IBELEAF
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I don't understand how some people get really good results in freeway driving and some others don't assuming 60 mph speed. In my case hwy driving just burning through range.
IBELEAF said:I don't understand how some people get really good results in freeway driving and some others don't assuming 60 mph speed. In my case hwy driving just burning through range.
palmermd said:I'd make sure the heater was not left on by accident. It happened to me once. I was not paying attention to the climate control and saw my SOC dropping like a rock. By the time I realized it was the heater I'd lost 15 or more miles of range. I might pull the fuse to the heater to keep it from turning on because I really don't need it, and if it comes on by accident it really sucks the life out of the battery.
GREAT idea ! Nissan ... are you listening ?!Jimmydreams said:The Leaf should turn on with climate control OFF every time, if you ask me. I've driven part of the day and not realized CC was on...annoying to think of the wasted energy.
We don't have all the details from your description, but temperature outside and a lot of hills can do this to you. A few pages back I posted similar results of the range drop. I find my range dropping like a rock on a freeway if I am going up the hill.bowthom said:Here is the exact thing I'm talking about. I drive pretty conservatively but the SOC fell like a stone today. Started off with an 83% charge although when I turned the car on it only showed 9 SOC bars. That's ~4.3 miles/SOC bar!!! :roll: 50% freeway @ 55 mph the rest @ 35 mph on surface streets w/ wipers of course, all eco mode.
It's the freeway driving. Unless you are good enough to keep your accelerator between one "dot" and "two" dots for 99% of that freeway driving, you'll experience a faster drop-off of range. Remember that the optimized speed for the Leaf is 38 MPH.bsavall said:In summary, with 53 miles driven + 5 miles remaining, my actual range was ~ 58 miles on an 80% charge. This is 22 miles (31%) less 83 miles estimated range in eco mode. No climate control, no lights, not a windy day, etc. Though what really bothers me is that I reset the average kwh gauge, and it showed that I got 4.3 miles / kwh. What??? How can that be? Since I still had 8 miles left that means that I should have used ~75% of the full battery capacity (or ~18 kwh) for 53 miles. so 53 / 18 = 2.9 miles / kwh. What is going on here???
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