The increased use of air-conditioning in the summer months has brought down the range by about 10-15 km.
BHPian speedmiester recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
20K Kms Update
Lightfury completed 20000Kms on the odo yesterday. This milestone came in at just over 8 months.
Also got the fourth service done a week ago. An update for the stability control program was performed along with routine service which included a change of the AC filter.
For the past 4 months, I could undertake only two long drives apart from the many Bangalore-Mysore-Bangalore drives. One to Chennai and the other to Manipal. Both were solo drives and I stuck to speeds between 70-90KMPH which resulted in high-efficiency numbers. I could reach Chennai on a single charge and similarly reached Manipal on a single charge.
Few pointers since the last update
- The car has held up well. While I take care of my cars, I don’t baby them as well.
- There was slight noise from suspension and steering, this was fixed during the 20K kms service.
- Battery has degraded a bit; the SOH stands at just over 98%. This is in line with MG’s info on battery life. I still get 320-330Kms in City with AC and around 350Kms on the highways. Range is always dependent on the driving style.
- I usually keep my speeds between 60-80KMPH on undivided highways, 70-90 on traffic dense Four lane highways and 80-100KMPH on Expressways. I focus on avg speed rather than higher speeds.
- Learning to modulate the throttle instead of using cruise control helps with the range.
- Increased usage of AC in the summer months has brought down the range by about 10-15Kms.
- AC in Eco mode is useless if you have rear passengers. Switching to Normal or Sports mode makes it better. The large pano sunroof and the wafer-thin cloth cover underneath do not help.
- Fast Charging infrastructure has grown leaps and bounds over the past year. So range anxiety has taken a back seat, though a bit of planning never hurts. Most chargers are still 25-30KW range and higher charging times are expected.
Key stats so far:
Many miles to go
Here’s what BHPian DarthVeda had to say about the matter:
This is a bit concerning, the battery degradation is dependent on the # of charge cycles and it’s too early for it to onset at this early stage, I have driven over 20k on my Nexon EV and it still takes in 28.6kwh of energy.
Here’s what BHPian shyampsunder had to say about the matter:
I wouldn’t take SOH at its face value. According to UK forums, it looks like MG’s measurement of SOH on their LFP batteries is a static number that keeps reducing in a pre-determined way irrespective of the actual degradation of the battery. Refer to this link.
At 100% charge on normal mode, what is the number of KMs you are seeing as the range?
Keyword: My MG ZS EV experience at 20,000 km: 8 observations worth sharing