DonTom
Well-known member
If that is the nominal KWH, you probably have close to a 400-mile range on a full charge.111.5
Most cars get around 3.5 miles per KWH in average use.
Around 7 miles per KWH on electric motorcycles.
Nominal KWH is what you can use. Max KWH includes the area of the battery that the BMS will not allow you to charge up to. Battery would not last long if you did charge up to the true max.
BTW, my Zero DSR/X motorcycle will let me charge to 110% SOC and will show it as 110% SOC on the screen. It will let me go to 110% (a little into the normally unusable area) if I press a button when I first charge. Will default back to 100% when I do not press the button. Charge is extremely slow up there, and should only be used right before a ride, so normally only used at home. But that will give me an extra ten miles of range. It's about 1% SOC per mile on that bike. So 110 miles instead of 100 of normal average riding (sometimes more, sometimes less range).
Not to be used often as it is tough on the battery. And should be ridden right away so it doesn't stay at 110% too long.
You can also figure out your charge times with simple math. I do not even look at range claims and charge time specs. I just look at nominal KWH capacity (knowing the max is good too as the more above nominal it is, the more years you will normally get out of the battery).
IOW, not counting heat losses and the slowdown above 80% SOC, it will take around 30 minutes to charge a 100 KWH nominal battery with a charge rate of 200 KW at around 70°F.
-Don- Reno, NV