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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
Phantom drain on EVs is very model dependant, I believe on a Tesla with sentry mode etc you can expect to see perhaps a decrease of a couple of percent every couple of days
I’ve had both my taycan and my wife’s rsq8 parked at the airport and come back after two or three weeks with zero loss to the battery
Some things you should consider
1. The quoted range ? Forget it it’s all dependant on your driving style
2. Cold weather ? Knock 20% off the quoted range
3. Many manufacturers advise to charge to 80% capacity for day to day use only charging to 100% when you’re going on a long journey
4. If you’re buying used make sure you get a battery health report , repeated rapid DC charging will over time cause the battery to degrade quicker
So for example our very first EV was an Audi q4 40 sportback
Quoted range 312 miles at 100%
Charges to 80% during summer approx: 249 miles range
Charge to 80% during winter approx:205’miles range
Driving round town you’ll can use regen to add charge back on motorways you need to be using adaptive cruise control if available.
An EV with a heatpump will also help
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Ok so what the charge costs doesn't matter, off grid . More interested in how often I would need to do it . And if I need to go unexpectedly would it be good, my other car does gallons to the mile not the other way round. So use many to go to Oxford , France etc. just for a guide my little car gets a full tank twice a year. Coming up to 3 years old , done just under 1500 miles . So looking to trade in. Yes I know !!!!
so something like £5,000 more than a petrol to buy , would save £90 per year in fuel costs , dearer insurance ( I have checked) add charging point say £500 not looking worth bothering with
