this doesnt look good, I recently lost 1 battery bar and now the range seems severely limited. I have been able to do an easy 50 miles with room to spare and some 60-70mile trips with room. now It seems I cannot really go beyond 50 miles and thats with barely any charge left. today was a good test day. temps finally in 80s, 68 this am after 100% charge over night. GOM in AM said 77 miles, but I normally average 3.9m/KWH .So with a full charge and no AC I reset everything and so far. my range 53miles done, 13 miles left on GOM, 2 bars showing , and the energy use was showing 4.6m/KWh. the range PDF suggest I should be near 76miles. I am not finishes and I still have 8-9 miles to get back home from work. I may try and push it to VLBW this time to see how close I am. but i cannot see How I can charge to 80% and feel comfortable. there is no room for surprise trips or quick runs to the store on the way home. I would have to charge to 100% from now on to be sure I dont have to go home and change cars. I am on the 3 yr lease and was thinking this issue would come up but closer to the end of my 3 years, not the end of the first year. I do think the TX cars are headed down the 2nd bar loss in just a few months like AZ. My Dealer is 45 miles away and if my car cannot go from my house to the dealer on a charge I will have big issues with Nissan. I dont think many people figured on this issues when they purchased the car. how can you cont to practice long life battery charging if you cannot make it thru the day. I guess if we all could charge at home and work or along any stop this wouldnt be an issue. This seems like poor planning on Nissan if this is truly the design of their battery. Off soap box now :shock:
FINAL results
58.7 miles then LBW 8 miles left 1 bar, 4.6m/KWH
70.4 VLBW 3miles left 1 bar, then suddenly 3 flashing bars no miles. 4.6m/KWh avg speed 45-50mph city, rural roads.
so its not linear at the end. total was 71.4 when i parked in the garage. Now Timing how long to fully charged. L2, 5hrs almost exactly.
FINAL results
58.7 miles then LBW 8 miles left 1 bar, 4.6m/KWH
70.4 VLBW 3miles left 1 bar, then suddenly 3 flashing bars no miles. 4.6m/KWh avg speed 45-50mph city, rural roads.
so its not linear at the end. total was 71.4 when i parked in the garage. Now Timing how long to fully charged. L2, 5hrs almost exactly.