[Orarian]

We've had our i5 for a little over a year. It's been brilliant.

When it was delivered, the GoM held at about 450 km through summer. As it became colder, the range declined to the low 400s. With the warmer weather, it's higher again.

We do a combination of freeway and local driving, and some town/urban, and there are quite a few hills on our regular routes. I was curious if the range would increase if I limited my speed to 100 instead of 110 km/h on motorways and freeways. I didn't change anything else: still drive in Eco, use Auto regeneration, and not too much punchy acceleration.

I charge to 100% once a month and since I've been limiting speed to 100 km/h, the range has risen from about 460 to 500 km.

While I may now annoy drivers who need to pass me, I'm pretty happy with that extra range.

Any Australian RWDs in rural or non-urban areas getting similar range?

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[David J.]

Hi Orarian, we've had our 2wd since October this year and are very happy with it, we are near Grafton in northern NSW. Our driving pattern seems similar to yours and we have seen range estimates of up to 460-470km, but not over 500. We usually sit on 110 on the freeway, but I sometimes use 105 as that doesn't hold up the trucks. it gives a little less consumption at that speed. Wind certainly makes a significant difference to actual range.
I've tried a short run towing an 18' boat that weighs about 800kg on the trailer and consumption is about 30Kwh/100km at 90 kph.

 

[Growiel]

Yes the main thing to gain range in an EV is to drive slower. Here in France our highways are 130kph, this destroys the range pretty fast.

 

[TealG]

Another Australian owner here and I have just completed a 2500km road trip thru central western NSW in my 3 week old AWD. I did the whole trip in Eco mode and Auto Regen 3, as I wanted to keep those variables constant while I tested other features. In Eco mode the car is effectively RWD. I drove at exactly the speeds I use in ICE vehicles in open-road conditions: 108kph in 100kph zones and 118kph in 110kph zones. (I travel under posted speeds in built up areas!)
One surprise observation (to me at least) is how much of a difference ambient temperatures make. For example under about 25C, 108kph consumed approx 22kW/100km; same speed at 35C dropped consumption to 18-19kW/100km.
I was also pleasantly surprised at the accuracy (or at least consistency) of the on-screen range-remaining indicator. I never ran that down to zero so I cannot be sure its endpoint is accurate, but as a drive planning tool it's good enough to be useful.

 

[Stephen 2137]

Hi Orarian, we've had our 2wd since October this year and are very happy with it, we are near Grafton in northern NSW. Our driving pattern seems similar to yours and we have seen range estimates of up to 460-470km, but not over 500. We usually sit on 110 on the freeway, but I sometimes use 105 as that doesn't hold up the trucks. it gives a little less consumption at that speed. Wind certainly makes a significant difference to actual range.
I've tried a short run towing an 18' boat that weighs about 800kg on the trailer and consumption is about 30Kwh/100km at 90 kph.

Hi David,
Just wondering what type of tow bar you have? The listed Hyundai accessory in Australia requires a visible cut in the body work and I would prefer a type that is invisible when the tow hitch is removed. I primarily require the tow bar for a bike rack so also wondering if I need the smart wiring connector for this application.

Thanks Stephen MY2023 Artic White Techniq.

 

[David J.]

We had it fitted before delivery, it's the Hyundai one. It does come through the lower panel, but the tow ball fitting is detachable, its a standard 50mm socket so the bike rack we bought plugs in to that. It's very neat and unobtrusive when not in use. I've seen pics of folding tow balls overseas but then you don't have a socket for the bike rack.

 

[Stephen 2137]

Thanks. I can get an invisible one, not foldable but has a 50mm ball adapter that sockets into a housing. A bit more expensive than the Hyundai option.

I tested a fast charger the other day. 22% to 50% in 6 minutes so pretty happy with that. Enjoy your car, I am certainly enjoying mine. Stephen

 

[David J.]

We're loving it, just had the 15,000km service (at 19,000), only had it since end of October.