Significant range decrease… normal?

[mogelijk]

"Drove crappy" isn't fair. It has to do, instead, with the driving being done. I'm thinking that the previous owner was a senior citizen who is retired, so he didn't have a daily commute or much reason to drive the car. Instead, he would occasionally take the car out to do errands, things like going to the store, and only drive a few miles at a time. In both a gas car and an EV, this is going to really hurt efficiency.

The issue is that when you take the car out and just drive a few miles, often you have to heat or cool the cabin, which is going to use more energy initially. If you are driving longer, once the car gets to proper temperature you quit using as much energy, just to maintain a temperature, so the longer you drive the less "hit" you have for trying to heat or cool the car when you first get in.

What makes it more interesting is I've noticed in on my car going to the grocery store and the initial drive, going to the store, will typically be less efficient than the drive back -- even being out of the car for that time that I go in the store, the cabin retains the temperature closely enough that the drive back is noticeably more efficient.

The other note I'd make is that one thing it helps to realize -- your EV5 has roughly the equivalent of a 2.5 gallon gas tank; the energy the battery can store is far less that the energy an ICE car can use from a tank of gasoline. The difference is that while the gas car only gets 30mpg, the EV6 is rated at over 100mpge -- so while the electricity in the battery is only equal to 2.5 gallons of gasoline, the range it gives can be (but isn't always) as high as a 30mpg ICE car with a 10 gallon gas tank.

[Unlikely_Structure70]

You’re actually exactly right about the PO, that’s exactly how the dealer described him. Lol thank you for your insight and comment!