Probably knock a bit more off if you need to use a heater or air conditioning.
This is basically the same idea is acknowledging that mpg estimates are based on optimal conditions and real world conditions are frequently a bit lower.
Agreed. On ICE vehicles, the difference is not as drastical though, because the conversion of dino corpse to moving tires is much more inefficient.
*plant and marine organisms.
Every car I have ever owned lost 20% mpg or more on hot and cold days when the AC or heater were working hard.
or heater were working hard
Hmm, that shouldn’t be the case for ICE cars. ICEs are so inefficient at converting chemical energy into motion that they produce vast amounts of waste heat, more heat than would ever be required to heat the passenger compartment. “Turning on” the heater simply diverts some of the waste heat away from the external radiator.
AC will make a difference, but only a few percent; heater makes no difference.
Isn’t it just easier to see what your car does on miles/kilometers per kWh on highway/city vs temp? For my bolt I know I get 4 miles/kWh in summer highway and 2 mi/kWh in winter highway. On highway that’s 130 to 260 miles on highway 100% to 0% battery. 247 miles was the advertised range.
If I were hyper-mile-ing, I have seen as high as 15 mi/kWh (window cracked, no HVAC, warm weather, 35 mph). So theoretically 975 miles range in my testing. I’m trying to find the test someone did in a Bolt that did, iirc, around 1200 mile range.
