Nissan Ariya
Charging curve · consumption · motorway range
The Nissan Ariya has 87 kWh of usable battery and peaks at 130 kW on a DC charger. In this app's model it uses about 208 Wh/km at a steady 100 km/h and 307 Wh/km at 130, so 48% more energy per kilometre buys you 30 km/h more speed. Weigh that against a 47-minute 10-80% charging stop and you have the whole question of how fast to drive.
- Usable battery
- 87 kWh
- Peak DC power
- 130 kW
- 10-80% charge
- 47 min
- Average kW 10-80%
- 77 kW
- Mass, loaded
- 2301 kg
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
DC charging curve
Charging power against state of charge, on a charger fast enough not to be the limit. Peak power is 130 kW, but it has halved by about 59% state of charge. That is why a short stop low down the curve usually beats a long one near the top.
How long a stop takes
| Charge from | Time | Energy added | Average power |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% to 80% | 47 min | 60.9 kWh | 77 kW |
| 20% to 80% | 43 min | 52.2 kWh | 72 kW |
| 10% to 60% | 25 min | 43.5 kWh | 104 kW |
| 20% to 70% | 31 min | 43.5 kWh | 85 kW |
| 80% to 100% | 50 min | 17.4 kWh | 21 kW |
The curve, point by point
| State of charge | Power |
|---|---|
| 0% | 55 kW |
| 5% | 124 kW |
| 10% | 130 kW |
| 33% | 130 kW |
| 43% | 99 kW |
| 53% | 75 kW |
| 63% | 58 kW |
| 73% | 44 kW |
| 83% | 31 kW |
| 93% | 21 kW |
| 100% | 10 kW |
Consumption and range by cruise speed
Steady motorway cruising on flat road in mild weather, from the fitted model Wh/km = 64 + 0.0144 · v². The “usable range” column is the honest one for trip planning: it is 100% down to 10%, because nobody arrives on empty.
| Cruise speed | Consumption | Range (full pack) | Usable range (100 to 10%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 km/h | 181 Wh/km | 482 km | 433 km |
| 100 km/h | 208 Wh/km | 418 km | 376 km |
| 110 km/h | 238 Wh/km | 365 km | 329 km |
| 120 km/h | 271 Wh/km | 321 km | 289 km |
| 130 km/h | 307 Wh/km | 283 km | 255 km |
| 140 km/h | 346 Wh/km | 251 km | 226 km |
| 150 km/h | 388 Wh/km | 224 km | 202 km |
| 160 km/h | 433 Wh/km | 201 km | 181 km |
What the model does not include
- Elevation. The trip planner does account for climbs and descents; the range figures on this page are flat-road, so an alpine route will come out worse than the table.
- Temperature. These are mild-weather numbers. Cold raises consumption and cuts the charging curve. The planner models both. The numbers on this page do not.
- Wind, rain, roof boxes, payload and tyre choice, all of which move real consumption more than most people expect.
- Charger-side limits. The charging times above assume the site can deliver whatever the car asks for. A 150 kW cabinet shared with the car next to you will not.
Where these numbers come from
Nissan Ariya 87 kWh (MY22-25): the slowest 10-80% in this catalog at forty-eight minutes — 87 kWh behind a 130 kW peak that starts tapering at a third full. Paired with the highest motorway consumption of the European-market cars here, it is the entry where cruise speed costs the most. Curve fitted to EV Database's published figures.
What speed should you actually drive?
It depends on your route, on where the fast chargers happen to be and how the legal limits fall. Plan the real trip and the simulator will sweep every cruise speed against this car's curves and tell you which one arrives first.
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