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Originally Posted by apocalypsbe
I've maxed out at around 75 km so far in terms of range
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Besides these you also have seat heating for example which takes away range, not sure how many other features drain the battery
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I read an atricle about maximizing your range, besides the obvious things such as switching off airco, radio, etc. they were saying that the heating uses a lot of electricity in winter. They stated that turning down heating and replacing it with your seat heating if you can bear it, can add a few KM range.
Makes sense when you think about it, as the engine is not always running, heating in PHEV vehicles is electric and electric heating is quite inefficient...
If I pre-heat my current plug-in hybrid in the morning, it can take up to 15-20% battery capacity away in 15 minutes...