Does AC use subsequently increase ESTIMATED EV range?

i haven't noticed it in the past, but that doesn't mean it isn't happening. unfortunately, we haven't had any a/c weather yet this year. my range is only up to 14.7 and it should reach 16+ eventually. i hope.

 

The estimated range decreases approximately 10% when the climate control is on. Even if A/C is "off" and only the fan is blowing.

Perhaps when we discuss estimated (and actual) EV range, we should take care to include whether the fan and/or A/C was on or off.

 

Again, my point is that when you turn anything on in Climate Control, the estimate goes down identically. Fan full blast? Fan on low? A/C on? A/C off? All have the same effect on the estimate, which makes no sense from a physics standpoint. So there's clearly a software flag for CLIMATE on/off without respect to what the actual draw is.

I'll check out your sequence you outlined, but I think we make far too much of the "estimated" EV miles than we should.

 

i think you're pretty clear. how much higher have you noticed? it's hard to distinguish cause if weather is warming.

 

Nobody is crying over my 12.4.
Pooooooooor me!!!!!!

 

an interesting experiment would be to do the same ev route everyday with the a/c on, and see when/where the estimate stops increasing.

 

Interesting... We went to lunch yesterday with the A/C blasting (outside temp around 95F) and returned home with less than the usual 1.2 miles of EV left. This morning, fully charged, the EV showed 12.1 for the first time since winter. Of course we never had a real winter but that's a whole different problem

 

Yep! 12.6 today's est. but actual for the last four day's has been 16.3 to 17.3 so things are slowly moving up!

 

Just speculating, but if the system shows 10% less because the AC is on, but it is not on high enough to actually reduce range by 10%, then maybe the software compares actual to its reduced estimate and assumes that the estimate of how many miles can be done per Kw needs increasing. So next time you turn on with a full charge and no AC the estimate has gone ujp.

 

I just got mine, finally, 31may... 14 plugin / 400 mi on the odm ATM.
I'm still figuring out howto almost everything.
About a 100 miles ago my EV range changed from 12.something to 14.something. I need to start taking pics today.
- I've only turned on a/c for a few minutes once while driving and a few times so far while charging. -
With the 14 the doors lock and the a/c runs for 10 minutes from the 120v while the car is plugged in, or from the traction pack if not plugged in, but if plugged in the charge rate drops about 1kw - depending on the initial charge rate - while a/c is on.
I have split charging almost evenly between mostly 30amp/240v and the 12amp/120v oem charger that came with the car. The oem charges my car from, no EV charge to, full EV charge, in 3 hours at 1.1kw and the 30amp/240v chargers I've accessed so far charge the car in 2 hours at 1.9kw.
I'm still looking for a charger that will charge the car in an hour,
I'm hoping one of the 70amp/240v chargers I've found in canada will do that.
So far I've only made it home from one of the 30amp/240v chargers using only EV once
but I've done maybe 5 all EV runs, then reconnected to the oem charger.
I'll do a couple all EV runs with a/c on today and/or tomorrow and see what happens.
But it also may take more than a day or two to see a difference.
keeping my fingers crossed.
I'll also update my profile later
so please be patient with me, ok.

 

welcome and congrats, there are no one hour evse's, due to the charger design of the car. an L2 charger will do about 90 minutes more or less, and there are plenty to choose from. all the best!

 

Keep up the good work!

 

thanks, i'll try.

 

No problem!
You are welcome!