derbartman
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I just bought a 2017 with 30kwh battery and 15,000 miles on odometer. It still shows 12 dots/bars of battery health.
We tried it out on the desired commmute today and were disapointed by the result andd Im wondering if this is pointing to a real issue or if this is just life with an EV..
So the commute was 40 miles total. We had charged up to 100% over night It was cold at night (a little below freezing outside) but the car was in unheated garage. We left early enough that it was still cold outside, but I think above freezing but close to it.
We drove to the work location and back and stopped at two places on the way back. It was a mix of freeway and city, but much of it ~45mph and some on the highway up to 75. After arriving hoe the battery charge was listed as 25%.
It feels like when we started it was saying 111 mile range, but we ended up spending 75% on 40 which equates to 53 mile range which is ~ 1/2.
We only used seat and steering wheel heaters except a very short stint of defrost on a side window (1 min)
It further turns out that one of the four tires was inflated to 30psi where as the rest were/are 35 or 36.
So I understand derating for the high speed and some derating for cold - but it seems like only getting 55 miles out of our 12 dot 30 kwh battery when driving nice besides the described use is excessive. We had thought that the 30kwh would do the 40 mile commute and also be able to do 80/20 charging, but it would seem now there isnt much cushion even with 12 dots..
Another odd thing is the dealer said the 12v battery had died before we were able to test drive. I see some posts about some upgraded software which is needed and another post about possibly linking dead 12v battery to issues too.
I am really disappointed if this is reality of a 30kwh battery, Id rather there was a bad cell or battery issue I could resolve and get the car to do what we really hoped.
I see there is some leafspy software I should be able to use to get some battery data - Ill try to post that once I can.
So bottom line is - with 12 dots should I be thinking something is wrong with the battery if only getting 55 miles or should I be thinking thats life in coldish/low tire /high speed commute?
One other aspect is the ccar seems to still be reporting 4 miles per kwh -- but that doesnt make any sense to me based on a 30kwh battery and the 25% left - its almost as if the car thinks the battery is a 20 kwh battery or something...
We tried it out on the desired commmute today and were disapointed by the result andd Im wondering if this is pointing to a real issue or if this is just life with an EV..
So the commute was 40 miles total. We had charged up to 100% over night It was cold at night (a little below freezing outside) but the car was in unheated garage. We left early enough that it was still cold outside, but I think above freezing but close to it.
We drove to the work location and back and stopped at two places on the way back. It was a mix of freeway and city, but much of it ~45mph and some on the highway up to 75. After arriving hoe the battery charge was listed as 25%.
It feels like when we started it was saying 111 mile range, but we ended up spending 75% on 40 which equates to 53 mile range which is ~ 1/2.
We only used seat and steering wheel heaters except a very short stint of defrost on a side window (1 min)
It further turns out that one of the four tires was inflated to 30psi where as the rest were/are 35 or 36.
So I understand derating for the high speed and some derating for cold - but it seems like only getting 55 miles out of our 12 dot 30 kwh battery when driving nice besides the described use is excessive. We had thought that the 30kwh would do the 40 mile commute and also be able to do 80/20 charging, but it would seem now there isnt much cushion even with 12 dots..
Another odd thing is the dealer said the 12v battery had died before we were able to test drive. I see some posts about some upgraded software which is needed and another post about possibly linking dead 12v battery to issues too.
I am really disappointed if this is reality of a 30kwh battery, Id rather there was a bad cell or battery issue I could resolve and get the car to do what we really hoped.
I see there is some leafspy software I should be able to use to get some battery data - Ill try to post that once I can.
So bottom line is - with 12 dots should I be thinking something is wrong with the battery if only getting 55 miles or should I be thinking thats life in coldish/low tire /high speed commute?
One other aspect is the ccar seems to still be reporting 4 miles per kwh -- but that doesnt make any sense to me based on a 30kwh battery and the 25% left - its almost as if the car thinks the battery is a 20 kwh battery or something...