EX30 Indicated range

[JanLouis]

I think weather, tyre pressure and style of driving matters a lot. I am driving my EX30 in most probably the best climate possible for Electric Cars and always with OPD on, gentle acceleration with the tyre pressures on highest (eco) recommendation of Volvo. I normally exceed the published rates.
With the car standing after a charge you will see a range of 269 miles with battery at 90% or 433km. Living outside Johannesburg in South Africa helps. The temperature range in summer normally between 20 and 30 degrees celsius and in winter at the time I drive between 10 and 22 degrees. This coupled with the thin air living at altitude (my house on 1580m above sea level) reduces drag on the car. Also with limited rain and use of wipers and demisting all contribute to constant good range with often range exceeding claimed amount. It must be that people like me and others in South Africa, Australia and warm countries ensure that on average Volvo indicated the range correctly. For the last 10 000km my average consumption is sitting at 14kwh/100km - this will exceed the range estimate of Volvo.

[Donny Simm]

This practice of overstating range has been going on since time in memorial. The industry has been getting away with this since I can remember and across the globe. My previous new petrol car, Skoda Kamiq, had a stated range of mpg 49 I NEVER got more than 38 mpg driving with extreme care on cruise control . If I just drove it normally that was down to 34 mpg.

I did do 500 miles in my EX last weekend temp at 6 deg with a passenger all motorway and at 69 mph on pilot. It was overnight so everything was on inc air con and I got 200 miles per 100% battery and the onboard display stated 32kw per 100 miles so pretty much spot on. I thought that wasn’t too bad. Thankfully 99% of the time I do 50 miles a day in town and don’t have to concern myself with range but I wouldn’t have any electric car if I had to do long drives daily.

FYI used the Tesla network and it was brilliant cheaper cost per KW than the rest and very fast from 20-70%. Each charge from 20-70 only 12 mins. More stops but very rapid. 70-100 drops way down I did one 20-100% at the end and that took 1hr 15mins. So little and more often no brainer.

[Colinbell]

Hi - we’ve just got a second hand volvo ex30 -will it base the dynamic range on the full driving history (if so how do you clear it) or just your recent driving? Thanks

[SP1959]

I think it bases its estimation on your more recent driving - so the more you drive it, the less the previous owner's driving style will influence it.

[Stretford99]

Yes I can add to this, I have owned a twin performance plus for 11 months - and have been quite heavy footed! But on Friday I decided to drive almost as slow as I possibly could - I set the cruise control to 55mph almost the whole way down the motorway haha instead of the usual 80mph…and I saved so much battery, 19% compared to my usual style of driving

But when I recharged the car it did indeed account for the last drive - I suddenly had a range of 258 miles on 100% charge as compared to what I usually get which is 210 to 220 miles. So it seems to update the estimate almost immediately!

Having said all that I think I’ll return to flooring it!

[andrewollason]

The range estimation seems to work in a very similar way to an ice car. Some recalculate on each refill, some will recalculate at the start of each journey. I have seen 150km difference in predicted range when I fill up our diesel Ford.

[SP1959]

I used to occasionally drive an ICE car owned by my employer driven by many different employees.

There were times that I could get in, drive 70 miles, and have a greater remaining range than when I started the journey, 70 miles earlier, due to the difference in my driving style from the previous driver.