EV range vs route check
Usable electric van range after temperature, payload, battery health and reserve, against the route.
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- 5 cited sources, linked, with the checks to make
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Example result · fictional numbers
What you get: route sheet
Worked out by this tool from its default inputs. Its role plan lets you run your own numbers, print the sheet and save it.
90 miles usable at 40°F against the 85-mile route; it fits, back at 20% charge
- Climate loss
- 18%
- Expected range
- 106 miles
- Usable before reserve
- 90 miles
- Route fits?
- Yes, 5 miles to spare
Energy budget for this route
- Energy use, mild and light
- 0.593 kWh a mile (89 kWh over 150 miles rated)
- Energy use at 40°F, your load and pattern
- 0.770 kWh a mile driving; 0.770 with accessories
- Driving energy
- 65.4 kWh for 85 miles
- Accessory energy
- None entered
- Route needs
- 65.4 kWh
- Battery holds today
- 81.9 kWh (92% health); 69.6 kWh above the 15% reserve
and 3 more lines
Also on the sheet
- Range by season (same van, load and route) · 6 lines, starting with “Deep winter, 10°F”
- Charging plan · 5 lines, starting with “Energy from the wall to refill”
- Running cost against a gas van · 6 lines, starting with “Electricity per route”
The plain-words read of this example
At 40°F this van uses about 0.770 kWh a mile, so the 85-mile route needs 65.4 kWh of the 69.6 kWh above your reserve: fits, but tight: 5 miles to spare; a detour or a colder morning uses it up. It comes back at about 20% charge and refills overnight in 3 h 47 min on the 19.2 kW charger. In deep winter (10°F) the same route is 14 miles short; AAA measured a 41% range loss at 20°F with the heater on. Against a gas van it saves about $12.41 a route, $3,226.83 a year, counting fuel and Argonne's maintenance gap. Confirm the kWh per mile against your telematics before you move a route.
5 cited sources
- Cold weather reduces electric vehicle range (AAA research, 2019) (AAA Newsroom)
- Maintenance and Safety of Electric Vehicles (US Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center)
- Report: EVs cost less to maintain (Argonne National Laboratory total cost of ownership study) (Government Fleet)
- Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A: average price of electricity by state and sector (US Energy Information Administration)
- Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly on-highway prices) (US Energy Information Administration)
Plus 6 step-by-step checks, a print layout and a link that reopens it with your numbers.