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100kW charging: It's a joke

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After having the car for 1,5 year (with 56000km driven), my conclusion is that the I Pace can not charge at a speed of 100kW. JLR promised is that from 0 to 80% charging will take 40 minutes, which is totally misleading! Yes, the first two minutes will be 100 kW, however, it drops quickly to 80 kW. The bandwidth in which the I Pace can charge at 100 kW is so narrow that in reality this I'll never happen.

Don't get my wrong, I love the car but I hate to be misleading.
 
#2 ·
MY21 is advertised with 100kW charging and as it is the same battery pack as MY20 any improvement should trickle down to our cars. Or maybe the misleading marketing will be on MY21 as well.
 
#4 ·
Rbrandwijk said:
Maxwell_400 said:
MY21 is advertised with 100kW charging and as it is the same battery pack as MY20 any improvement should trickle down to our cars. Or maybe the misleading marketing will be on MY21 as well.
As far as I know, MY21 will have a different battery pack (Samsung).
Ohhh the insult to injury... first the MY2021 will have the new Pivi Pro infotainment, which we can't get, then it will also have the ClearSight rear facing camera for the mirror and now the battery pack has changed and 100kw charging (maybe) a more realistic possibility... ohhh. it hurts for us MY2019/2020 owners...
 
#5 ·
I just can't believe that well educated engineers sat round the table with LG Chem and accepted the charging curve on the current i-pace. Did they really think it was good enough? Or didn't they know what the competitors came up with? Or was it simply the only chance to get batteries at all and make it to the market at schedule?
 
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FENorway said:
I just can't believe that well educated engineers sat round the table with LG Chem and accepted the charging curve on the current i-pace. Did they really think it was good enough? Or didn't they know what the competitors came up with? Or was it simply the only chance to get batteries at all and make it to the market at schedule?
Jaguar's view: we already made our money - why spend extra money improving/developing software to optimize DC charging speed and additionally run the risk of having to replace degraded batteries by trying to deliver the promised DC charging speed.

Reality is Jaguar screwed us, is not willing to admit they made mistakes (fear of having to pay compensation) and is doing very little to make improvements for existing owners.
I have given up hope of any further efficiency or BMS improvements being made for MY2019 I-pace nor that infotainment system will get any quicker - for me on average it is 30-40 seconds for music to start playing and another 30-40 seconds before I can use navigation.
 
#9 ·
Crazymind said:
The 45 minute charge promise is misleading.
At the same time I think we bought our I-pace not because of that. I wouldn't bother too much about that at this stage.
They promised 40 minutes from 0-80% which is 101,7kw on average.
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#10 ·
To be fair with JLR. 0-80% is not 80% of 84.75 kWh, but a bit less due to the buffer below 0%. Not that is make a huge difference. 0-80% in 40 minutes means a steady charging power of around 100 kW net into the battery. Added to that you will need to add some losses so my guess is that the car needs to take a few extra kW.

I expect JLR to reach an agreement wrt battery guaranties with LG so a better charge curve can be applied. It's probably all about money. I had expected this to be sorted out by now. Maybe we will need to take legal actions to move this ahead.
 
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See attached Excel file or below graphs a charging session from 0% to 100% this is what you get most of the times.
* In 40 minutes it charged from 0% to 63% (my best ever charging session charged in just over 30 minutes from 6% to 64%)
* It takes 54 minutes to get to 80% and another 30 minutes to get to 100%.

Sometimes it will be slower and on a very rare occasion it will be quicker.
PS: The little jump up in charging speed at around 74 minutes and 95% is because that is what I started the pre-conditioning which seems to boost charging speed (also uses energy so net you likely lose time)

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#12 ·
So we have two problems; max is too low and it tapers off too early. The e-tron tapers at 80%. I would actually prefer 80kW with late taper than 100kW with early taper.
 
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Maxwell_400 said:
So we have two problems; max is too low and it tapers off too early. The e-tron tapers at 80%. I would actually prefer 80kW with late taper than 100kW with early taper.
If they both get to 80% or 90% in the same time than I would certainly prefer the 100kW with an earlier taper.
My logic is that when you travel LONG distance you do not allows charge to 80/90%, multiple times I charged to 50%-70% - with 100kW you would be there quicker even if it tapers earlier.

It is quicker (not cheaper) to drive 2x 150km and charge twice from 10% to 60% than to drive 1x 300km and charge once from 10% to 90%.

Arrive at station 1 with 10% SoC:
Option 1: Total time 4hrs 01mins - 64kW charged
Charge in 58 minutes to 90% adding 80% SoC or 64kW (assuming 80kW battery) + 3 minutes for start/stop charge
Drive 300km with 100km/h using 213wh/km arriving 3 hours later with 10% at station 3.

Option 2: Total time 3hrs 44mins - 80kW charged
Charge in 31.5 minutes to 60% adding 50% SoC or 40kW (assuming 80kW battery) + 3 minutes for start/stop charge
Drive 150km with 120km/h with 267wh/km arriving 1hr 15mins later with 10% at station 2.
Adding 5 minutes extra for getting off and on the highway
Charge in 31.5 minutes to 60% adding 50% SoC or 40kW (assuming 80kW battery) + 3 minutes for start/stop charge
Drive 150km with 120km/h with 267wh/km arriving 1hr 15mins later with 10% at station 3.
 
#14 ·
Jelle v/d Meer said:
Maxwell_400 said:
So we have two problems; max is too low and it tapers off too early. The e-tron tapers at 80%. I would actually prefer 80kW with late taper than 100kW with early taper.
If they both get to 80% or 90% in the same time than I would certainly prefer the 100kW with an earlier taper.
My logic is that when you travel LONG distance you do not allows charge to 80/90%, multiple times I charged to 50%-70% - with 100kW you would be there quicker even if it tapers earlier.

It is quicker (not cheaper) to drive 2x 150km and charge twice from 10% to 60% than to drive 1x 300km and charge once from 10% to 90%.

Arrive at station 1 with 10% SoC:
Option 1: Total time 4hrs 01mins - 64kW charged
Charge in 58 minutes to 90% adding 80% SoC or 64kW (assuming 80kW battery) + 3 minutes for start/stop charge
Drive 300km with 100km/h using 213wh/km arriving 3 hours later with 10% at station 3.

Option 2: Total time 3hrs 44mins - 80kW charged
Charge in 31.5 minutes to 60% adding 50% SoC or 40kW (assuming 80kW battery) + 3 minutes for start/stop charge
Drive 150km with 120km/h with 267wh/km arriving 1hr 15mins later with 10% at station 2.
Adding 5 minutes extra for getting off and on the highway
Charge in 31.5 minutes to 60% adding 50% SoC or 40kW (assuming 80kW battery) + 3 minutes for start/stop charge
Drive 150km with 120km/h with 267wh/km arriving 1hr 15mins later with 10% at station 3.
I guess you are right (you are right!), I usually arrive at a charging station with 30-40% battery and charge to 90%, average charging speed at a 50kW charger is then only 40kW. Ionity average is 53kW. Seems that I need to improve on my charging scheme.
 
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Maxwell_400 said:
I guess you are right (you are right!), I usually arrive at a charging station with 30-40% battery and charge to 90%, average charging speed at a 50kW charger is then only 40kW. Ionity average is 53kW. Seems that I need to improve on my charging scheme.
Based on my experience, using 50kw DC charger you can get up to 80% at full speed, at 85% with minimal waste of time, at 90% with acceptable waste of time. Beyond that it's just a waste of time unless you need the energy to get to the next charger.
Interesting note: as soon as the battery temperature goes above 37C you loose some energy while charging as the AC compressor goes up. If this happens before reaching 80% SoC (at a 50 kw DC charger) this slows down the charging as 2 or 3 kw are diverted to the compressor. If this happens after 80% SoC this is almost free as the tapering of the charging curve leaves some spare energy for the compressor.

The same applies to 100kw but probably you never loos time as the I-Pace never (or almost never) uses the full available 100kw.
 
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Maxwell_400 said:
I usually arrive at a charging station with 30-40% battery and charge to 90%, average charging speed at a 50kW charger is then only 40kW. Ionity average is 53kW. Seems that I need to improve on my charging scheme.
Yep most of the times the charging station is never in the perfect location - arriving with 40% is not ideal but if you can't make it to the next suitable 100kW station there is no choice. If only 50kW is available it indeed makes little difference but with 100kW available (even if it runs at 80kW) there is a benefit to arrive with lower SoC % (presuming you need to charge the same amount of kWh). Luckily more and more HPC stations are being build.

On my first long trip I had to drive 10km off the highway in Southeast Germany for a 100kW charger and for the last part only a 50kW was available. I used 5 charging stations for a 915km trip simply because so few HPC were available. My upcoming outgoing trip In August is 1,237km and I plan to use 5 charging stations but have much more choice mainly thanks to Ionity - there are minimal 17 reliable HPC stations (minimal 4x 150kW) within 1km of my highway route - 13 of those are Ionity.

Not counting the pre-excluded ones based on bad reliability reputation, awkward to get to or under construction, if I count those as well I get to 25 HPC stations. On top of that ENBW has and is building in Germany a lot of locations with 2x 100kW+ chargers mainly near highway rest stops. This likely will get a further boost now that German government made it mandatory for every fuelstation to have chargers installed.
 
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Jelle v/d Meer said:
Maxwell_400 said:
I usually arrive at a charging station with 30-40% battery and charge to 90%, average charging speed at a 50kW charger is then only 40kW. Ionity average is 53kW. Seems that I need to improve on my charging scheme.
Yep most of the times the charging station is never in the perfect location - arriving with 40% is not ideal but if you can't make it to the next suitable 100kW station there is no choice. If only 50kW is available it indeed makes little difference but with 100kW available (even if it runs at 80kW) there is a benefit to
It is more that I do not stop to charge, I charge when I stop. Drive for 3-4hrs, stop for lunch and charge, then drive to destination and charge overnight. Average speed is only 70km/t on the roads I travel so 3-4hrs is approximately 60% of the battery.
 
#18 ·
Maxwell_400 said:
Jelle v/d Meer said:
Maxwell_400 said:
I usually arrive at a charging station with 30-40% battery and charge to 90%, average charging speed at a 50kW charger is then only 40kW. Ionity average is 53kW. Seems that I need to improve on my charging scheme.
Yep most of the times the charging station is never in the perfect location - arriving with 40% is not ideal but if you can't make it to the next suitable 100kW station there is no choice. If only 50kW is available it indeed makes little difference but with 100kW available (even if it runs at 80kW) there is a benefit to
It is more that I do not stop to charge, I charge when I stop. Drive for 3-4hrs, stop for lunch and charge, then drive to destination and charge overnight. Average speed is only 70km/t on the roads I travel so 3-4hrs is approximately 60% of the battery.
That is even smarter and very good - in that case it also doesn't matter that charging goes a bit slower.
My long trips always involve 95% highway and most often German autobahn so usually travelling speeds are 120-130km/h meaning you have to stop to charge every 2hrs.
 
#19 ·
To put some oil into the fire of this discussion...
I had 102kw (showing on the Ionity Charger) of charging speed yesterday from 6% to 35% SoC 👍😁

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The I-Pace can do it... I think the limits of battery temperature into the BMS are too tight to see the 100kw on regular basis.... if JLR will loosen the limits a bit, everything is allright... the pouch cells can take quite a bit of stress...

Where can I find the information, the I-Pace 2021 will get a different battery pack? Are these rumors or hard facts?

Still hoping on a Software Update bringing back the 100kw charging rate under close to all conditions

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#20 ·
CaptainJAG said:
To put some oil into the fire of this discussion...
I had 102kw (showing on the Ionity Charger) of charging speed yesterday from 6% to 35% SoC 👍😁

The I-Pace can do it... I think the limits of battery temperature into the BMS are too tight to see the 100kw on regular basis.... if JLR will loosen the limits a bit, everything is allright... the pouch cells can take quite a bit of stress...
That is exactly the problem - the BMS is set so tight that the window in which 100kW is allowed is extremely narrow. I have done well over 80 100kW+ DC chargers and with upcoming summer trip that will be a 100, so far only 1 gave me 100kW for 30 minutes, once for 10 minutes and the rest all 5 minutes or shorter and many more never even got 100kW.

It is the same marketing bullshit as Tesla stating that the Model 3 can charge at 250kW - purely technically looking that is true however it does say it is only in optimum conditions, at the most powerful chargers and only for a short period of time.
When Jaguar advertised with 0-80% in 40 minutes (something I still have not seen) it sets a fair expectation of their customers that in most situations on the right charger it can be achieved. Obviously on a 200amp charger it is not possible or with cold weather or when already 60% full.
That said it is still strange that even if it only runs at 200amps so 80-84kW it already starts to taper off at 50% SoC while to achieve 0-80% in 40 minutes you need a just above 100kW average for 40 minutes.

The ideal circumstances seem to be after a bit faster drive charge from a low SoC % while outside temperature is around 20 degrees and ideally light rain or some wind for natural cooling effect.

PS: Below session is the ONLY session I ever saw the I-pace charging with between 200 and 250amps. All other sessions that started with 250amps the drop was instant to sub 200amps.
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#21 ·
Jelle v/d Meer said:
CaptainJAG said:
To put some oil into the fire of this discussion...
I had 102kw (showing on the Ionity Charger) of charging speed yesterday from 6% to 35% SoC 👍😁

The I-Pace can do it... I think the limits of battery temperature into the BMS are too tight to see the 100kw on regular basis.... if JLR will loosen the limits a bit, everything is allright... the pouch cells can take quite a bit of stress...
That is exactly the problem - the BMS is set so tight that the window in which 100kW is allowed is extremely narrow. I have done well over 80 100kW+ DC chargers and with upcoming summer trip that will be a 100, so far only 1 gave me 100kW for 30 minutes, once for 10 minutes and the rest all 5 minutes or shorter and many more never even got 100kW.

It is the same marketing bullshit as Tesla stating that the Model 3 can charge at 250kW - purely technically looking that is true however it does say it is only in optimum conditions, at the most powerful chargers and only for a short period of time.
When Jaguar advertised with 0-80% in 40 minutes (something I still have not seen) it sets a fair expectation of their customers that in most situations on the right charger it can be achieved. Obviously on a 200amp charger it is not possible or with cold weather or when already 60% full.
That said it is still strange that even if it only runs at 200amps so 80-84kW it already starts to taper off at 50% SoC while to achieve 0-80% in 40 minutes you need a just above 100kW average for 40 minutes.

The ideal circumstances seem to be after a bit faster drive charge from a low SoC % while outside temperature is around 20 degrees and ideally light rain or some wind for natural cooling effect.

PS: Below session is the ONLY session I ever saw the I-pace charging with between 200 and 250amps. All other sessions that started with 250amps the drop was instant to sub 200amps.
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I do not really understand why they haven't fixed it, it looks more like a software problem than a battery problem. When one charges the pack it will heat up and get warm and if the ambient temperature is high it is difficult to cool the pack but 100kW charging does not even work at lower ambient temperatures. The ambient temperature needs to be in a very narrow window, why? I would have guessed that anything between 0 to 25 ambient should be perfect for charging. And it is always throttling down, when charging the coolant will balance the temperature of the cells so in my simple mind it should be possible to increase the charging power when the cells are temperature balanced. By the way, the battery pack has 72 temperature sensors (two for each module).
 
#22 ·
I think it's more or less confirmed that the problem is that JLR has some kind of agreement with LG regarding battery guarantee. A charging curve is part of this agreement. To change it JLR needs to amend the agreement. Most likely this is purely a money issue. LG wants more money than JLR is willing to pay. I believe owners need to start putting pressure on JLR. They blow it and needs to bite the dust.
 
#23 ·
ghost said:
I think it's more or less confirmed that the problem is that JLR has some kind of agreement with LG regarding battery guarantee. A charging curve is part of this agreement. To change it JLR needs to amend the agreement.
Did they sign the agreement with LG after they started advertising about charging speed?
I believe they knew early on what limitations the car had.
 
#24 ·
FENorway said:
Did they sign the agreement with LG after they started advertising about charging speed?
I believe they knew early on what limitations the car had.
It's always easier to do wrong and ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission to do wrong in the first place!!!
 
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