Hi everyone.

So I just purchased my first EV, namely an EQB300 coming from a BMW320d, and I am really struggling with the range on the Mercedes, I primarily use it on roads with speed limits of, 50/80/90kph. My last full battery charge got me roughly 230km. With the outside temperatures of somewhere between 7 - 10 degrees Celsius. With a few days of rain.

I very rarely use the brakes to regenerate as mush as possible and I don’t have a heavy foot, and I turn off the AC everytime I drive, and only use the heated seats

I would like to hear other owners experience with the range, because I really don’t find the low range usable, if this is a general problem with the model then I might swap it for something else.

Also am I just unlucky to have had a bad customer service at Mercedes dealerships, compared to BMW, I actually felt ignored when I had questions and I was at two different dealership with the same experience, I never had any experience like this with BMW.

Is the poor range to be expected?

  • RustySPUNOPBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Just getting to and from work, I drive 84 km per day, and then I have all my other rutines on top of that.

    Currently my last 80- 10% is as low as 180km. And I’m almost afraid to accelerate, and it has only just started being below 5c here in the most western part of Denmark, which is also the flattest part of the country, so based on your experience, even with studded tires, it confirms my suspicions.

    Driving home from work at night the other day at 0c 42km, cost me the 42km range + 100km on top off that, this tells me there must be something off in the calculations the computer makes, because it is giving me numbers as low as 20kwh/100km. And that math doesn’t add up to me.

    Yesterday I got a letter from Mercedes, saying I need to visit a garage to get a software update, I hope this will solve some of the issues, otherwise it can’t be anything but the batteries.