[Tnelson8120]

When your car is fully charged 100% how many miles does it show for your range? Does it show the same amount of miles every morning you come out to a 100%?

I have seen a lot of people post that they have 270-300! Every morning I come out to a 100% full it’s usually between 200-230 miles (everyday is different)

 

[rth121]

Depends on your driving habit...

 

[Neil]

Somewhat surprised that you charge to 100% everyday, since VW recommends you not routinely charge above 80%. How many total miles have you put on your ID4, and have then been mostly high speed highway miles?

 

[Tnelson8120]

Somewhat surprised that you charge to 100% everyday, since VW recommends you not routinely charge above 80%. How many total miles have you put on your ID4, and have then been mostly high speed highway miles?

I know they say to only charge to 80% but I have put 5300 miles on my car in a little over two months. Last year I put 33,000 miles on my car. Most of it is highway. So charging to 80% isn’t an option for me

 

[Keowee]

At around 5,000 miles and definitely depends on driving habit. I consistently get around 270 miles if charged to 100% (3.5miles/kW) with 50% highway and 50% city.

If you are doing high speed (>65 mph) highway driving your range with drop. ID.4 Pro S / FE EPA rating is 104/89 MPGe (city / highway) with overall of 97. So if you do only highway driving you get 9% less range compared to 250 miles from EPA or 227. Still the 250 has been very conservative for the ID.4 as noted by several people. Test at a slightly slower highway speed?

 

[Nai3t]

The question back to you: how many miles are you getting on a full charge? Does it match the 200-230 predicted range?

 

[Tnelson8120]

The question back to you: how many miles are you getting on a full charge? Does it match the 200-230 predicted range?

When I come out to my car in the morning it days 100% but the range is anywhere from 200-230 (everyday it days a different amount)

 

[VW Dave]

After 3 weeks of ownership and charging only to 80%, I finally tried charging to 100%. I had a displayed range of 320 miles. Tracking the actual miles driven since that charge, vs. the odometer, they're very close. By that I mean 50 miles driven = 50 mile decrease in range.

Now there are a LOT of variables in this. Your range will quite literally vary significantly depending on many factors including your driving style, how much high-speed highway driving you do (that's a range killer), using air conditioning in the summer or heat in the winter, the outside temperature (the battery loves about 70 degrees F but not so much 110 or 25 F). There are other variables. Charging to 100% when it's unnecessary to reach your destination isn't doing the battery any good either.

The answer is "It depends". Also, based on my experience with an e-Golf, you'll find the winter range decreases significantly due to reasons I just covered.

Hope that helps, but it probably doesn't.

 

[Nai3t]

When I come out to my car in the morning it days 100% but the range is anywhere from 200-230 (everyday it days a different amount)

That's what I'm getting at: are you able to drive those preficted 200 or 230 miles as the battery reaches 0%?

 

[Tnelson8120]

That's what I'm getting at: are you able to drive those preficted 200 or 230 miles as the battery reaches 0%?

Some days I drive it to almost 0 some days I don’t. Every day is different for me and I don’t know what my miles will be for that day.

 

[VW Dave]

I'm probably an outlier. The lowest charge level I've driven it to is 29%. Ha.

 

[Spin]

Some days I drive it to almost 0 some days I don’t. Every day is different for me and I don’t know what my miles will be for that day.

When you drive it to almost zero, how many miles have you driven?

 

[Tnelson8120]

When you drive it to almost zero, how many miles have you driven?

I honestly don’t know. I have never looked.

so here’s the thing. I understand your actual range depends on your speed, city/highway, whether you run the a/c, etc. but when you start at 100% and say 350 miles your actual range (depending on your driving) may be 300 miles. But when my screen says 100% and 220 miles my actual miles may be 175 that’s a big difference. See what I’m saying?

 

[Jimspb]

I honestly don’t know. I have never looked.

so here’s the thing. I understand your actual range depends on your speed, city/highway, whether you run the a/c, etc. but when you start at 100% and say 350 miles your actual range (depending on your driving) may be 300 miles. But when my screen says 100% and 220 miles my actual miles may be 175 that’s a big difference. See what I’m saying?

Yeh, but couldn't also be 265? Plus or minus 45?

 

[Enzo589]

I honestly don’t know. I have never looked.

so here’s the thing. I understand your actual range depends on your speed, city/highway, whether you run the a/c, etc. but when you start at 100% and say 350 miles your actual range (depending on your driving) may be 300 miles. But when my screen says 100% and 220 miles my actual miles may be 175 that’s a big difference. See what I’m saying?

I think that the mileage left is an estimate based on your previous driving. If you do a lot of highway and I do a lot of city driving and we both charge to 100%, I would assume your estimated mileage would be lower than mine even though we are both showing 100%.

 

[gtwhitegold]

One funny thing is that I think that the weight sensor on the seat is sensitive enough and specifically programed to recognize who is sitting in the Driver's seat. When I sit down, the range almost immediately increases. I haven't paid attention to what happens yet when my wife is driving.

 

[Geo]

Just did a road trip and charged to 100%. I had 314 miles on the GOM, but that reflected my mixed city/freeway driving the week before. That dropped considerably on the road trip. Came home and charged to 80%. Had 234 miles, which extrapolates to 292 at 100%

Regardless, the car definitely exceeds my expectations when it comes to range.

 

[Tnelson8120]

Just did a road trip and charged to 100%. I had 314 miles on the GOM, but that reflected my mixed city/freeway driving the week before. That dropped considerably on the road trip. Came home and charged to 80%. Had 234 miles, which extrapolates to 292 at 100%

Regardless, the car definitely exceeds my expectations when it comes to range.

Thank you for explaining that. It makes sense but it’s dumb. I don’t understand why my car is taking into consideration what I drove the week before. 100% should be 100% regardless of how I drive. My little screw. Has never reflected over 250 miles range. I wish I could get close to 300 because I drive a lot and when school gets back in session it’s going to be a lot more. (Mostly freeway)

 

[Nai3t]

It's not the week before. Actually, with the ID.4 I don't know what it is, but it self-corrects within a reasonable distance after hitting the road.

My i3, it averages my efficiency over the previous 17 miles. But it has another trick up its sleeve. If I program a destination into nav, it looks at the proposed route -- hills, freeway vs. roads, temperatures along the way -- and updates the estimated mileage based on the route. I haven't seen the ID.4 do that.

But you've got to appreciate that some drivers have a heavy foot, others not so much, and there's so much variability in how fast you might drive or might accelerate that if the car was considering all options, it would have to say "Estimated Range: 200 to 370 miles." Heck, just driving 65 instead of 75 can gain you 40 miles. In other words, it's got to base its estimate on something or it might as well not bother, just say "100%."

 

[Froggy]

All I can say is to look for charging opportunities at the work or school end of your drive. Try down loading PlugShare and look for level 2 and level 3 chargers near where you park for a while. Many are free. Is it possible that your boss would let you plug in at work? Just your level 1 in the trunk could give you an extra 25 miles.