From Vegas to LA in a single charge

That is a good drive right there! It's one of the reasons I opted for the eDrive 40 instead of the M50..........RANGE!!

Absolutely love the eDrive 40. BMW under promises and over delivers.

JMoreno said:

Jet Blue just finished his first road trip. Went from Vegas to LA in a single charge. 275 miles total. For those wondering, yes it is possible.

Started with 100%. Car predicted 18% arrival. Arrived with 26%.

We’ll done BMW. I am impressed.
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What size tires do you have? Did you run A/C?

18” wheels, ran HVAC at 70 the whole way. Mostly drove at 70mph. 95% eco pro, 5% comfort.

Magicrat said:

That is a good drive right there! It's one of the reasons I opted for the eDrive 40 instead of the M50..........RANGE!!

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For me it was the $30k I saved and get the e35 in 3mths or wait 12+ mths for the e40/m50... though maybe I could have saved the $30k by then? Nah... I have two boys who spend my money every minute of the day...

I have a golf trip in August and planning to drive my e35 as my first 'big' trip... so nice to hear of these 'extended' ranges y'all are getting even at 70mph... though my drive there will have to deal with a 4000+ ft climb so may need to make 1 DCFC pitstop for a few minutes just in case... oh and I wonder if I drop my speed to say 50mph during the climbs it might offset the higher consumption rate at 70mph? Will have to test it... so many scenarios... lol

JMoreno said:

Jet Blue just finished his first road trip. Went from Vegas to LA in a single charge. 275 miles total. For those wondering, yes it is possible to do 300+ miles on a single charge.

Started with 100%. Car predicted 18% arrival. Arrived with 26%.

We’ll done BMW. I am impressed.
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You'd go to L.A. on a dare and you'd go it alone

JMoreno said:

Jet Blue just finished his first road trip. Went from Vegas to LA in a single charge. 275 miles total. For those wondering, yes it is possible to do 300+ miles on a single charge.

Started with 100%. Car predicted 18% arrival. Arrived with 26%.

We’ll done BMW. I am impressed.
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You have 18” wheels? Just wondering cus from Ventura county(oxnard) only got to Baker. (Via 210-15)

@JMoreno thanks so much for posting this! I’m driving from LA to Vegas next week and was doing some pre-planning with the My BMW app and ABRP. Both of them recommended that I stop in Barstow but I couldn’t figure out why. I’m driving an iX 50 that typically gives me over 350 miles per charge so it seemed like plenty to get to Vegas. I wanted to ignore the route planning apps and try to make it there on one charge but I was afraid that maybe it was all uphill and efficiency would suddenly drop and I’d be stuck out in the middle of the desert!! Much appreciate your detailed post. Now I have more confidence that I might even tempt a higher speed and using Sport Mode!!!

Someone mentioned that going Vegas to LA on one charge is possible because it’s all downhill. But going LA to Vegas is more difficult because it’s all up hill and efficiency would be much lower. It’s a very very important thing for us to keep in mind so we don’t get ourselves stranded!!

darylp310 said:

Someone mentioned that going Vegas to LA on one charge is possible because it’s all downhill. But going LA to Vegas is more difficult because it’s all up hill and efficiency would be much lower. It’s a very very important thing for us to keep in mind so we don’t get ourselves stranded!!

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Good point! It’s always good to remember efficiency downhill, even slightly, could make a huge difference in efficiency (1.5-2X). This is especially true for the M50 which could easily get 500 miles of range driving at a slight down grade, but on the way back it won’t get 300 miles of range, not even close.

darylp310 said:

Someone mentioned that going Vegas to LA on one charge is possible because it’s all downhill. But going LA to Vegas is more difficult because it’s all up hill and efficiency would be much lower. It’s a very very important thing for us to keep in mind so we don’t get ourselves stranded!!

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Google says (cuz I'm Canadian and don't care about these facts lol) Vegas is about 1700 feet higher than LA... so downhill to LA... perhaps why it was so 'easy' for JMoreno to achieve 275miles without stopping for a charge...

i4e35nvbc said:

Google says (cuz I'm Canadian and don't care about these facts lol) Vegas is about 1700 feet higher than LA... so downhill to LA... perhaps why it was so 'easy' for JMoreno to achieve 275miles without stopping for a charge...

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We do appreciate your Canadian friendliness for looking up these facts for us!! 👍🏾😄

Fantastic! Not sure my e35 could do it. We drive Phoenix to Vegas and back several times a year for bowling tournaments, and it looks like it would be easy with one quick stop to charge in Kingman, where we always stop to pee anyway.

JMoreno said:

18” wheels, ran HVAC at 70 the whole way. Mostly drove at 70mph. 95% eco pro, 5% comfort.

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My problem would be keeping it at 70….I’ve driven that road at least 50 times in my life and 80 seems to be the minimum.

darylp310 said:

@JMoreno thanks so much for posting this! I’m driving from LA to Vegas next week and was doing some pre-planning with the My BMW app and ABRP. Both of them recommended that I stop in Barstow but I couldn’t figure out why. I’m driving an iX 50 that typically gives me over 350 miles per charge so it seemed like plenty to get to Vegas. I wanted to ignore the route planning apps and try to make it there on one charge but I was afraid that maybe it was all uphill and efficiency would suddenly drop and I’d be stuck out in the middle of the desert!! Much appreciate your detailed post. Now I have more confidence that I might even tempt a higher speed and using Sport Mode!!!

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Two words, Cajon Pass will burn thru your battery pretty quickly. Then you hit the elevation again after Baker.

I can confirm it is downhill pretty much most of the trip, drove through recently.

Variable430 said:

Two words, Cajon Pass will burn thru your battery pretty quickly. Then you hit the elevation again after Baker.

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Yes. Yes you’re probably make it from Alicia Baker buy definitely recommend you charging up a baker because I had an upgrade from baker to Vegas. Will drain your battery a lot more than a Home pass the whole pass Hollywood take nothing in my experience and I go to Vegas every four weeks but if you want to use the Electrify America, the baker chargers are gone for at least another month they’re being upgraded. That’s an easy go chargers by the thermostat or the Chevron station.

paprmkr said:

Yes. Yes you’re probably make it from Alicia Baker buy definitely recommend you charging up a baker because I had an upgrade from baker to Vegas. Will drain your battery a lot more than a Home pass the whole pass Hollywood take nothing in my experience and I go to Vegas every four weeks but if you want to use the Electrify America, the baker chargers are gone for at least another month they’re being upgraded. That’s an easy go chargers by the thermostat or the Chevron station.

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Sorry for errors Siri translate still doesn’t speak my language but to add on the way back from Vegas I left red rock casino with 90% and only made it to Hisperia

JMoreno said:

Jet Blue just finished his first road trip. Went from Vegas to LA in a single charge. 275 miles total. For those wondering, yes it is possible to do 300+ miles on a single charge.

Started with 100%. Car predicted 18% arrival. Arrived with 26%.

We’ll done BMW. I am impressed.
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Wow that is good to know. ABRP has me stopping 2 times I think between vegas and LA.