‘There’s so many misconceptions’ as EV expert reveals top 5 tips for beating range anxiety -they’ll save you a fortune
AN electric car expert has shared tips on how to make your EV go further and save cash.
Andy Rogerson is YouTube creator known as ‘Electric Vehicle Man’ (EVM) and explained his top five tips to his 77,000 followers.
Rogerson’s tips are centred around driving style and how EV drivers can do things within their control to get their car’s range further.
His first tip is for all drivers, not just electric vehicle drivers: that they should check their tyre pressure.
Rogerson said drivers should check their tyre pressure once a month because the pressure will also affect how much the tyre wears.
He says: “A little bit of fuel saving, possibly a little bit of tyre saving as well, it’s worth doing.”
Rogerson’s second piece of advice is for drivers to drive smoothly.
“If we’re talking about pure money saving, efficiency, that’s the biggest, easiest thing to change to have the biggest effect on how much it costs you.”
Rogerson says when he tried an experiment between driving smoothly and not, he saved 60 miles worth of range.
Thirdly, Rogerson advises drivers to turn the ‘regen’ setting off or to turn it as low as possible.
Regenerative braking is where an EV car automatically breaks when the accelerator is not pressed.
It turns the kinetic energy from the momentum into the electricity needed to run the car.
But regen slows the car quicker, meaning that if a driver wants to get back up to speed they have to then use more power.
Rogerson says: “That will use considerably more energy getting back up to speed than the regen will ever give you, hugely more.”
Another tip Rogerson shares is particularly around red lights.
He suggests that drivers should try and avoid stopping at the lights and instead take their foot off the accelerator early.
They should then try and coast until the lights turn green and they can accelerate again, having avoided stopping.
“Not stopping will save you a good wedge of fuel and therefore money.”
Finally, Rogerson says drivers should try and remove excess weight in the car so the motor is weighed down and carrying needed things.
Rogerson has previously found one major flaw in the latest Tesla Model 3 Highland – and it has nothing to do with charging.
He finds fault with the indicator switches of the car, which have now become click buttons on the yolk-style steering instead of regular stalks.