Can anyone help a noob down on his charge?
Good news is we got our 2012 leaf on 1-28-12. We’ve been looking forward to this since we pre-ordered back on 4/21/10.
I've been reading this forum on and off since then. While I don't claim to be an expert, but I do know that temp, elevation, speed, climate control all affect range.
The Leaf is for my wife. Her commute is 21 miles each way. When she left today the car was fully charged. She did take one small trip at lunch to show the car to a co-worker. When she got home she only had 9 miles left. I was shocked. I was hoping for more than 50 miles out of a full charge.
My expectation is that we could get about 70 miles on a full charge and that she'd return home with about 30 miles or so left.
Let me provide as many details as possible and I hope I can get some feedback (either we're doing something wrong, the battery is defective, maybe my expectations were too high or maybe the battery has to "break in").
Charger - 110 trickle charger in garage
Temps - We're in CT and temp today was in the 30s
Overnight Car Storage - Overnight it's in our garage. A little warmer than outside. Maybe 45-50 in the garage overnight. She used the pre-heat option prior to leaving in the morning. Pre-heat started after the car had 100% charge
Daytime Storage - car in outside in a parking lot
Terrain - moderate hills, about 10-15 miles of flat stretch
Driving speed - about 40-45 miles per hour average. no highway
Climate Control - it was on low both ways
SOC at start of trip - The charge was 100%, but available miles were only 84. From what I've read here the 84 miles is a prediction based on prior driving history
Other Driving – As I mentioned above, she did give a co-worker a quick drive around the block at lunch. Probably drove 4-5 miles
Passengers - she was the only passenger and the car did not have anything else in it
ECO Mode- She only put ECO mode on a few times. Maybe 20% of the trip
If there's anything other details I should provide, please let me know. Thanks in advance for your help!
Good news is we got our 2012 leaf on 1-28-12. We’ve been looking forward to this since we pre-ordered back on 4/21/10.
I've been reading this forum on and off since then. While I don't claim to be an expert, but I do know that temp, elevation, speed, climate control all affect range.
The Leaf is for my wife. Her commute is 21 miles each way. When she left today the car was fully charged. She did take one small trip at lunch to show the car to a co-worker. When she got home she only had 9 miles left. I was shocked. I was hoping for more than 50 miles out of a full charge.
My expectation is that we could get about 70 miles on a full charge and that she'd return home with about 30 miles or so left.
Let me provide as many details as possible and I hope I can get some feedback (either we're doing something wrong, the battery is defective, maybe my expectations were too high or maybe the battery has to "break in").
Charger - 110 trickle charger in garage
Temps - We're in CT and temp today was in the 30s
Overnight Car Storage - Overnight it's in our garage. A little warmer than outside. Maybe 45-50 in the garage overnight. She used the pre-heat option prior to leaving in the morning. Pre-heat started after the car had 100% charge
Daytime Storage - car in outside in a parking lot
Terrain - moderate hills, about 10-15 miles of flat stretch
Driving speed - about 40-45 miles per hour average. no highway
Climate Control - it was on low both ways
SOC at start of trip - The charge was 100%, but available miles were only 84. From what I've read here the 84 miles is a prediction based on prior driving history
Other Driving – As I mentioned above, she did give a co-worker a quick drive around the block at lunch. Probably drove 4-5 miles
Passengers - she was the only passenger and the car did not have anything else in it
ECO Mode- She only put ECO mode on a few times. Maybe 20% of the trip
If there's anything other details I should provide, please let me know. Thanks in advance for your help!