DaveinOlyWA
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MPScotia said:Hi! Thanks for the reply! The tires are all at ~41psi and practically new and evenly worn. The HVAC is showing zero consumption (as I'm not using it much. It's kinda cool here these days!). I was thinking of driving it down below 20% and use leafspy again to see if there are any bad cells. I'm not too concerned about the SOH at the moment, but reading the leaf range chart for a Leaf @ 80% SOH makes it seem I should be able to go well over 100kms on our highway at a reasonable clip (~100kms/hr), but maybe because I'm not willing to let it go down far enough? Learning by reading information is one thing, but actually seeing it in practice is another.
1) Bad cells would become obvious well over 50% SOC so driving it down to 20% is unnecessary.
2) Have you had the LBC update done yet? Your Hx seems low although I really couldn't tell you what Hx is or what it should be.
3) Many will belabor the point but stray from Ecopias and its all downhill from there. But Ecopias are hardly the slam dunk answer either. Highly efficient tires have only one avenue to attain those high numbers and that is reducing friction. This means harder rubber (poorer traction) so there are trade offs.
4) If efficiency is that important, you should investigate all driving options to find which suits your driving style/conditions the best. Reset your trip A odometer daily recording miles traveled and miles/kwh daily. Not doing this means analyzing larger chunks of driving while looking for improvements. There is too much variation in your day to day driving conditions to take on any more complication.
5) REGEN IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. High use of it only means you are driving too fast for conditions. So don't use friction brake pedal EVER (not really possible in your car but less is better) minimize regen ONLY using it when coming to a full stop or near it is required.
Finally; This is not a gasser where barely 20% of the power available is devoted to motive force. In any highly efficient scenario, small things have HUGE impacts. If I had to say one thing, the best way to high efficiency is constant power. Time your lights, avoid coming to a full stop. You don't win anything if you are first at the red light.