Thanks Mark. In all honesty I’m confused, not with the infrastructure or anything like that but with the range I’ll get especially in winter months. On EV datebase it says from 170 -355 for the ioniq 5. 170 miles won’t get me there and what I don’t want is to charge both ways, especially if I need to get there in an emergency which your aware of. My driving is on the faster side especially on roads above 40mph when allowing, adding 20% would be the ballpark speed. Most the roads are single carriageway with a small dualcarriage way at Brecon (70) and the A5 (70) where I join a fast flowing single carriage way (a49) that takes me up towards whitchurch. I suffer badly with Raynauds, s if I went the EV route, wandering about an heatpump. Confused.com lol
Ok, so here’s what I understand about the EV Database figures. The Highway – Cold is running at -10 with heating on (really??!) given unless you’re driving around Scotland, -10 is unlikely, you’ll get better than that. There’s also a great difference in range between 70mph and 65mph. In reality, there’s not a great deal of difference in journey time between the two – 2 hours 51 for 200 miles at 70 and 3 hours 4 minutes at 65. Assuming, of course, that you are at a steady and constant speed.
Heatpumps are a tricky question, there are people who must have them, others who swear they make no difference in the British climate. I tend to find the two groups also fall into those with and without heatpumps respectively 😉 Would I spend a grand or so on one, no but I live in mild Cornwall where everyone else is knee deep in snow before we see much more than a flake. Would I recommend someone else have one? No, not because they’re not good value or won’t save you a few miles but because I won’t pay for one, so it’d be wrong of me to suggest someone else should. Some basic maths (if you can get the data) would tell you if it’s financially viable (extra range given x price per mile all over cost of heatpump = miles required to break even). However, your need is around time and stopping and I’ve absolutely no idea what will happen.
Have a look at this: https://www.speakev.com/threads/non-heat-pump-car-vs-heat-pump-power-usage-comparison.165506/ It’s and EV6 but will explain in technical detail how having heating on effected his journey.
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