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Well I had an opportunity to test the range in warm weather. In my first week of ownership I had a birthday to drive my son to at a theme park that was 43 miles away according to google maps. I figured I'd try to make it round trip since the car is supposed to have about an 85 mile range. (I have a 2014 without the range extender). Since I hadn't gotten my in home level 2 charger installed yet, I was relying on a long charge on the level 1 charger, that ended up having the car at only 94% SOC when it was time to depart. I was a bit concerned at this point about my ability to make it round trip, so I drove very efficiently (no A/C, 60 MPH cruise control on the highway). It was 86% so it was a bit uncomfortable in the cabin. When I arrived at the destination I had travelled 36 miles (my route must have been shorter than what was posted on google maps) and 64% SOC. This trip used 30% of the charge, so it extrapolates to a 120 mile range. On the way back it had heated up to 96 degrees, so feeling much more confident in my ability to get back, I used the A/C intermittently (about 50% of the time) which kept things comfortable. I again drove efficiently at 60 mph with cruise control. The return trip took 37 miles on the odometer and the SOC went from 64% to 27%. That return trip extrapolates to 100 miles of range from a full charge. Based on these results, I imagine the maximum range on a hot day is about 120 miles with ultra efficient driving, with 85 miles probably realistic for carefree driving and 100 miles being very doable with careful driving.
Well I had an opportunity to test the range in warm weather. In my first week of ownership I had a birthday to drive my son to at a theme park that was 43 miles away according to google maps. I figured I'd try to make it round trip since the car is supposed to have about an 85 mile range. (I have a 2014 without the range extender). Since I hadn't gotten my in home level 2 charger installed yet, I was relying on a long charge on the level 1 charger, that ended up having the car at only 94% SOC when it was time to depart. I was a bit concerned at this point about my ability to make it round trip, so I drove very efficiently (no A/C, 60 MPH cruise control on the highway). It was 86% so it was a bit uncomfortable in the cabin. When I arrived at the destination I had travelled 36 miles (my route must have been shorter than what was posted on google maps) and 64% SOC. This trip used 30% of the charge, so it extrapolates to a 120 mile range. On the way back it had heated up to 96 degrees, so feeling much more confident in my ability to get back, I used the A/C intermittently (about 50% of the time) which kept things comfortable. I again drove efficiently at 60 mph with cruise control. The return trip took 37 miles on the odometer and the SOC went from 64% to 27%. That return trip extrapolates to 100 miles of range from a full charge.
Based on these results, I imagine the maximum range on a hot day is about 120 miles with ultra efficient driving, with 85 miles probably realistic for carefree driving and 100 miles being very doable with careful driving.
