My city range has averaged from 458.33 – 550 kms so far. I generally set it to Eco mode and “High” Regen mode for city driving.
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Few points I would like to discuss here as a fellow owner.
Charging
I generally follow a 40% to 60% during everyday city driving(i.e charge when battery level hits 40% until 60% SOC).Atleast Im using the 7kw charger provided by the dealer, which works well so far.
Also IMO, regular fast charging isn’t good for the Battery longevity, although BYD says their batteries can handle it.Feel free to correct me if Im wrong.I would use it only during the long hauls when I need to recharge to that 100% quick or gain some extra range at a pitstop. In the cities with providers like Statiq and Rebolt, standard 7 kw chargers are available at multiple locations around all big metros and even free at Ikea, so take advantage of that if possible. Just my suggestion but whatever works best for you end of the day.
Gadgetry and features
You mentioned about various updates. So I had asked this question earlier and was told by few other members here to take it to the service centre to get the update. So just want to cross check, have you been doing that or is the OTA update possible? BTW are you done with the first 3 month service already? Mine is due shortly.
Range
My city range has averaged from ~458.33 – 550 kms so far. I generally set it to Eco mode and “High” Regen mode for city driving. Tell me if you you have configured any specific settings for such economical driving. Im sure there are other factors that could be leading to this significant variation in our ranges, such as different traffic, road, topography and weather conditions in 2 different cities (Gurgaon vs Bangalore).Our Individual driving styles might differ as well.
Surprisingly my highway efficiency is higher, although I haven’t done a long haul trip like you yet on the seal( max ~100 km one way trip), the efficiency is generally ~550 to 660 kms.I was able to get 660 kms by keeping my speed within the 90kmph coasting at a constant speed in eco mode.So its strange your highway range dropped so much compared to your city driving.I would assume higher speeds could be the culprit.
This is somewhere we need a reconciliation. Also curious if you estimated the actual range by driving the car in single charge from 100% to almost 0 SOC?
I have based my estimate on the average efficiency for the last 50 kms, displayed on the instrument cluster (eg:16kwh/100 km) and then extrapolating it. Hence, simply dividing the 82.5 kwh(battery size) by the average efficiency and multiplied by 100 gives us the range [Range = battery size/average kwh consumed per 100 km * 100]
Guess to make a better comparison of the efficiency this avg efficiency metric would be more useful.
So my average efficiency metrics are as follows
- Best – 12.5 kwh/100 kms (efficient highway coasting at reasonable speeds and ECO mode with controlled acceleration)
- Average – ~15 to 16.5 kwh/100 kms ( High speed driving and frequent acceleration on highways in sport mode and regular city driving)
- Worst – ~18 to 20 kwh/100 kms (City driving in Standard Regen & sport mode and AC working in full power with erratic acceleration)
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