ELROY
Well-known member
I am noticing that when charging at the public DCQC stations. The capacity on the DCQC display readout at low SOC matches my LEAF app. However, as the charge nears 80% or 90% (depending on the station avail charge settings) and automatically shuts off, my car will only have 70-80% capacity. So even though the station says my car is 90% charged, and shuts off, my car really only has 79% and it down 3 battery bars. I didn't think much of this, however, I read another members 2013 LEAF, and the chargers/LEAF app % readings matched almost perfectly at 80% when the charger stopped.
Here you can see I drove into the DCQC station with only 3 charge bars remaining
In the picture below you can see the charge started with both the charger and my LEAF app showing around a 42% SOC
In the picture below, after 20 minutes of charging, the DCQC shows 86% SOC, when the LEAF app only shows 76.1%. So it is off about 10% at this point
In the picture below...even after the charger shut off soon as it reached an indicate 89-90% SOC. The LEAF app shows I only have 78.8%, and I am down 3 charge bars still. Could the approx 10% discrepancy be due to my approx 10% loss in battery capacity?
Also this goes to show how unattractive the DCQC rates would be in this situation. In this 20 minute session, I gained about 44% SOC. This amounts to no more than about 10kWh. So at home, this would be a little more than $1 (@. 10 cents/kWh). The normal rate for a EvGo freedom station is $9.95 for a charge session like this. Or almost 10x the cost of charging at home!
Here you can see I drove into the DCQC station with only 3 charge bars remaining
In the picture below you can see the charge started with both the charger and my LEAF app showing around a 42% SOC
In the picture below, after 20 minutes of charging, the DCQC shows 86% SOC, when the LEAF app only shows 76.1%. So it is off about 10% at this point
In the picture below...even after the charger shut off soon as it reached an indicate 89-90% SOC. The LEAF app shows I only have 78.8%, and I am down 3 charge bars still. Could the approx 10% discrepancy be due to my approx 10% loss in battery capacity?
Also this goes to show how unattractive the DCQC rates would be in this situation. In this 20 minute session, I gained about 44% SOC. This amounts to no more than about 10kWh. So at home, this would be a little more than $1 (@. 10 cents/kWh). The normal rate for a EvGo freedom station is $9.95 for a charge session like this. Or almost 10x the cost of charging at home!