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Towing or a roof box: how much EV range do you lose?
Towing or carrying a roof box can cut EV range sharply. What consumption research says about drag, mass and speed, and how to plan the route around it.
Planning an electric road trip around what actually happens
Range anxiety is mostly arithmetic anxiety. Once you know your real consumption at 120 km/h and how your car charges between 10 and 80 per cent, a long drive becomes a schedule rather than a gamble.
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How Many Hours Should You Actually Drive Before a Break?
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The two numbers that decide a journey
Range
Your real consumption at motorway speed
Not the WLTP figure. Drag rises with the square of speed and power with the cube, which is why 130 km/h costs so much more than 110.
Stops
How many stops a corridor needs
Determined by average charging power across 10-80%, not by the peak kW on the brochure.
Cold
The winter penalty
Cabin heating and a cold pack compound. Measurement studies put real numbers on both.
Fatigue
Stops are also for you
Driver-fatigue research says you should be stopping roughly as often as the car needs to anyway.
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