What temp do you have the cars interior set to?

 

I watch the various EV car tests or reviews and 'How far do they go vids'.

The latest is like others. 

They set the interior temp to be at 21*oC and the car to drive in the ECO setting.

 

I doubt that 21*oC of an interior setting is giving the best of efficiency in Cold weather or Hot weather, say an ambient down at maybe 6*oC or up at around 26*oC.

No idea why the cars are not charged and driven as they start as a Default, what ever setting that gives as a Mode. Normal / Drive or what ever.

 

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So for me in any vehicle on my own regardless of summer or winter 18*oC is about my max temp requested.

If passengers want a higher setting i am usually feeling too hot.

But then what ever shirt / jumper/ coat / jacket or what ever i am wearing when out of the car stays on when driving, unless it wet from pithing rain.

If it is Winter i am dressed for the conditions, get in the car like that and am ready to get out without needing to put on clothes other than maybe a hat.

 

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This winter testing explains better than some about the interior settings / choice.

 

 

 

Edited 24 September, 20241 yr by Ootohere

I have always set my climate control to 21C. Its a comfortable temperature for us nearly all the time. Occasionally the wife 'feels cold' and her side is put up to 22/23 but I've trained her to use the heated seat now, so it happens less often

Edited 24 September, 20241 yr by Luckypants

New to climate control and haven't really learnt how to work it yet, but currently the passenger side is set to 19°C, driver's side 20°C. 

If anyone wants to copy and paste my ° symbols, you're most welcome. 

I have my own °°° thanks!

 

That was the Three Degrees by the way!

 

Is there not a degree symbol on a qwerty keyboard?

Nope, but alt 0176 (on numeric keypad area) does it.

 

32 minutes ago, Ootohere said:

What temp do you have the cars interior set to?

 

I watch the various EV car tests or reviews and 'How far do they go vids'.

The latest is like others. 

They set the interior temp to be at 21*oC and the car to drive in the ECO setting.

 

I doubt that 21*oC of an interior setting is giving the best of efficiency in Cold weather or Hot weather, say an ambient down at maybe 6*oC or up at around 26*oC.

No idea why the cars are not charged and driven as they start as a Default, what ever setting that gives as a Mode. Normal / Drive or what ever.  ..................

So for me in any vehicle on my own regardless of summer or winter 18*oC is about my max temp requested.

If passengers want a higher setting i am usually feeling too hot.

But then what ever shirt / jumper/ coat / jacket or what ever i am wearing when out of the car stays on when driving, unless it wet from pithing rain.

If it is Winter i am dressed for the conditions, get in the car like that and am ready to get out without needing to put on clothes other than maybe a hat.  .............

This winter testing explains better than some about the interior settings / choice.

 

As low as I can, as you say about 18C oft.  If cold outside I might wear a little gillette over my work shirt, sue the heated seat rather than heat the whole car's air mass.

new car picked up Saturday ie Scenic 60 kWh ie small battery version, going to have to be frugal with energy usage sometimes. It has a heat pump and I am building up the miles so the seen and hidden miles per kWh registers ie display and hidden value, getting them up to over 4 kWh is current mission.

Tyre pressure pumped up to full car pressure ie 36 on the front and 40 psi in the back which should help efficiency and therefore range.

Yet to do the charge to 100%+ and get it to do the cell balancing to get the max range.

So temperature will be set low until I know I have the range I want. I will be more enough with a second layer.  Compared to motorcycling it is like toast even with the aircon off !! 

 

A temperature set at about 291 Kelvin is fine, none of the centigrade crap. 

 

Edited 24 September, 20241 yr by lol-lol

I aiming for 65° f and not intending to cry over energy use. No point in having an ev if you can't use it like you did with the ice. It's my aim to improve my life. I always dress for outside air temperature when going to work. i don't want to have to get dressed getting out of the car.

 

I have noticed this Enyaq targets the heat at areas with someone sat in rather than the whole interior. which is clever.

Edited 24 September, 20241 yr by Stonekeeper

My car is set at the factory default of 22°C but I do tweak it depending on what the outside ambient is the air coming from the dash vents nearly always feels too hot or cold. I'll have to test it with a digital thermometer to discover how accurate the climate control really is, I suspect it is way out as I can sometimes hear the various flaps moaning and groaning as they attempt to regulate the temperature, but then it is a high miler so they have done many years of normal usage already.

 

I don't like driving with jackets etc on to compensate for having to set the temperature lower to maximise my range which does seem to be a widespread thing with most of you EV drivers as even with my heating cranked up on a cold damp day or turned down on a really hot day, making the AC work really hard, I know that I can still outperform all current EVs on range hands down with a range even in winter of around 600 to 700 miles and in the summer, upto 860 miles on a decent run without refuelling.

Edited 24 September, 20241 yr by Graham Butcher

It was i thought a simple question asked on what people choose their setting for the interior.  Nothing to do with how far a liquid fuel car or an EV can go.

 

( I think increasing the temperature request in Summer so that the AC is not having to work hard might mean better efficiency with an ICE or EV. )

Edited 24 September, 20241 yr by Ootohere

And so it was also an honest answer, so what is with setting the temps low and slipping jackets or gillettes on or over normal working clothes, being frugal with energy use, cars having heat pumps, tyres being perhaps slightly over inflated to help with efficiency and thus range.

 

Now here is a thing, I would have also expected better economy in the summer if the interior temp was turned up (I suspect that it would if I could stand the heat), but I suspect the fact that I appear to be getting better results in the summer is a combination of 3 things, 1) that I tend to do most longer journeys in the summer as that is when air shows and also other events tend to be held, and 2) the car is pretty well insulated and so once the AC has brought the temperature down a comfortable level, the automatic controls then regulate how much work the AC actually has to do, and its output is reduced once the set temp has been achieved. Lastly, 3) it appears to be more wind and rain and certainly snow in the winter, all of which call for more energy to overcome them. 

 

It is amazing how much difference a wet road makes to economy compared to a dry one.

33 minutes ago, Graham Butcher said:

I don't like driving with jackets etc on to compensate for having to set the temperature lower to maximise my range which does seem to be a widespread thing with most of you EV drivers as even with my heating cranked up on a cold damp day or turned down on a really hot day, making the AC work really hard, I know that I can still outperform all current EVs on range hands down with a range even in winter of around 600 to 700 miles and in the summer, upto 860 miles on a decent run without refuelling.

 "I'm not anti-EV" you say; yet every chance you ever get to try to knock them, you jump at it. 

It's pretty funny, really.

 

 

8 minutes ago, Breezy_Pete said:

 "I'm not anti-EV" you say; yet every chance you ever get to try to knock them, you jump at it. 

It's pretty funny, really.

I really am not, I'm just anti having the option removed in time from those who want to buy new rather the buying used cars. If I only had to do short trips around the city, I would possibly opt to have one myself with home charging, they are ideal for that, but they do not tick all the boxes for all uses.

Edited 24 September, 20241 yr by Graham Butcher

@Graham Butcher  I was genuinely interested and curious as to what others are comfortable as a temperature when driving.

I have my home set at no more than 18 degrees C, and have always set any vehicles interior temp low.

Or at the temp outside if that is around 15-18 degrees C.

 

Nothing to do with trying to get efficiency.  & if i use AC to cool a vehicles interior or to keep it drier because necessary then that is until comfortable or the no steaming up, 

and not if a hopeless AC system and blasting air from the wrong direction and getting a cold shoulder or the likes.

Edited 24 September, 20241 yr by Ootohere

Just now, Ootohere said:

@Graham Butcher  I was genuinely interested and curious as to what others are comfortable as a temperature when driving.

I have my home set at no more than 18 degrees C, and have always set any vehicles interior temp low.

Or at the temp outside if that is around 15-18 degrees C.

 

Nothing to do with trying to get efficiency.  & if i use AC to cool at vehicle because necessary then that is until comfortable or the no steaming up, 

and not if a hopeless AC system and blasting air from the wrong direction and getting a cold shoulder or the likes.

I was not saying that you were, but others in this thread were saying / implying just that. I'm also aware that you are used to having lower ambient temps up in Scotland, whereas we Southerners are not. 

My home temp is 20C, like the car. There is no doubt that different people feel the cold or heat more than others so accounts for variability. My wife would like it marginally warmer and I'd prefer it marginally cooler, so we compromise. Generally I'm in a t-shirt and she's in a jumper. Same in the car.

I'd thought 21c for testing is a common temperature.

 

Car: 20-22c, depending on outside weather. If it's hot, 22c because I'm wearing less to start with. If I'm wearing stuff for 10~15c like today, then 20c. I also don't like wearing jacket for long drives in winter, then I'll probable bump to 21c.

 

Wife's zone: 22c all year round + heated seat. May even get bumped to 23c. Her Leaf is short distances, she uses heated everything and 20c in winter.

 

At home, it's generally 20c with smart thermostat downstairs in the living room. Upstairs can get to 23c on a sunny winter day, wife likes to stays up there and I prefer down here.

 

New thread direction, why do woman like it hot? 🤣 

 

 

Also, not all cars are tuned equal:

 

My climate control is set at 20° in Summer and 21° in Winter.

 

GFs spends most of the time at 20° but has short burts down as low as 17° 😁

If its a hot summer day mine is set to low, in winter mid 20s to high its on 21 at mo as its getting a tad cooler now .

Usually 18C, unless the car has climate control with a lower actual temperature.

If it's hot outside I'll try to get the temperature down to 22 degrees.
If it's cold outside I'll try to get the temperature up to maybe 19-20 degrees - because I'll usually be wearing more layers.
Adjust to suit passengers as necessary (but my Octavia does have dual zone controls).

I'm quite surprised by the answers here since I usually have mine at 15 degrees, sometimes a bit higher in the winter if I'm getting into the car and it's cold to warm it up a bit.  

On 24/09/2024 at 17:51, Paws4Thot said:

Usually 18C, unless the car has climate control with a lower actual temperature.

 

9 minutes ago, JohnMcL7 said:

I'm quite surprised by the answers here since I usually have mine at 15 degrees, sometimes a bit higher in the winter if I'm getting into the car and it's cold to warm it up a bit.  

To clarify, 18C is the lowest cited temperature offered, or I probably would have used a lower value for shortish runs when I was wearing a jacket.

my default temp setting year round  is 18.5 .

My GF typically sets her side higher lol