> On Sep 28, 2015, at 1:39 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > For example, my Leaf gets about 1.5 - 2.5 miles per kWh (depending on > accessories and temperature) on city streets where I live. But if I go 60mph > on the freeway, I can sometimes get 4 miles per kWh.
I don’t have any hard data to back this up, but my experience with my 2011 Leaf seems to be exactly the opposite. Since I got the car 50 months and 43,000 miles ago, I have been averaging 3.9 miles/KWH according to the number presented on the display. I definitely get considerably better range on city/suburban streets than I do on the Freeway. If I keep my top speed below 50MPH and never allow more than 5 power dots displayed (one is always displayed), I can get about 75 miles on a single charge (I got 81 once). If I put about 40 miles on the Freeway at 65MPH with the rest on city/suburban streets, my range goes down to about 60 miles. Using the heater in the winter (if you can call it that here in Silicon Valley) and it drops by another 10 miles. How people claim they can get 84 miles or better driving normally is beyond me. Even though I’m down to 9 of 12 capacity bars, I have yet to notice any drop in range or the length of time it takes to charge from the very low battery warning to 100%. The maximum charge time has never been longer than 5 hours. With a 3.3KW charger I claim my supposedly 24KWH pack never had a usable capacity of more than 16.5KWH and still has that capacity. Ed _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
