Gravity 75 mph Range

[Elfin]

So I came to this thread looking for some info on real world Gravity range and the last 20+ posts have had nothing at all to tell me about Gravity efficiency/range.

Because nobody has measured the 75mph range yet. Seems silly to continue speculation when we will eventually have an answer.

 

[dbsb3233]

Yeah, most people don't want to turn a 12 hour drive into a 14 hour drive.
Curious why you don't take the Macan?
There seem to be two factions here. People who road trip a lot and people who don't. One third of my energy use is DCFC and I'm annoyed by the charging speed of my 2018 Model 3 (and it's still significantly better than most EVs.)

We do. We just got it in June. We're on our 4th trip with it already (8000 miles on it). We loved our Mach-E as our 1st EV for the last 4.5 years and 50k+ road trip miles, but the Macan is a step up from it on range (45 miles longer) and faster charging speed. The Gravity will be the ultimate EV road tripper though (for a SUV/CUV), a step or two above the Macan.

That same 800 mile drive that the Mach-E took 5 DCFCs to do takes 4 in the Macan (3 if one perfectly-placed EA were usable but it's been a mess this summer, so we break that into 2 stops). But the Gravity should reduce the entire drive to just 2 DCFCs.

 

[dbsb3233]

Because nobody has measured the 75mph range yet. Seems silly to continue speculation when we will eventually have an answer.

Yep. We'd love to be reading and talking about multiple road trip reports, but there's been very few and nothing long yet. Even though the Gravity's only been out for a short time, I'm surprised there's isn't even one good real-world road trip video out on YouTube yet. Hopefully soon.

In the mean time, we're filling the void.

 

[asneed06]

Well guys, I’m on a 2 year long road trip currently with my wife and pup. So as soon as I actually get my Gravity (supposed to be end of this month) I will provide some efficiency and real world range estimates for highway and city driving.

 

[flarbear]

One note on your road trip estimates - it's usually the gas stations that are right next to the highway, while DCFC often isn't (although sometimes). On average the "churn" time is typically longer to drive to and get a session started for DCFC, not the other way around. That's on top of the much longer charging time. 20-25 minutes is common for newer EVs for just the charging time, but then add the to/from time off the interstate, occasional restarts, moving to a 2nd charger, etc to that.

Things are a bit better here in CA. The DCFC stations are right off the highway as well.

 

[asneed06]

Things are a bit better here in CA. The DCFC stations are right off the highway as well.

From south FL up 75 to KY DCFC stations are also right off the highway for each of our stops. There are many EVGO/Pilot stations being put up that have seemed to work relatively well each time although they are pricey.

 

[dbsb3233]

Things are a bit better here in CA. The DCFC stations are right off the highway as well.

Some the 200+ DCFC stations I've used on road trips are right off the interstate like gas usually is, but only some. Sometimes it's just a few blocks away, sometimes it's a few miles away.

For example, on I-70/I-15 thru CO/UT/NV, the EA station in Grand Junction CO is about 4 miles off the interstate (the SC is 3 miles). Richfield UT is 1 mile off. Washington UT is only a few blocks, but they're a very busy few blocks that can take multiple light cycles to get through. Green River UT is 2 miles off (both EA and SC). But Beaver UT, Salina UT, and Edwards CO are right off the off-ramp. Just depends. SCs tend to be closer, but even a number of those are a ways away.

 

[illopp00]

I had to update my previous post because I realized I hadn't taken apartment dwellers and other people with no home charging infrastructure into account.

For the near future, that continues to be a problem. But hopefully apartment complexes, condo structures, and public spaces will start to make charging a part of the idle time of more EV owners.

I want to see covered parking with apartment dwellers that have solar panels, then one of those cables bundles (let's say 3, that are 220V plugs that do 3.6KW, fast enough for any overnight or daily driving need which is <60 miles, so almost everbody) that are long and on a track (some of the newer DCFC designs have those cable arms that swing out to reach any port position so you move the charger across 5 or 6 cars, rather than moving cars around to charge.) It would help immensely as the industry evolves like gas to have standard inlet feed port and only 2 positions (driver rear or passenger rear).

 

[illopp00]

Ideally also a robot that is connected to wifi that can read your car''s SOC limit and SOC and then unplug for you automatically too...

 

[dscafetta]

The Air itself manages 3.3 miles/kwh in OOS road trip at 75mph. 2.9 miles/kwh at 80mph in the 10% challenge. Guaranteed the Gravity will be less. I suspect 2.9 or 3 miles/kwh at 75mph best case.

Which is still pretty good though. My Rivian does about 2.3-2.4 at that speed

Whatever Lucid advertises, plan on about 60%. They are experts at falsifying the range for their vehicles.

 

[037]

Whatever Lucid advertises, plan on about 60%. They are experts at falsifying the range for their vehicles.

It’s EPA data using EPA testing. That’s called playing the game by the rules.

Everyone plays a game, some better than others.

And there are naturally consequences

 

[TahoeMichael]

Whatever Lucid advertises, plan on about 60%. They are experts at falsifying the range for their vehicles.

You're replying to a comment about 75 mph and 80 mph power consumption and range. The range Lucid advertises is the EPA range, which is about slower speeds. There's reasons to be unhappy with the EPA range methodology, but blaming Lucid for efficiency decreasing as speed goes up is silly. If you're going to be mad about that, rage at God, or maybe Isaac Newton.