FWIW, the 2011/2012 heater is spec'ed for 5 kW (I just now glanced at the label on the heater) and it is no problem to coast a constant 55-60 MPH on the freeway at approx 15kW continuous power use, so having the heater on full blast for all (or the majority) of the trip in a first gen Leaf eats 1/4 of the range compared to without heater, so you are easily going from 80 down to 60 miles if driving freeway. If you are driving slower, the heater has even more of an impact.
In 2013+ vehicles the heater is using a heat pump and is much more efficiently than the resistive heater in the 2011/2012 Leaf. Gently pressing the brake pedal as soon as you see that you will need to slow down, increases the regen from max 1 ball (accelerator pedal up) to 4, sometimes 5 balls. It is a bit of "feeling" when the friction brakes cut in after the regen is maxed. Success! Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peri Hartman via EV Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 12:41 PM To: Lawrence Rhodes; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [EVDL] Leaf trip from San Francisco to Carmel by the sea. In the particular case I cited, I was able to drive fairly optimally, meaning the roads I was on were mostly open with few stops. Still, the range appeared to be terrible. But for city driving, I don't really have the option to coast to a stop - a light is amber for 5 seconds typically and you have to use the brakes or end up running red lights. Regen is pretty important. Peri ------ Original Message ------ From: "Lawrence Rhodes via EV" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: 19-Feb-17 12:00:17 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Leaf trip from San Francisco to Carmel by the sea. >I never use regen unless I want to slow down. I coast every chance I >get..regen is only good for braking. Coasting is free miles. Example. >If you charge at the top of a mountain. You can't regen until you burn >off some energy..but your trip starts where you stop coasting. If you >see a light on a highway try to regen and cost up the the stopped >cars..etc... Lawrence Rhodes >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20170219/b40 d008b/attachment.htm> >_______________________________________________ >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) > _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
