Charging and range experience on a vacation road trip

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Cosmyc
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So just finished my 2 week vacation road trip with my Ariya for the first time, with hypermiling and fast charging.

I've to say, it has surpassed my expectations, so much that usually my body gets tired asking for a brief break before the car needs a fast charge.

This Ariya cruising 58mph is a resistance champion, because the powertrain is so efficient in combination with the sweet aerodynamic speed of 56-58mph made my consumption at warm temps so good that I was doing consistently between 310 miles and 380 miles, with an average around 345 miles per charge.

And then there's the charging speed, I've seen my Ariya charge at 131kW peak speed for a good amount of time even, and noticed the behavior of the second charge curve that kicks in when you're doing more than one fast charge per day, the famous "90kW wave".

The first charging curve is ideal for a quick daily top up, especially if it's partial, because the 90kW charge curve for multiple quick charges a day is as fast when charging up to ~85% SoC or so, so that's not a disadvantage and it's a way for Nissan to be easier on the battery on heavy duty days with a lot of fast charge. Cooling assist kicked in sometimes to cool the battery pack around the final part of some quick charging and remained working for about 20 to 50 minutes after the quick charging session ended, giving me the feeling that active cooling is needed in some scenarios but not all of them, there were quick charges that it didn't kick in at all, monitored battery temperature through the diagnostic port during those too.

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My Ariya did all quick charges on Tesla Supercharger network

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My typical cruising speed

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Computer data with my usual average speed and consumption, each driving session was long, more than 5 hours...

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Peak charging speed seen at 131kW sustained from 35% to 45% most of the times

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Example of one of the many quick charging sessions

This car is a long mile warrior for sure, as long as you're not cruising at 80mph, aerodynamics kill the range.

Feel free to ask anything about my experience.

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