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I realize this has been addressed before, but if any of you who regularly drive in cold northern climes could provide a range estimate, it would be greatly appreciated.
I drive a 2003 Lucid Air Touring with the standard 19-inch Pirelli all-season tires. I need to make a 120 mile drive each way when the ambient temperature will be 12 degrees (possibly lower). I will be driving at an average of 60-65 mph (part backroads, part interstate). I'll be the only one in the car and I'll probably set the cabin temperature to about 72 degrees. If anyone could provide an estimate of range starting with a 100 percent charge, that would be appreciated. There is an EA charging station at my destination. Thanks. (Sorry for the double incomplete post, my finger slipped on the keyboard!)
 
I could do about 290 miles in my 2024 Touring with 19s under 30 Deg F at around 67-72mph. I also would set the cabin temp to 67 and mostly used steering wheel heat and seat heaters. Try to precondition the battery (as if you are DC fast charging for 20 mins to heat up the battery, it actually gives extra capacity and reduces BMS heating over the longer trip.) Then I plug in a charge on L2 to just add the 3% back and heat the cabin. Otherwise just take a 10 min top up at the destination before leaving on the return. I would guess you will be getting around 2.8 mi-kwhr in that cold of weather.
 
At ~12°F with your setup, expect a noticeable drop, likely around 2.5–2.9 mi/kWh, so roughly 250–290 miles max range. You should be fine for 120 miles, but preconditioning and a short top-up at the destination would add a good safety buffer.
 
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