Distance on electric

[sandys]

stretching the range is a great EV meta game, does no one else play

I got a ~15% range increase in Feb putting EV tyres back on instead of sports tyre I bought by mistake when I down sized, who knew that all PZ4s are not the same.... seeing 36-39 since doing so, maybe I will finally get in the 40s with regularity in the warmer times only done so once or twice before changing wheel size but 49 is a strong ask, that's ~3.3 miles per Kw excluding charging loss.

35 miles seems reasonable from 14.9 usable battery if you are in single digit temps, it's a 2 tonne SUV, check all EVs of similar size and weight and you'll see that over 3 mile per kw is a bit of a pipe dream in low temps, even in normal temps, you're lucky not to be under 2.

Have they given more battery on newer MY24 Volvo as they do claim 51/62 city which is very strong, upto 4m/kw based on the old usable, if so that is a massive step up in efficiency, would need improved motors or battery really I'd have though, specs now say 19Kwh battery too, rounding from 18.8 or new battery?

[chrisrixy]

Originally Posted by sandys

I got a ~15% range increase in Feb putting EV tyres back on instead of sports tyre I bought by mistake

On a MY23 V60 PHEV I was getting an indicated 40 ish range in the summer, but only 33-35 in the winter - In addition to the cold I hadn't considered that a change to winter tyres might also have had an impact....

The actual range might be very different - on these Highland roads with zero indicated electric range I'm often getting 3 to 4 miles downhill before the ICE kicks in again. Conversely going up the hills kills the range..

If only there was a simple switch to change to ICE for the uphill sections rather than an option hidden in sub menus..

[Rich850R]

Originally Posted by sk546

and dont go above 50mph on electric.

On dual carriageways and motorways? Is this really what the world has come to? HGV drivers are going to be highly impressed with this!

[sk546]

Originally Posted by Rich850R

On dual carriageways and motorways? Is this really what the world has come to? HGV drivers are going to be highly impressed with this!

The cars will do 85mph in electric mode (which I regularly do) but doing so uses the battery pretty damn quick. The OP was asking the best ways to increase battery range so I mentioned it.
When going 60mph+, its best to use the ICE.

[Paulxc]

Originally Posted by sk546

The only things that have a noticeable affect on the 400v Hybrid battery range is the A/C and the HV coolant heater (which provides cabin heating if required).
All other ancillaries (radio, lights, infotainment etc) are run from the 12v system which is charged from the 400v hybrid batteries if needed via an inverter but their use has very little noticable affect on range.
To get the best possible range, switch off A/C and cabin heating (in the menu's, there is a tick box labelled Auxiliary/additional heater or similar) and dont go above 50mph on electric.

I’m wondering how much driving in ‘B’ helps the range?

[sandys]

Originally Posted by sk546

The cars will do 85mph in electric mode (which I regularly do) but doing so uses the battery pretty damn quick. The OP was asking the best ways to increase battery range so I mentioned it.
When going 60mph+, its best to use the ICE.

87 but hey, what's 2mph between friends

Its no different to running petrol really in terms of what consumes the most, energy use is high getting up to speed quickly or up inclines when maintaining a high speed you can still do this on little electric and it does a decent job, requires a lightfoot and obviously any down hill stuff knock into b for best recovery.

Originally Posted by chrisrixy

If only there was a simple switch to change to ICE for the uphill sections rather than an option hidden in sub menus..

The car does a decent job of managing itself when using Googles topology data for smart energy distribution.

but you can just leave the driving page up, that's what I do all other stuff I'm interested in is on the other display anyway.

[sk546]

Originally Posted by Paulxc

I’m wondering how much driving in ‘B’ helps the range?

I run mine in B mode everywhere as I have it in 1 pedal drive mode (creep mode turned off and B mode selected), something that is only available on the Extended Range models, not the earlier T8's (11.6kwh batteries and smaller).

You can regain a good bit of range using B especially if you find a good downhill stretch but I mainly use 1 pedal so I dont have to go anywhere near the brake pedal for the vast majority of my drives.

Originally Posted by sandys

87 but hey, what's 2mph between friends

I stand corrected, thanks.

[sandys]

Originally Posted by GeoC

Just joined as have bought a 2022 XC60 T6 Recharge

This might be a daft question but I am on a learning curve with this car.

The spec for this seems to state up to 49 miles on electric but when mine is fully charged it gives just 35 miles.

Is this right?

If you've not seen it this might help you to understand what impacts range, pretty much every thing but its at it best at lower speeds and WLTP average speeds are very low, so numbers for range on that test are high, I'd image it's done without climate etc.

https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support...a80151503f4daa