Ok – so I’m playing devils advocate here – but today I made a short journey about 6miles there and 6miles back it was a mix of 30 – 40 and some 50 mph speed restrictions – I had it in comfort and a/c set to 18c fan cranked to halfway and ventilated seats on full. I was returning about 3.5 kWh on average – highest 4 lowest 3.2 – but 3.5 was the average. Firstly – I see no point in being uncomfortable when my journey presents no range anxiety, although my light grey seats would hide any salty sweat marks
But in my view makes a strong case for ventilated seats and sunroof plus heated seats and steering wheel that the ultimate has. If you know you are going to make the occasional long journey that may require charging away from home – not using a/c or heat is going to make a substantial difference in range. In winter I can put on extra layers – but nobody wants to see me in Speedo’s – would require some series councilling
I did 2 journeys today, the first to drop off someone, with the sat nav recommending a mix of motorway and urban roads, 4.4, the return alone using urban roads 7.2. Am playing around with the car in terms of trying to achieve the highest figures, but now it´s time to just enjoy and not worry about energy consumption.