MG4 Trophy / real world range insight

[RobbyJ]

S600BSB said:

Just thinking the same thing! Using a lorry's slipstream on a motorway to get from A to B - not exactly a great advert for EVs.

Personally I drive my EV exactly the same way I drove my previous 750bhp V8, there are some of us out there.

[S600BSB]

RobbyJ said:

Personally I drive my EV exactly the same way I drove my previous 750bhp V8, there are some of us out there.

Me too!

[Frimley111R]

If it is the same journey all the time you'll get to know where to stop for a quick charge (motorway services/tesco etc.) so you should be fine

[soupdragon1]

Merry said:

Danzelp said:

Gooose said:

I’ve got a ZS EV with a range of 280 miles, I’ve averaged smack on that for the life of the vehicle. I get more in the summer, and I found I’ll get a brilliant mileage if I use a relatively fast lorry’s slip stream and cruise at say 55 on the motorway.

Like watching paint dry but can be done

Not quite Charles Leclerc setting a fastest lap, but if it works...

I'm not entirely convinced the safest place to be on a motorway is mixing with the hgvs, regardless of how efficient it may be.

I dunno. When you're mixing it with the drivers in the fastest lanes, it can be a bit wacky races sometimes.

I went back to diesel while I'm waiting for my ID3 to be built (11 months and counting ffs) but having learned how to squeak extra mileage out of a Nissan Leaf, I find myself tootling along on the inside lane at 60 mph on my motorway trips now. It gets me more than 10 extra MPG versus 70mph and its a more relaxing drive tbh during rush hour. Once you're in the fastest lanes, its all a bit inconsistent with speeds, getting faster and slower continuously whereas its more subdued and steady pace on the inside lane.

I guess it all depends on the motorway though. I'm on the M2 in/out of Belfast and I find the drive less annoying when I'm going that little bit slower.

[ashenfie]

Truck drivers must love you

[Gooose]

ashenfie said:

Truck drivers must love you

Jesus Christ I’m not up their ar5e like guy Martin attempting the push bike speed record, I’m just pottering on like the million other cars in the slow lane

[TheRainMaker]

S600BSB said:

RobbyJ said:

Personally I drive my EV exactly the same way I drove my previous 750bhp V8, there are some of us out there.

Me too!

Same, if you are sitting with the HGVs doing 55 mph you have far too much time to waste.

[kambites]

TheRainMaker said:

Same, if you are sitting with the HGVs doing 55 mph you have far too much time to waste.

I tend to do that in my Elise on the odd occasion I use the motorway because it's too damned noisy to drive any faster, especially with the roof off.