This is particularly relevant because we don't know how VW is arriving at these figures. Even the much vaunted Tesla is not immune with reports of P85s losing range after a battery update was applied to protect the packs.
It has a 36 kilowatt hour battery (36 kWh), and has … If the Spark EV was OK size wise you might want to look at the Fiat 500e. Only passive cooling to save cost and weight. I'm going to pick a ( friendly ) debate here as it's always confused me, Aug 2020 KONA64 P-SE, Moved on up from Golf GTE. During the hottest months of the year, my car spends most of the day in the garage, which doesn't get quite that hot and keeps it out of direct sun.

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Ioniq is way more efficient than the e-Golf, mostly due to aerodynamics. I perhaps should have asked for experience of this before I ordered my new E-Golf, but I'll ask anyway. I agree that VW should have added active thermal management, as it would have enabled a much longer battery life (just read an article at insideevs.com about how BMW expects the i3 pack to last at least 15 years and still have 70% net capacity, probably large due to active temp control) and they wouldn't need to discourage people from back to back DC charging sessions due to heat generation at high charge rates. The base Ioniq BEV costs near $30K, I think. For what it's worth, I'm a teacher, so I don't work during the summer. I do notice a degradation of battery, and my 60 mile round-trip commute is starting to get close if I drive the speed limit.

Saying that it would be quite realistic some of the time. The reason there are so many reports about the Leaf is that they've sold so many cars and the early ones really sucked. As far as I can tell there has been no degradation of the battery at all. Therefore, always alternate high-voltage charging (DC fast charging) and low-voltage charging. I wish you the best of luck in your search, no matter what EV you go with you’ll love it!

Join the electrifying discussion today! For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. (I suspect around 60k I’ll start seeing it). There is an old thread on the e-Golf section about obdeleven that has more details about where to find some info in the app.


I've been looking at a used Volkswagen e-Golf for my first electric car (and a secondary city car for my girlfriend and I).

There are about 7 fast chargers between here and there, so the range should be plenty for occasional trips, or I could just use the ICE car that day). I know most 2016's dont. ----------------------------------------------------------------, Discussion Forum for the Volkswagen Golf Electric Vehicle, 2015 e-Golf LE (returned) | 2018 Tesla Model 3 LR | 2012 RAV4 EV Shoreline w/JdeMO | Leviton EVB40 & Jesla Home Charging | 4.32kW Motech/Enphase PV + 2x Powerwall 2 AC, Volkswagen ID.4 EV SUV set for launch in Europe in 2020, Porsche Taycan unveiling event – price and specs included.

Range extension is around 10% (ECO mode, 24kWh/30kWh battery). The KONA is so nippy, so efficient HappyDays. The best protection against degration is to buy more range than you need and you won't have to care. Charge it to 80% during summer and 90% during the winter. And it charges DCFC up to 100 kW and I believe it has battery thermal management, though it may be only air cooled, it's still better than nothing. They specifically warn you against fast charging multiple times in a row so they are clearly concerned about heat's effect on the battery. May I ask where can one find this?

’ve had my golf since July this year.

Discuss everything to do with electric cars, hybrid cars and electric vehicles – the Reddit community for EV enthusiasts! Therefore if you took the advice of not leaving it at customer 0%, maybe left it at 10% of the customer available, then that's 15% ? I realize some 2017 e-Golf drivers can see those ranges, too, but all that range on a 28 kWh battery pack? Bought used with 11969 miles. Or is the real figure in the range of 4.30 to 4.39? I absolutely love the car, but make sure not to get ripped off when shopping for one. People cared a lot about degradation in first gen cars because with a sub-100 mile range you feel every mile that goes. I would be strongly considering it otherwise.

I'm wondering - how much of a concern should battery degradation be for me? The air is less wet now and my mi/kWh are back to something more normal. If your average consumption figure is 4.3, does it mean the real figure is in the range of 4.25 to 4.34? , FYI, here is what the e-golf 2019 owners manual says about DC fast charging: " Battery capacity will decrease if you frequently and consecutively charge your vehicle at a DC charging station. We extended the lease to bridge the time until we got our Model 3, but we have it now, so the e-Golf is going back on Monday. Therefore an empty e Golf battery is not really empty, say 10% left actually in it. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Had it for a year and it’s got 21170 miles now. JavaScript is disabled. It's not the battery degrading,recent charge showed 162 miles at 8pm temp.14 C parked in the garage,in the morning 9am, 6 deg C. 135 miles showing. Nevertheless, the durability of the battery has not changed and, although it has a warranty of eight years, fears remain over SMR expertise and costs. And it doesn't look weird like the 1st gen Leaf and the i3. I've not seen as low as 110 miles when fully charged, and I'm not know for driving efficiently very often. We have a 2016 e-golf, live in Chicago suburbs, so have a proper winter and a pretty warm summer. Or are the temperatures here hot, but not hot enough to significantly accelerate the wear of the battery? Every single datum you're using to calculate usable battery capacity only has two significant figures, and following sig fig rules, your answer will only have two significant figures. Thanks KenB, some reassurance then.