Range and Braking mode on Corsa Electric

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TonyIles
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Just acquired on 17/01/25 a 21 plate Corsa Electric SE Nav with 21k miles from an independent dealer who had excellent reviews, all seemed good on a short test drive, collected the car yesterday with 114 mile range indicated, I think it was about 80% fully charged, travelled a total of 38 miles to get home, and the range had dropped to 37 miles!, most of which was done in Eco mode doing 45-50 mph on A roads, but with 5 miles or so 60-75 on Motorway. Got the MyVauxhall account set up, and the app working ok. just needs a couple of bits activating by Vauxhall, Dealer said car had service history and had just been serviced (new pads and discs). Everything works on the car and bodywork is fine and had passed the MOT with no advisories. Checking the service history on the app it seems the car has no service history, which surprises me. We also have a MG X_Power, so used to electric cars, the X-Power gives us between 2.5 and 4 miles per Kwh, dependant on weather and how we drive it (its easy to go bonkers in Sport Mode in an X-Power!). Not fully aware of what range Miles/KWh stats I can get from the app/statistics button. Charged the car overnight to 100% with an indicated range of 161 miles, which is a bit lower than I expected, My question is the dropping from a range of 114 miles to 37 miles, but only actually covering 38 miles does not seem correct, we have fully charged it so it will be interesting to see how it goes, looks like its about 6 to 8 degrees today, so not bitterly cold. We always have max regen on the X-Power, do not think the regen was enabled on the Corsa, would this make a big difference with the range?, Going to test the range today with Eco mode, no heating/air con on, steady 50 mph on the M5. Overall I found setting up the app very clunky.

TonyIles
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TonyIles wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:46 am Just acquired on 17/01/25 a 21 plate Corsa Electric SE Nav with 21k miles from an independent dealer who had excellent reviews, all seemed good on a short test drive, collected the car yesterday with 114 mile range indicated, I think it was about 80% fully charged, travelled a total of 38 miles to get home, and the range had dropped to 37 miles!, most of which was done in Eco mode doing 45-50 mph on A roads, but with 5 miles or so 60-75 on Motorway. Got the MyVauxhall account set up, and the app working ok. just needs a couple of bits activating by Vauxhall, Dealer said car had service history and had just been serviced (new pads and discs). Everything works on the car and bodywork is fine and had passed the MOT with no advisories. Checking the service history on the app it seems the car has no service history, which surprises me. We also have a MG X_Power, so used to electric cars, the X-Power gives us between 2.5 and 4 miles per Kwh, dependant on weather and how we drive it (its easy to go bonkers in Sport Mode in an X-Power!). Not fully aware of what range Miles/KWh stats I can get from the app/statistics button. Charged the car overnight to 100% with an indicated range of 161 miles, which is a bit lower than I expected, My question is the dropping from a range of 114 miles to 37 miles, but only actually covering 38 miles does not seem correct, we have fully charged it so it will be interesting to see how it goes, looks like its about 6 to 8 degrees today, so not bitterly cold. We always have max regen on the X-Power, do not think the regen was enabled on the Corsa, would this make a big difference with the range?, Going to test the range today with Eco mode, no heating/air con on, steady 50 mph on the M5. Overall I found setting up the app very clunky.
Just checked the range again, and it has gone up to 170 miles, the car had 24kwh charged from the home wall charger, also the car needs an OS and Map update, which I am downloading, total of 24 gb to be downloaded!!
h2onorth
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Post by h2onorth »

Good luck with updating your map. Media display updates ok but map always fails and dealership have similar problems. Just use android auto or iPhone options. like the car but no rear passenger cabin lights is awful when dark for giving lifts!!!
App also poor and it seems no one keen to improve it . Range we get 3 To 3.5 during winter on 30 Mile plus trip less obviously on very short ones. Just had on board charger replaced , warranty as 24 months old . Its warranty is 3 yrs not same as battery so good luck there. We are returning car in September as it gets 3 yrs old. EV technology is rapidly evolving
TonyIles
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Post by TonyIles »

Yep, I agree about the App, its so clunky, the start can be scheduled, but not the end of charging, luckily the EO Mini Pro can handle full scheduling start to end, , do like the car, very basic compared to other Corsa E specs, and the X-Power, but for the price its fine.
We did go on a monitored test drive on the M5 yesterday and some A roads total of 38 miles.
Temp yesterday in West Midlands was 3 degrees, done the drive, no electrics apart from lighting and radio, in Eco mode with B, averaged about 55 mph, one or twich went to 68 mph, the stats button showed Miles per KWh at 4.5, wall charger indicated 8.76 kwh was added afterwards which filled to range of 176 miles the car (we have Octopus Go), which mirrors what the cars indicated range, so happy with 4.33 miles per kwh, must admit I do like the flow indicator, which shows when it is regenerating.
Thats not good about on-board charger failing, the X-Power has 7 year warranty, (apart from seat bolsters!)
Problem is we will be fighting over the charger now, but thinking of moving to E.On, as offer extra 1.5 extra off peak per day, and its cheaper, but standing charged is a bit more, we also do our washing at night now.
The AR Stelvio will be sold soon, so will make some money, I have an old Fiat Fiorino Diesel van, for long trips, which gives 50+ mpg
Stacker
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Post by Stacker »

I am having the same issues unfortunately, picked mine up on Saturday and driving back it was around 35 miles and lost over 100 miles of range! This was with the cabin set to 20c and not the 22c that Vauxhall suggest!

My car also needs system and map update, I downloaded both the other day and it failed, tried just the OS and that failed so going to try just the map tonight. I have tried setting up the app but that won't work until the system is updated apparently!

Not the best experience!
TonyIles
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Post by TonyIles »

I found setting the Drive mode to Eco and B done the trick, the flow function shows the regen, which is really useful, will leave the update for a bit, as I understand it can be quiet tricky
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