True for 2011/12 LEAF models.
However the LEAF's guess-o-meter was improved later models. Even better,
a useful battery-percentage-remaining display option was added.
On 5/22/17 10:10 AM, Willie via EV wrote:
Bruce mentioned "guessometer" in a Tesla context. It is my
understanding that Tesla arrives at an estimated range by applying a
constant, linear scale factor to the estimated remaining energy. For
normal use, that scale factor is about 285 wh/m. The driver is properly
left to make allowances for wind, speed, elevation, weather, etc. The
imiev does apply some guessing based on past data. They do a fair job
of such guessing. Leaf, OTHO, does such a terrible job that it is
nearly useless. I remember my wife calling me on her way home from
picking up the new Leaf: "This thing has lost 15 miles of range in the
first 5 miles traveled. At this rate, I won't be able to get home. Are
you prepared to come get me?" We, of course, learned to mostly ignore
the really crappy instrumentation.
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