TonyWilliams
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Nashco said:Thanks for sharing test results Tony. I'm surprised with a trailer in tow you stopped with 4 miles displayed range remaining. Did you (or do you know of anybody who has) run it until it literally stopped to see what the response was? I'm thinking of my Leaf that shows "---" remaining range for quite a bit before it goes to turtle mode, then finally eventually stops. I'm curious how accurate GM's range indicator is with regards to "0" remaining miles.
Since the car went far longer than I had imagined, we were getting way off course (going north on 5 freeway) and I was pushed for time a bit. Knowing the car goes this far will help tailor any subsequent test. Since my real test was to see if it would beat the LEAF, it did that easily. I'm less concerned whether it has 3 or 5 more miles of range.
Based on all we know of GM's powertrain efficiency plots released, I'm not surprised it was extremely efficient at 60 mph. Here's the image I posted earlier in the thread:Note that the peak efficiency is right at 100 km/h.
They did their homework and it paid off. Nissan went backwards with the 2013 LEAF in this regard.
Ha...were the software guys being cute, or did somebody actually think this was a good idea?!? Weird. Do you think it will also turn off the map light? I'm guessing they're keeping track of all the powered circuits that are "optional" on the body controller and suggest turning them off. Since Tony already had the HVAC (and other power consumers...?) turned off, the only thing left was radio. It's still funny, as the energy used for the radio is about enough to back out of your parking spot.
Bryce
I didn't see any controls that went to "11", like Tesla does. The radio thing is silly enough, though.