How Much Range Are You Actually Getting?

[Bus Driver]

Wow… that’s harsh. Haha!

 

[Bill B]

That is an over 100% difference between readings. On the same route with the same driver? Is one in miles and one in kilometers lol

Same everything.

 

[Bill B]

Have you talked to Lucid? Maybe one of the motors has an issue / or bad wheel bearing / a dragging brake etc.

How has your Lucid driving been summer only? It’s not summer yet.

I drove the car back from AZ summer conditions for all of the 3900 miles I have driven.

 

[LCIDdreams]

I drove the car back from AZ summer conditions for all of the 3900 miles I have driven.

Gotcha - it didn’t compute when I saw you Milwaukee location

 

[LCIDdreams]

That is an over 100% difference between readings. On the same route with the same driver? Is one in miles and one in kilometers lol

That is a massive difference- keep driving it and it might eventually become a perpetual motion machine!

On a serious note perhaps there is an issue with how the car is either calculating or displaying efficiency (ie the value shown is not accurate somehow)

 

[MikeTz]

Today I got stuck driving behind a slow driving caravan of cars on A1A. After driving at 35 MPH for 4 miles (stuck behind the caravan) I decided to just stay at 35 MPH for the remaining 10 mile drive home. Stats: Time 3PM. Temperature 82 Degrees. Sunny, not a cloud in the sky. A/C set to 72. A dozen or so traffic lights stops along the way. Consumption 4.4Miles/kWh over a 14 mile distance. DEP 21's. For reference ... I am approaching 4k miles and my average over the 4k traveled distance is 3.3Mile/kWh. Not sure if this has any real value other than the knowledge that I can probably make it out of Florida during a hurricane mandatory evacuation.

 

[hydbob]

Today I got stuck driving behind a slow driving caravan of cars on A1A. After driving at 35 MPH for 4 miles (stuck behind the caravan) I decided to just stay at 35 MPH for the remaining 10 mile drive home. Stats: Time 3PM. Temperature 82 Degrees. Sunny, not a cloud in the sky. A/C set to 72. A dozen or so traffic lights stops along the way. Consumption 4.4Miles/kWh over a 14 mile distance. DEP 21's. For reference ... I am approaching 4k miles and my average over the 4k traveled distance is 3.3Mile/kWh. Not sure if this has any real value other than the knowledge that I can probably make it out of Florida during a hurricane mandatory evacuation.

3.3mi/kwh puts you at 86.4% of expected range. I would say that's pretty good!

 

[milgauss]

Took a reasonably long drive today:

Car
* approx. 200 miles odometer
* Air GT 21" wheels
* Smooth mode

Trip
* 50 degF, wind avg around 10 mph
* ACC set to 75 mph, interior temp set to 72 degF
* 215 miles, very flat
* 69 kWh used
* 3.1 mi/kWh
* equates to 74% of epa
* 347 total mile range vs. epa 469 total mile range

Observations:
* This is pretty disappointing as I have no idea how to get better conditions than this
* The total power consumed on the pilot display trip meter would occasionally blink back and forth from its current calculation to 5 kWh (e.g. 27 kWh --> 5 kWh --> 27 kWh)
* The center portion of the cockpit display rapidly blinked/flickered for about 5 or 10 seconds-- only happened once
* ACC works really well, very smooth even when someone merges close in front of you
* Overall, a much better drive than my Model S

 

[hydbob]

Took a reasonably long drive today:

Car
* approx. 200 miles odometer
* Air GT 21" wheels
* Smooth mode

Trip
* 50 degF, wind avg around 10 mph
* ACC set to 75 mph, interior temp set to 72 degF
* 215 miles, very flat
* 69 kWh used
* 3.1 mi/kWh
* equates to 74% of epa
* 347 total mile range vs. epa 469 total mile range

Observations:
* This is pretty disappointing as I have no idea how to get better conditions than this
* The total power consumed on the pilot display trip meter would occasionally blink back and forth from its current calculation to 5 kWh (e.g. 27 kWh --> 5 kWh --> 27 kWh)
* The center portion of the cockpit display rapidly blinked/flickered for about 5 or 10 seconds-- only happened once
* ACC works really well, very smooth even when someone merges close in front of you
* Overall, a much better drive than my Model S

Do you know if your wind was a headwind? If so, then it's really driving at 85 mph. I would say 74% of EPA at that speed is expected

 

[milgauss]

Do you know if your wind was a headwind? If so, then it's really driving at 85 mph. I would say 74% of EPA at that speed is expected

Trip was half going E, half going W. Wind was out of the east so headwind going and tailwind coming back.

 

[hydbob]

Trip was half going E, half going W. Wind was out of the east so headwind going and tailwind coming back.

At 50F, the best you could achieve is already lowered down to 91% of EPA

 

[SaratogaLefty]

Today I got stuck driving behind a slow driving caravan of cars on A1A. After driving at 35 MPH for 4 miles (stuck behind the caravan) I decided to just stay at 35 MPH for the remaining 10 mile drive home. Stats: Time 3PM. Temperature 82 Degrees. Sunny, not a cloud in the sky. A/C set to 72. A dozen or so traffic lights stops along the way. Consumption 4.4Miles/kWh over a 14 mile distance. DEP 21's. For reference ... I am approaching 4k miles and my average over the 4k traveled distance is 3.3Mile/kWh. Not sure if this has any real value other than the knowledge that I can probably make it out of Florida during a hurricane mandatory evacuation.

I am consistently seeing 2.6 mi/kwh on the left screen for "Average" since last charge. How do you view the total average for total miles traveled (e.g. 4k on your car)?

 

[milgauss]

I am consistently seeing 2.6 mi/kwh on the left screen for "Average" since last charge. How do you view the total average for total miles traveled (e.g. 4k on your car)?

On the pilot screen hit the gear icon --> Vehicle --> Trip Meters. I think that's right at least. Whichever trip meter you select will be shown on the left side of the cockpit screen. I usually never clear Trip B, so you can see performance for the entire car's life.

 

[MikeTz]

I am consistently seeing 2.6 mi/kwh on the left screen for "Average" since last charge. How do you view the total average for total miles traveled (e.g. 4k on your car)?

You can choose to display any one of the three trip meter options available: Since last charge, Trip A, or trip B. I usually leave one of the trip A or B options as a totalizer to track the consumption over the life of ownership.

 

[digiboxer]

Took a reasonably long drive today:

Car
* approx. 200 miles odometer
* Air GT 21" wheels
* Smooth mode

Trip
* 50 degF, wind avg around 10 mph
* ACC set to 75 mph, interior temp set to 72 degF
* 215 miles, very flat
* 69 kWh used
* 3.1 mi/kWh
* equates to 74% of epa
* 347 total mile range vs. epa 469 total mile range

Observations:
* This is pretty disappointing as I have no idea how to get better conditions than this
* The total power consumed on the pilot display trip meter would occasionally blink back and forth from its current calculation to 5 kWh (e.g. 27 kWh --> 5 kWh --> 27 kWh)
* The center portion of the cockpit display rapidly blinked/flickered for about 5 or 10 seconds-- only happened once
* ACC works really well, very smooth even when someone merges close in front of you
* Overall, a much better drive than my Model S

Hey--at least the software works great...

 

[Bill B]

Took a reasonably long drive today:

Car
* approx. 200 miles odometer
* Air GT 21" wheels
* Smooth mode

Trip
* 50 degF, wind avg around 10 mph
* ACC set to 75 mph, interior temp set to 72 degF
* 215 miles, very flat
* 69 kWh used
* 3.1 mi/kWh
* equates to 74% of epa
* 347 total mile range vs. epa 469 total mile range

Observations:
* This is pretty disappointing as I have no idea how to get better conditions than this
* The total power consumed on the pilot display trip meter would occasionally blink back and forth from its current calculation to 5 kWh (e.g. 27 kWh --> 5 kWh --> 27 kWh)
* The center portion of the cockpit display rapidly blinked/flickered for about 5 or 10 seconds-- only happened once
* ACC works really well, very smooth even when someone merges close in front of you
* Overall, a much better drive than my Model S

I agree My 10 year old Tesla gets the same efficiency !!!! I would like any youtuber that has done a range test take one of our cars NOT A PRESS CAR but a real production car
and do a range test. I will guarantee they will not get with in 100 miles of the stated EPA range like the did with the PRESS cars. SOMETHIS IS NOT RIGHT!

 

[LCIDdreams]

Took a reasonably long drive today:

Car
* approx. 200 miles odometer
* Air GT 21" wheels
* Smooth mode

Trip
* 50 degF, wind avg around 10 mph
* ACC set to 75 mph, interior temp set to 72 degF
* 215 miles, very flat
* 69 kWh used
* 3.1 mi/kWh
* equates to 74% of epa
* 347 total mile range vs. epa 469 total mile range

Observations:
* This is pretty disappointing as I have no idea how to get better conditions than this
* The total power consumed on the pilot display trip meter would occasionally blink back and forth from its current calculation to 5 kWh (e.g. 27 kWh --> 5 kWh --> 27 kWh)
* The center portion of the cockpit display rapidly blinked/flickered for about 5 or 10 seconds-- only happened once
* ACC works really well, very smooth even when someone merges close in front of you
* Overall, a much better drive than my Model S

Honestly at 75mph in 50 degree weather with a bit of wind I would think 74% of EPA is ok. I imagine that other EVs would see a pretty similar result in the same conditions.

 

[milgauss]

Honestly at 75mph in 50 degree weather with a bit of wind I would think 74% of EPA is ok. I imagine that other EVs would see a pretty similar result in the same conditions.

I guess the main concern is seeing the Lucid have worse mi/kWh than my previous Model S(s) driving in the exact same conditions when their EPAs suggest the Lucid should be considerably better than the Model S.

 

[Maverick]

So one thing I discovered today that very clearly will impact range is non=driving drain. I was traveling most of the week, and I did not have the car plugged in during that time. When I left this morning, the range was 328 versus 360 or so when I left. As result, on my 'Since Last Charge' stats, I only had 2.1 for my "trip" since it was including 30+ miles of lost range with no distance traveled in the calculation. This also helps explain why it's so low in the initial miles of my trip since I think I lose around 4-5 miles of range a day when not charging.

This may have been obvious to most of you, but it was a bit of a revelation for me .

 

[DeaneG]

Honestly at 75mph in 50 degree weather with a bit of wind I would think 74% of EPA is ok. I imagine that other EVs would see a pretty similar result in the same conditions.

Especially with wind. Due to a square-law loss of range with airspeed, a headwind hurts more than a tailwind helps. Crosswinds reduce range too.