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Originally Posted by jedpause
Getting upset with this thing, 19 miles is the max I see (with granny charger while I wait for high speed charger) after a charge.... half the expected...
I guess it tracks your usage/behaviour like the fuel range does
Had the car a month now and charge every second day
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I've learned to completely ignore the range indicator on the dash. It's rubbish. Maybe there's some logic there, but it beats me.
May as well just be a random number generator.
In its defence, I often get slightly more than advertisted, but certainly not impressive, and certainly nowhere near what BMW "suggested" I would get. Temperature alledgedly plays a part, but in my experience, regardless of weather, its poor.
Used to bug me too, however now just accept that however many miles I get it's still cheaper than fuel. And since switching to Octopus Go, it's massively cheaper (%wise). Gone from about £1.80 a charge, down to approx £1.20. If I do 20-25 miles on that, its potentially 5p a mile (compared to >10p a mile on fuel).
If you can, it's seriously worth a switch to Octopus Go. 4 hours of electricity at 5p/kWh through the night. And if you are getting a home charger, so should be able to charge most (if not all) in that window.
ps. if you look to switch, the link below means we both get £50 free credit! (a months free electric motoring)
((...although, just recalled, you recently took on a decent EDF contract?))