TaylorSFGuy said:
You seem to be missing the point here - my concern is not with the number of bars "used". I'm wondering how much battery is being used during the power cycle. Thanks. My guess is about 1/3 kw.
There is an important distinction between Energy (which you can measure in kWh or if you want to use SI, Joule) and Power (which is measured in watts or kilo Watts = kW).
Power is dE/dt or simplified energy / time, i.e. the
rate at which energy is consumed.
If the power up process on the Leaf would indeed draw energy from the battery at 1/3 kW, then the energy consumed will be 1/3 kW * time to power up.
Lets assume this takes 3s, then the power up process has used up 1 kilowatt seconds.
Note that the battery has ~20 kilowatt
hours of energy, when its fully charged.
So in this example, the power up process would use up 1/72000 of the total capacity.
You can test this hypothesis by turning the car 72000 time on and off. Which will
take you exactly 60 h. Have fun!