Impressions of my first long road trip

[Daniel2022AT]

The difference between 3.9 and 4.5 can be several factors, seemingly minor, but important to efficiency at any moment: Speed, vehicle weight, ambient temperature, wind - direction and speed, traffic conditions, elevations changes, rain, payment conditions, etc.

 

[BS8899]

The difference between 3.9 and 4.5 can be several factors, seemingly minor, but important to efficiency at any moment: Speed, vehicle weight, ambient temperature, wind - direction and speed, traffic conditions, elevations changes, rain, payment conditions, etc.

True....Milwaukee to Detroit is mostly a "flat" drive. All the factors you mentioned are relevant. But the difference between 3.9 @ 70mph and 4.5 @ 74mph is significant. The Out-of-spec 70mph test is at a constant 70mph. Not sure if your 74mph is constant or mixed in with stop-and-go traffic.

 

[BS8899]

True....Milwaukee to Detroit is mostly a "flat" drive. All the factors you mentioned are relevant. But the difference between 3.9 @ 70mph and 4.5 @ 74mph is significant. The Out-of-spec 70mph test is at a constant 70mph. Not sure if your 74mph is constant or mixed in with stop-and-go traffic.

Also, your screenshot shows you traveled ~427 miles @ 4.5 miles/kWh. Your traveled distance is ~50 miles more than from Milwaukee to Detroit. Not sure if you drove part of this mileage at lower speed (s) (i.e., less than 74 mph). The EPA's rating (mixed hwy and city driving) for the Lucid is more than 4.6 miles/kWh. Yet, few of us can achieve better than 4 miles/kWh at highway speed (75 mph).