; a week after I took delivery, I had to go to Bicester for a video shoot and I saw the predicted range drop by 86 miles over the course of the 63-mile journey. However, I’m pleased to say that as I've spent more time with the car, it’s learnt the sort of conditions it’s likely to face in my hands and its promises of range have become more realistic.
The latest example of this came when I had to drive the 117 miles from What Car?’s Twickenham offices to the NEC near Birmingham for another work event. I’d not had the chance to fully charge the battery before leaving; it was at 64% when I unplugged, and the readout reckoned I could cover 138 miles. Yet instead of feeling like I had to take things easy in order to make it without stopping for a top-up, I was confident enough to drive at 70mph all the way up the M40.
Sure enough, when I arrived at the hotel and plugged the I-Pace in to charge back up overnight, I still had 17 miles in reserve. Or to put it another way, the range readout had been accurate to within a handful of miles. For me, that’s at least as important as a big battery when it comes to banishing range anxiety.
The premise is that he will use this way of gearing? Many of my friends can’t operate in this way. They may be used to the operation of Mercedes-Benz.
Not buying an EV
Range: - 350 displaying always when fully loaded-up, - 300 - 320 km - city and suburban roads, - 250-270 km motorway 140-150 km/h. I guess similarly to most other EV's. Overall good car. Spacious. Just inside not as modern style as outside.