RecoverE
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Into my 9th year of ownership with 62k miles. Vehicle still presents 100 miles of full charge range during summer months. Absolutely no issues with the car. Any comments?
2015 eGolf Battery Life
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Wonderful. I have nearly 60k miles on my 2017 "big" battery e-Golf. Can drive on highway in summer and get 105-110 miles after using about 80% of pack. My car has also been great.
I just bought a 15 with 72k miles and am seeing ~80 range climbing in right after complete charge. I had thought that it was about this out of the box in 2015? If you're seeing 100 that seems great but above what I thought was standard (80ish)? I haven't just driven mine until close to battery exhaustion so I can't say what true range, just what dash is telling me.
DannyEgolf
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most mine has estimated is 91 ... any tips?
got mine in august 2015
it's hitting the 9 year mark. 67k miles.
getting about 50mi range.
last trip 3/4 of the charge meter used to go 38mi. 4.1m/kWh
suggests battery capacity down to 38/4.1 / ( 3/4) = 12.4Kwh
not so good. has an aftermarket appeared for dealing with battery maintenance?
last year before the 8/yr warranty, it was getting about 60mi.
8 year warrantee was on 70% of 64Ah listed in the manual. (~14-16kwh) calcs at the time suggested it was 17kwh and dealer said they charge $250 to test for warantee but most peoples cars were in the 70%. seemed like mine was too.
it's hitting the 9 year mark. 67k miles.
getting about 50mi range.
last trip 3/4 of the charge meter used to go 38mi. 4.1m/kWh
suggests battery capacity down to 38/4.1 / ( 3/4) = 12.4Kwh
not so good. has an aftermarket appeared for dealing with battery maintenance?
last year before the 8/yr warranty, it was getting about 60mi.
8 year warrantee was on 70% of 64Ah listed in the manual. (~14-16kwh) calcs at the time suggested it was 17kwh and dealer said they charge $250 to test for warantee but most peoples cars were in the 70%. seemed like mine was too.
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To get a more accurate measure of usable capacity you need to try to use at least 90% of pack capacity.got mine in august 2015
it's hitting the 9 year mark. 67k miles.
getting about 50mi range.
last trip 3/4 of the charge meter used to go 38mi. 4.1m/kWh
suggests battery capacity down to 38/4.1 / ( 3/4) = 12.4Kwh
not so good. has an aftermarket appeared for dealing with battery maintenance?
last year before the 8/yr warranty, it was getting about 60mi.
8 year warrantee was on 70% of 64Ah listed in the manual. (~14-16kwh) calcs at the time suggested it was 17kwh and dealer said they charge $250 to test for warantee but most peoples cars were in the 70%. seemed like mine was too.
at ~90 (88%) and at 99% and 75% the results are roughly the same.
| Date | Miles | m/kwh | Gauge Percent | kWh used | usable projected | GoM |
| 7/24/2024 | 38 | 4.1 | 75% | 9.27kWh | 12.36kWh | 13 |
| 7/24/2024 | 43 | 4.3 | 88% | 10.00kWh | 11.43kWh | 8 |
| 7/24/2024 | 50 | 4.2 | 99% | 11.90kWh | 12.03kWh | 1 |
I don't get more than 50mi out of it if that now. on repeated usage. So I believe it's an accurate measure.
reporting on some real world 2015 egolf battery life.
It would helpful if there were options to keep this thing running. it's nice to drive around.
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What were the starting and ending SoC for each of the cases you are showing?
You drove the car from 100% SoC to 1% SoC for the last set of data?
Do you live in a hot place?
Still, if you believe that the usable capacity is 12.4 kWh compared to a new usable capacity of about 21 kWh, there is not much that can be done other than looking at pack repair or replacement options.
Depending on where you live, there may be options for pack repair.
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yes.
los angeles. it's pretty hot right now.
What kind of options exist?
CAsurfMobile
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Fessyfoo, I have the same year, 2015. Haven't done the 'analytics', but it seems like I'm still getting 60+ miles. (Then again, I've gotten good at squeezing the miles when needed : ) We gotta hang, ha! I'm in Long Beach.got mine in august 2015
it's hitting the 9 year mark. 67k miles.
getting about 50mi range.
last trip 3/4 of the charge meter used to go 38mi. 4.1m/kWh
suggests battery capacity down to 38/4.1 / ( 3/4) = 12.4Kwh
not so good. has an aftermarket appeared for dealing with battery maintenance?
last year before the 8/yr warranty, it was getting about 60mi.
8 year warrantee was on 70% of 64Ah listed in the manual. (~14-16kwh) calcs at the time suggested it was 17kwh and dealer said they charge $250 to test for warantee but most peoples cars were in the 70%. seemed like mine was too.
