Topic: Blueprint's 2017 Audi A3 Sportback e-tron

[Blueprint]

Home charging station installed this morning. 240V / 32a unit set up on a dedicated 40a circuit, piece of cake in my newer home. The Audi is charging up from empty, I expect it will be full in less than 2.5 hrs. With the CharePoint app, I will be able to monitor how much power I'm drawing for a full charge, right from my iPhone 

[Blueprint]

Home charging station installed this morning. 240V / 32a unit set up on a dedicated 40a circuit, piece of cake in my newer home. The Audi is charging up from empty, I expect it will be full in less than 2.5 hrs. With the CharePoint app, I will be able to monitor how much power I'm drawing for a full charge, right from my iPhone 

I checked the car at the 2h10min mark, and it was full 

[Blueprint]

A little late, but congrats on the new vehicle. 

Thx!

Daughter just left with the car ... for a job interview. Doesn't send a "I need a job" vibe  But the interview is with S3-driving friends of ours, so it should go well.

[EV Dan]

A little late, but congrats on the new vehicle. 

Thx!

Daughter just left with the car ... for a job interview. Doesn't send a "I need a job" vibe  But the interview is with S3-driving friends of ours, so it should go well.

It doesn't if she's subscribing them on a 'baked goods delivered to your door' plan 

[Bubba]

Congratulations on the new car!

[rrocket]

What's the real world range?

[Blueprint]

What's the real world range?

Around 30km with highway speeds in the mix, maybe less with full a/c like today. Always reaching work (26km) with 6-12km left indicated, and it'll drive at "0" for a bit until the ICE comes in. I was expecting the 25-26km most publications were reporting, so I'm happy 

[rrocket]

Cool!

[Blueprint]

As promised, more comments and more pics 

http://www.autotrader.ca/expert/20170726/test-drive-2017-audi-a3-sportback-e-tron-progressiv/

[dirtyjeffer]

you need the adapter to plug into that (behind you)...charge it up in no time!   

[G.Bombay]

Congrats on the new wheels. Thanks for the article explaining this unicorn. Nice work!
Here is my question. This car makes perfect sense you as your commute is short enough to take advantage of the EV range. We use our TDI for long distance commuting (120km's daily) and sometimes 1000 KMs per week. Does the etron still make sense? I have always viewed Hybrid (and plugins) as great urban cars but not long distance highway cars like most TDI's.

[Blueprint]

Congrats on the new wheels. Thanks for the article explaining this unicorn. Nice work!
Here is my question. This car makes perfect sense you as your commute is short enough to take advantage of the EV range. We use our TDI for long distance commuting (120km's daily) and sometimes 1000 KMs per week. Does the etron still make sense? I have always viewed Hybrid (and plugins) as great urban cars but not long distance highway cars like most TDI's.

Diesels rule on the highway - my Golf went down to 4.1 l/100km on highway treks. A C-Max Energi is the only PHEV I took out of the city, and it gave me a 5.5 average. A Volt did 7.5 purely on gas. The e-tron is credited with a 6.9 highway rating, I guess I'll see if it does better than that when the opportunity arises.

[Blueprint]

900km on the odo, gas tank still full  A/c doesn't seem to affect range, but I expect heating will (not that I'm in a hurry).

[me_2]

Diesels rule on the highway - my Golf went down to 4.1 l/100km on highway treks. A C-Max Energi is the only PHEV I took out of the city, and it gave me a 5.5 average. A Volt did 7.5 purely on gas. The e-tron is credited with a 6.9 highway rating, I guess I'll see if it does better than that when the opportunity arises.

I still don't get it how you have that 7.5 number, especially with Gen.2 which is barely 10% lower on gas within range extender mode compare (after traction battery is depleted) to Gen.1 

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Volt Gen.2 is rated 5.6 combined http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/tools/fuelratings/atv-2017.cfm
None is mine but to get any lifetime average idea http://www.fuelly.com/car/chevrolet/volt , select Units on top left: L / 100 km to display

[SKYMTL]

Question about these types of cars; hypothetically you go 3-4 months without filling the tank (completely plausible), is it necessary to add a fuel stabilizer?

[me_2]

Question about these types of cars; hypothetically you go 3-4 months without filling the tank (completely plausible), is it necessary to add a fuel stabilizer?

Can't say for the e-tron.

The Volt Gen.1 (I guess Gen.2 also) has an EMM: (engine maintenance mode) programmed to ask for your permission first, to run the ICE few minutes at every 6 weeks (yes, 42 calendar days) to lubricate, diagnose and burn some gas if you didn't burn any yourself during that lap  .

Once a year, the FMM (fuel maintenance mode) will force the ICE to run to avoid stale gas even if the battery is charged, when you drive it if you did not use it thru the year. I have never experimented that one.
Discussion on Gen.2 FMM http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?238889-Fuel-Maintenance-Mode-Gen-2

[Blueprint]

Question about these types of cars; hypothetically you go 3-4 months without filling the tank (completely plausible), is it necessary to add a fuel stabilizer?

Can't say for the e-tron.

The Volt Gen.1 (I guess Gen.2 also) has an EMM: (engine maintenance mode) programmed to ask for your permission first, to run the ICE few minutes at every 6 weeks (yes, 42 calendar days) to lubricate, diagnose and burn some gas if you didn't burn any yourself during that lap  .

Once a year, the FMM (fuel maintenance mode) will force the ICE to run to avoid stale gas even if the battery is charged, when you drive it if you did not use it thru the year. I have never experimented that one.
Discussion on Gen.2 FMM http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?238889-Fuel-Maintenance-Mode-Gen-2

I plan to RTFM on this as the fuel level isn't going anywhere. I did run the ICE a few times this week on out-of-range errands / work, but only for a few minutes per trip.

[Blueprint]

Diesels rule on the highway - my Golf went down to 4.1 l/100km on highway treks. A C-Max Energi is the only PHEV I took out of the city, and it gave me a 5.5 average. A Volt did 7.5 purely on gas. The e-tron is credited with a 6.9 highway rating, I guess I'll see if it does better than that when the opportunity arises.

I still don't get it how you have that 7.5 number, especially with Gen.2 which is barely 10% lower on gas within range extender mode compare (after traction battery is depleted) to Gen.1 

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Volt Gen.2 is rated 5.6 combined http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/tools/fuelratings/atv-2017.cfm
None is mine but to get any lifetime average idea http://www.fuelly.com/car/chevrolet/volt , select Units on top left: L / 100 km to display

Me bad, drove too many cars this year - it was an indicated 6.0 l/100km for the highway trip, not 7.5  For the whole week, the end result was a measured 1.6

http://wwwb.autohebdo.net/nouvelles/20170113/chevrolet-volt-2017-lelectron-libre/?lang=fr#k8mzAb5LWtgKIq47.97

[me_2]

Diesels rule on the highway - my Golf went down to 4.1 l/100km on highway treks. A C-Max Energi is the only PHEV I took out of the city, and it gave me a 5.5 average. A Volt did 7.5 purely on gas. The e-tron is credited with a 6.9 highway rating, I guess I'll see if it does better than that when the opportunity arises.

I still don't get it how you have that 7.5 number, especially with Gen.2 which is barely 10% lower on gas within range extender mode compare (after traction battery is depleted) to Gen.1 

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Volt Gen.2 is rated 5.6 combined http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/tools/fuelratings/atv-2017.cfm
None is mine but to get any lifetime average idea http://www.fuelly.com/car/chevrolet/volt , select Units on top left: L / 100 km to display

Me bad, drove too many cars this year - it was an indicated 6.0 l/100km for the highway trip, not 7.5  For the whole week, the end result was a measured 1.6

http://wwwb.autohebdo.net/nouvelles/20170113/chevrolet-volt-2017-lelectron-libre/?lang=fr#k8mzAb5LWtgKIq47.97

Apologies accepted 

[Blueprint]

Learned a lot about my car this morning, too bad I did not get that errand combo while I was doing the write-up.

Left home on a full charge, drove my eldest further downtown than my office to drop her at the metro. I behaved, 9 km left despite the longer than usual commute; hybrids thrive in stop and go urban driving. Plugged the e-tron on 120V for an hour before driving away to a meeting, battery showing 17 km range. Drove 15-ish to the meeting on a big, fast arterial, parked with the red bar and "0 km" showing but still no ICE action.

Post-meeting, I opt for the longer but much faster highway option back to the office. ICE starts about 1 km into the drive, so I figured I had here the perfect opportunity to test the regen in "Sport" over the next 22 km. Strangely, the e-tron goes into "Glide" mode when you lift in "D", so zero regen. In Sport, the regen is so strong that the car will almost come to a stop. Zipping around trucks and tackling ramps without worrying about range was terrific - this thing really scoots, and handling is impressive!

More impressive though was the regen effect - by the time I reached my parking spot, the battery went from empty to three bars, and EV range went from 0 to 12 km! Now that's a Sport that generates results!

The ICE commute netted 8.8 l/100km and despite the Sport mode the car went EV near the office and throughout the underground garage.

Me happy!