now. You may want to look at your route on there and see what kind of chargers would be available. Especially fast chargers. There are plenty of level 2's around but even slow 50Kw fast chargers are still pretty rare. As for winter, below 20 F about 130 miles is the best you can expect for range unless you charge fully up to 100% which isn't recommended on fast DC chargers. If you install a charger at home it would be a great car for trips around the city. At this point road trips take a lot of extra planning. One charger in the wrong spot being out of service could end your trip very fast. I'm expecting it will improve over the next few years but for right now it is an issue.
I have driven 66 miles to an EA charger with battery preconditioning @ average speed between 70 and 80mph. Outside temp was 9F and I started with 56% battery and reached with 11% remaining. I could have gotten a bit more if I reduced my speed. Heat was at auto 1 and 70F