https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-driven/2023-skoda-enyaq-iv-coupe-vrs--uk-review/46867

 

LOL WUT?

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buried in the brochure small print (on page 13). That the vRS only offers its maximum power for 30 seconds is to be expected, though it’s worth noting you’ll only get it with the battery between 23 and 50 degrees as well as with a charge greater than 88 per cent.

 

That's an oddly specific set of parameters. Typical old style motoring journalist...... How do I get this maximum power during winter? What sort of battery thermal control do I have?

Moral of the story seems to be you need 88% battery for the full beans, but mustn't charge it above 80% 🤨 

 

And buy a Kia instead 

 

Gaz

 

In the UK with speed limits on UK roads your sporty looking EV the size and weight of an elephant will get passed slower vehicles easily enough on the 60 mph national limit other than the signed 70 mph ones.  That is without full throttle on the minimum power.   If you drive yellow ones drivers might even let you pass as they think they are being taken like a King or by Traffic Police, emergency services.  As to acceleration to get someone off your jacky that will be ok unless a fuller charged EV is what is there.     PS. I read the post on this forum on the vRS Enyaq Coupe breaking the Guinness book record on the longest EV drift on ice . Good on them with a car that must have been  producing the reduced power level for the majority of the time while getting the record.  15 minutes and 58 seconds of drifting. 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/510386-skoda-broke-the-guinness-world-records-title-for-the-longest-continuous-drift-on-ice

 

Edited 27 February, 20233 yr by toot

3 hours ago, Gaz said:

Moral of the story seems to be you need 88% battery for the full beans, but mustn't charge it above 80% 🤨 

 

And buy a Kia instead 

 

Gaz

 

I did 😂😂
 

Since the eGMP platform has a tail happy weight distribution in RWD format I imagine it’ll drift pretty well.

 

 

Edited 27 February, 20233 yr by cheezemonkhai

13 hours ago, wyx087 said:

LOL WUT?

 

That's an oddly specific set of parameters. Typical old style motoring journalist...... How do I get this maximum power during winter? What sort of battery thermal control do I have?

 

mustang e only gives max power for 5 seconds I heard.

2 hours ago, toot said:

That is without full throttle on the minimum power. 

Indeed, for normal driving, according to TeslaMate logging, I've never used more than ~120 kW of power on a 2t car. Due to single reduction gear, electric motors drives very well before reaching max power, typically for normal driving, torque is more desirable than power. 

 

So lacking power isn't end of the world. Although not sure about any arbitrary time restrictions, feels like the reason for its existence is because powertrain had been pushed beyond its limit. 

 

Article nor the brochure had any mention of how to put the car into this special condition for max power, Unlike ICE where goal is to keep engine below a max temperature, battery thermal management are able to heat or cool the battery to maintain temperature and thus performance. So does this mean Skoda/VAG or Ford does not understand EV and their performance modes are same as ICE cars, no thought had been put into getting the most out of batteries? 

There was a thread or maybe just posts about the vRS Enyaq Coupe in the Enyaq Section and buyers being conned which seems to have been deleted.