Electric vehicles · roadside assessment

Traction battery
pack capacity

Measures the capacity a traction battery holds today, from figures the car works out for itself. No adapter, and no assumptions about WLTP, EPA or wheel size.

Checking…
01The car

Identify the car first. Every reading is recorded against it.

Only used to express the result as a percentage. Leave it blank and you still get the capacity in kWh, which is the measured figure. It must be a usable capacity — a gross or nominal figure includes the reserve the car holds below zero, so a percentage taken against one will read several points low.

Published figures vary by market, software version and production batch. Where a year has more than one published figure, all are listed. Once you have readings from cars you trust, use those instead.

Both screens read in turn. This is the full method and the one to use whenever you have the keys.

02Energy app — 200 mile view

Select the 200 mile tab before reading anything. The 10 and 100 mile tabs reflect the last few miles rather than the car, and will give a different answer. Then take the consumption figure, and the line beneath it comparing it to Rated.

03Battery indicator — top of the main screen

Not in the Energy app. This is the small battery symbol in the status bar along the very top of the main screen, right of centre, beside the driver name. Touch the battery icon to swap it between miles and percent — read one, tap, read the other. Do it with the car parked and not charging so nothing moves between the two readings. Above 80% charge is more accurate.

04Result

Usable capacity

kWh

05Saved readings
No readings yet. Save one above and it stays on this device.