Featured Electrify America (VW) EV Commercial

I did a quick dump of the Fuelecomony.gov list of EVs:

	Model	kWh/100 mi	comp	city	hwy	range
1	Hyundai Ioniq Electric	25	136	150	122	124
2	Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus	25	133	140	124	240
3	Tesla Model 3 Standard Range	26	131	138	124	220
4	Tesla Model 3 Long Range	26	130	136	123	310
5	Tesla Model 3 Mid Range	27	123	128	117	264
6	Hyundai Kona Electric	28	120	132	108	258
7	Chevrolet Bolt EV	28	119	128	110	238
8	Volkswagen e-Golf	28	119	126	111	125
9	Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD	29	116	120	112	310
10	Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD Performance	29	116	120	112	310
11	Honda Clarity EV	30	114	126	103	89
12	BMW i3	30	113	124	102	153
13	BMW i3s	30	113	124	102	153
14	Nissan Leaf (40 kW-hr battery pack)	30	112	124	99	150
15	Kia Niro Electric	30	112	123	102	239
16	Fiat 500e	30	112	121	103	84
17	Tesla Model S Long Range	30	111	115	107	370
18	Tesla Model S Standard Range	31	109	113	105	285
19	smart EQ fortwo (coupe)	31	108	124	94	58
20	Kia Soul Electric	31	108	124	93	243
21	Nissan Leaf (62 kW-hr battery pack)	31	108	118	97	226
22	Nissan Leaf SV/SL (62 kW-hr battery pack)	32	104	114	94	215
23	Tesla Model S Performance (19in Wheels)	32	104	104	104	345
24	Tesla Model S 75D	33	103	102	105	259
25	smart EQ fortwo (convertible)	33	102	112	91	57
26	Tesla Model S 100D	33	102	101	102	335
27	Tesla Model S P100D	35	98	92	105	315
28	Tesla Model S Performance (21in Wheels)	35	97	98	96	325
29	Tesla Model X Long Range	35	96	99	93	325
30	Tesla Model X 75D	36	93	91	95	238
31	Tesla Model X 100D	39	87	86	89	295
32	Tesla Model X P100D	40	85	83	89	289
33	Tesla Model X Performance (22in Wheels)	43	79	80	77	270
34	Jaguar I-Pace	44	76	80	72	234
35	Audi e-tron	46	74	74	73	204
36	BYD e6	47	72	73	71	187

• Hyundai Kona is not a dog but it is dependent on the unreliable Electrify America CCS chargers.
  • EVgo and Electrify America CCS chargers have been pretty expensive, 3-4x gas equivalent, for our BMW i3-REx. However, a faster charger than our BMW i3-REx, 50 kW, may be EV affordable.
• Audi e-tron is a dog along with the Jaguar I-Pace.

Bob Wilson

 

....... seems the i-Pace also has efficiency losses attributable to a large traction pack buffer. Bigger top end buffers allow for faster charging despite higher current during topping-off / full charging. High power charging at the top would otherwise generate tons of heat - making the battery susceptible to premature capacity loss. The downside is the cars have to lug around 100's of extra lbs of weight - taking an efficiency hit, in favor of getting back on the road quicker.
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The I-Pace has a major problem with the grill having an air duct exiting to the top of the front hood. Might as well mounted a parachute on the front grill except it would block that silly duct and improve high speed performance.

Bob Wilson

 

Lowest common denominator. Instead of educating customers, it seems they and Audi are doing this so as not to have to deal with complaints about the charging slow down when approaching full charge.

 

Ya, Transport Evolved had a great video about it.

 

Do phones do the ramp down during charging?

 

Definitely

 

only the ones with 90 kwh battery packs

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