Real range of electric cars, from car manufacture calculator.

[Peter day]

Just found this calculator for electric range, I know it's a Mokka, but same principles apply to all electric cars! Note cost per mile is calculated assuming electricity costs 5p Kwh.
Max range 201 miles?

Link

Vauxhall New Mokka | 100% Electric or Hybrid SUV | Vauxhall

Get the Vauxhall New Mokka—an electric SUV with up to 252 miles range or a hybrid SUV with no cables. Order online now with 14-day returns!

www.vauxhall.co.uk

Calculator almost at the bottom.

 

[ProfJohnL]

I'm not sure what you are trying to prove?

Apart from blind idiots, I don't know who would try to drive at 70mph when the roads are cold enough to freeze saline

Another scaremongering headline without a grasp of reality.

 

[JezzerB]

Quite right Prof. A very silly exercise.

 

[woodsieboy]

Vauxhaul are offering a 'digitally detoxed interior' any body know what that means?

 

[Anseo]

Vauxhaul are offering a 'digitally detoxed interior' any body know what that means?

I think in self driving autonomous vehicles there may be little or no need for the instrumentation that we normally associate with cars.

More of a place to sit or lie down in and do whatever takes our fancy whilst the journey is being undertaken.

A Volvo Concept Car Embraces a 'Digital Detox' Interior, Features Indoor Garden | Moss and Fog

The Volvo Haven is an unusual and sophisticated concept car, with an interior that ditches screens and overt technology for a zen-like, plant-filled space.

mossandfog.com

 

[Raywood]

The answer is that the potential range is measured against a standard driving route and real life is different, so the figures are no more than a comparison between models. Magazine tests have shown that you are unlikely to get these figures if you buy one though. Using the heater and lights in Winter will seriously reduce the range so Winter use of many will be seriously worse than the figures used by testers.
Having said that our neighbour has just bought one as a second car, which seems to be the best option for these cars in most cases and he can actually run it for nothing. Basically the car chargers are free so he drives to the one nearest our local Tesco plugs it in and does the shopping. When he comes back he has a near full battery, although I think both of us realise this will not last for ever. There are plenty of other sites he can use so in the short tern at least he can keep the costs right down.
Our council has bought an electric dustbin wagon and says that the diesel equivalent cost £100 a day in fuel but only £15 for the electricity so the savings are there for those who can work the system. The catch though seems to be if you have to recharge on the road, as the costs there tend to be near the cost of refilling with petrol so long distance touring though possible is not as cheap.