palmermd
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Ingineer said:I would agree, except this is hard to test for because of the time involved and the wide variance. You'd pretty much need to transport the car to a specific test track (or duplicate them all over the country) and drive it with a fixed profile. Really hard to quantify!surfingslovak said:If the LBC, related software or instrumentation can have such a profound effect on the autonomy, wouldn't this give more credence to calls for a true range warranty? You see, from an owner perspective, it matters little, if it's battery degradation or perhaps some other defect, that's restricting the range of the vehicle. I believe Tony made that point earlier last year, and this was one of the motivations for the range test on September 15.
I believe the LBC can be fixed to work properly, and since it records all energy in/out, as well as knowing the health of each cell block, it will be able to accurately calculate any degradation. Right now there are clearly some issues Nissan must fix. Hopefully this will also give us a more accurate SoC, and thus the GoM will even benefit.
-Phil
which is why I suggested the dyno test. http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=257088#p257088" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; granted it is not perfect and will take an hour or more to perform, but you should be able to set up a protocol that can be repeated at any dyno anywhere in the world and the results should be comparable. The loading on the dyno will be set to a prescribed level to simulate the load driving say 65mph, and then drive the car at 65mph and see how far the car can go before VLBW.