I have over 3 years of (post-CW-update) Dash/CarWings data now.
As usual, I encourage all LEAF drivers to use actual range/recharge capacity data to find any errors in their cars reported (
nominal) kWh use reports, and any errors in the LBC reports of battery capacity, rather than trying to force the data to support either their LEAF's kWh use or LBC battery capacity reports.
(Consolidated reports from CarWings "Regional Rankings" page)
Month and Year Grade Rank Energy Economy
Aug/2011 Bronze 3622 4.2 miles/kWh
Sep/2011 Silver 3457 4.5 miles/kWh
Oct/2011 Silver 3640 4.2 miles/kWh
Nov/2011 Gold 2792 4.2 miles/kWh
Dec/2011 Gold 2827 4.0 miles/kWh
Jan/2012 Gold 2547 4.2 miles/kWh
Feb/2012 Gold 2354 4.4 miles/kWh
Mar/2012 Gold 2975 4.3 miles/kWh
Apr/2012 Gold 3018 4.5 miles/kWh
May/2012 Gold 1978 5.1 miles/kWh
June 2012 5.0 m/kWh
July 2012 5.0 m/kWh
Aug/2012 Platinum 1237 5.7 miles/kWh
Sep/2012 Platinum 1527 5.5 miles/kWh
Oct/2012 Platinum 1368 5.3 miles/kWh
Nov/2012 Platinum 1996 4.7 miles/kWh
Dec/2012 Platinum 1314 4.8 miles/kWh
Jan/2013 Platinum 1240 4.8 miles/kWh
Feb/2013 Platinum 875 5.2 miles/kWh
Mar/2013 Platinum 928 5.5 miles/kWh
Apr/2013 Platinum 1229 5.5 miles/kWh
May/2013 Platinum 1190 5.7 miles/kWh
Jun/2013 Platinum 1557 5.5 miles/kWh
Jul/2013 Platinum 928 5.9 miles/kWh
Aug/2013 Platinum 1442 5.5 miles/kWh
Sep/2013 Platinum 424 6.3 miles/kWh
Oct/2013 Platinum 615 5.9 miles/kWh
Nov/2013 Platinum 1123 5.2 miles/kWh
Dec/2013 Platinum 416 5.5 miles/kWh
Jan/2014 Platinum 331 5.8 miles/kWh
Feb/2014 Platinum 457 5.7 miles/kWh
Mar/2014 Platinum 744 5.5 miles/kWh
Apr/2014 Platinum 567 5.8 miles/kWh
May/2014 Platinum 600 6.0 miles/kWh
Jun/2014 Platinum 452 6.3 miles/kWh
Jul/2014 Platinum 668 6.0 miles/kWh
Aug/2014 Platinum 741 5.9 miles/kWh
Sep/2014 Platinum 497 6.2 miles/kWh (not final)
This Summer my LEAF reported ~6.1 m/kWh
nominal.
That's ~30% efficiency increase since 2011.
Part of that increase is from driver efficiency (I more frequently drive low-speed routes, and more often drive relatively slowly on them) and part is probably from an increase in vehicle efficiency, but I believe is nearly certain that there has been a significant change in the common data my LEAF reports as a "kWh" on the dash, Nav screen, and from CarWings.
Each of these "kWh", whether from the top or bottom of the pack, range tests as the same constant unit of energy. And each "kWh" seems to have ~constant Wh capacity from one charge to the next,
in the short term.
The question I have tried to answer from range/recharge capacity tests on MY LEAF is whether each of these "kWh", as reported in common on the dash/Nav screen m/kWh and CarWings has actually had a constant Wh content over the last 3+ years (
almost certainly not) or how much the Wh content per
nominal kWh has increased (the subject of other threads).
In any case, since I finally took my LEAF down to turtle for a long-range test, I can now report that my LEAF still retained more than 100 mile maximum range (~6.1 m/kWh x ~17 kWh x ~1.023 CW/Dash m/kWh odometer error = ~106 miles) in my
average driving conditions this Summer.
And I'm pretty happy about that.
7/13/14:
126.1 miles to turtle (5 gids ), 17.0 kWh...
All miles above are as reported by odometer...
KWH use is as reported by dash M/kWh, nav screen M/kWh and Carwings, trip (ERS) and daily.
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