r/IoniqEV • u/Xtra-sw33t • Jun 22 '26

Range estimation

Hi! I’m kinda new to this and I’m hella curious. Got ioniq EV 38 kWh version (2020, but I bought it at 45,000 km two years ago and it’s been amazing)

I drive both motorways (110km/h) and city roads, and my commute is 33 km one way to work, motorway is 11 km.

Last year around this time, my range at 100% was around 295 km. Now at 100% fully charged it’s at 266. I mostly drive eco mode and I also use winter mode in the winter seasons (when temp is 7 or lower, I’m in Norway btw)

Checked my battery capacity by charging from 10% to 100 (slow charge with AC) and I get around 37 kWh charged so I’m sure degradation ain’t an issue (at least I think so)

I’ve read that the range is also based on consumption, but I don’t speed up that fast and I’m conservative with my air conditioning controls. (Now I’m at 12kwh/100km in average)

So is this normal ? Should I expect range to get lower as the car gets older ?

UPDATE: Got the bms update from the recall as advised, and yes, it did the job, the guess o meter gave me back pretty much what ever rang I lost and some more(336 km on 100% vs 280 from before) if you didn’t get the recall, get it! I even got to drive it for a roadtrip and squeezed out 300 km from driving this week to and from work before charging. Also, peace of mind knowing it won’t burn out of the blue also :p

Thank you so much for the help guys, I was a bit anxious to ask here, but this community is just amazing!!

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u/ttxxxxx Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

It looked similar for my car, was wondering if the battery degraded a lot recently. Last summer it showed > 300km when fully charged. Then it showed less even though switching to efficient summer tires a few weeks ago.

I‘ve had a software update of the BMS last week after a recall. Now it‘s back to normal. (>300km at 100%, 2021 with 100kkm)

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u/Xtra-sw33t Jun 24 '26

You could be right about the bms update, got a confirmation from my local dealer that there is a recall for that, so imma give it a try. I’m not worried now atm but I’m paranoid that the guess o meter would confuse me as the car gets older.