Charging mileage

[wood_ma]

When you charge a Solterra, it is supposed to give you 220 miles to drive. When I first got the Sollterra it would charge to 225 miles. It has steadily gone down on each charge since then. It currently will only charge to 195 miles.
I am curious what other owners get out of a charge or if anyone else has this problem.

 

[Paumic]

Same issue on my side. I own a Solterra since almost 1 year. The autonomy is reduced according to driving style, use of racks (air friction) and cold weather. Actually, with cold January weather, I am topping around 250 km with eco climatization.
The worst is that the fast charging is poor, car only accepts around 25% or less at charging stations. I will start another tred on this.

 

[venturi1962]

Hello from a former Solterra owner. It was my third EV, the previous being a Nissan leaf and we currently own a Tesla Model 3. Mileage range estimate is just that, an estimate. Projected range is highly dependent on things like ambient temperature and your previous driving behavior. For instance, if you drove up to higher elevation, your vehicle battery remembers the rate of discharge and estimates, averages maybe, and assumes your next driving will be similar. Sort of like with an ICE it gives you real-time MPG and a cumulative MPG until you reset the odometer.

I was so deeply disappointed with the "fast" charging, I traded in at a huge loss. Decided to cut my losses as waiting until the end of the 3-year lease probably would have been worse.

On an almost 500 journey to Southern Oregon I spent 7 hours each way charging, on all so called high-output charging stations. One, a very new looking EVGO, proudly displayed 350kw "ultra super-duper fast".

Baloney. It took more than two hours just to get me to where I could reach the next station. For the entire drive I averaged around 150-160 miles. Now, getting through the Shasta-Siskiyou section of I-5 entails a fair amount of climbing. About 4,500 feet, but after that it was relatively flat.

Traded for a Model Y, (yes I know, Elan blah blah) Twenty minutes tops to go from 15% to 85%. Sometimes faster. He may be evil but he's an evil genius. And, he employs 121,000 workers at four U.S. plants.

My advice, don't let your politics prevent you buying an American car.

 

[bmart]

Elon is hardly evil. Pelosi, on the other hand... But let's leave one corner of the Internet without political fights!

From Car & Driver:

Range, Charging, and Battery Life​

Subaru says the gross capacity of the Solterra's battery pack is 72.8 kWh. The Premium trim carries an EPA-estimated range of 227 miles, while the Limited and Touring trims are rated at 222 miles. On our 75-mph fuel economy route, which is part of our extensive testing regimen, the Solterra managed just 200 miles. Plugged into a Level 2 charging station, Subaru says the Solterra's onboard 6.6-kW charger enables recharging the battery in nine hours. Hook it up to a 100-kW DC fast-charger and an 80-percent charge is claimed to take about 35 minutes. In Car and Driver's recharging test, the Solterra maxed out at a rate of 99 kW and averaged 67 kW, taking 48 minutes to refill the battery from 10 to 90 percent.

Fuel Economy and Real-World MPGe​

The 2024 Solterra has earned an EPA fuel economy rating as high as 104 MPGe combined. For more information about the Solterra's fuel economy, visit the EPA's website.

From Consumer Reports:
But it managed to drive only 210 miles during our 70-mph highway range test, which is notably shorter than rival EVs. The 215 hp its motors produce is also less than the competition, but the power is smooth and predictable. With a weak 6.6-kilowatt onboard charger, home charging is on the slow side. A maximum acceptance rate of just 100 kW at DC fast-charging stations is also skimpy.

Tons of info available about the charging situation. Did you research first? What made you choose this model instead of a "better" EV?

 

[Dick Foster]

From engineering and real science standpoints, EVs are a cruel joke played on the technically illiterate. Your liberal arts degree in basket weaving or gay art history is not going to help you one little bit here.
Start with energy conversion and transmission losses, facts of physics, and go from there.
Also remember that the tooth fairy does not put the electrical energy in the wall socket, like as not fossil fuel was burned somewhere to put it there.
Its also good to remember that they have a nasty habit of burning into oblivion when flooded like the recent storms in Florida or the fires in LA showed us. Those lithium batteries used are chock full of highly volitile hydrocarbon chemicals.
Then too, you have to expend extra energy to haul all of that extra weight around.
Nuff said.
Wanna save the planet? Start with a sensible way to power the grid. Something like thorium fueled breeder reactors to provide cheap, safe and clean electrical energy. Only then do EVs become a sensable alternative.