leafgogogo
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- Sep 20, 2017
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I bought a '13 leaf this year, love it.
One thing I don't understand is range calculation and the way it's displayed.
When I got the car, it had only 12K miles on it, I thought the battery would be good as new. However, it had one bar already off the day I drove it off the lot. Fine, not a problem.
However, as I am using it now, the extra bar sometimes comes back. Sometimes it's off. How is this possible and why?
Usually, I get approx. 72 miles every morning showing on the dash after a night of Level 2 charging. This is less than I expected, but ok, no problem.
One day I drive from Denver up to Evergreen and back. On the way back it's entirely down a steep hill, so obviously the battery is charging like crazy. I get home, plug the car in.
Next morning, the car is showing 95 miles range available.
How did I suddenly get extra 20+ miles? Obviously going down the mountain had something to do with it, but how does this work exactly? Does this mean I should drive up a mountain and back once a week to keep the battery in good shape?
Is this is a known trick to increase the battery range? I don't have the Level 3 in my car, so is going down the hill the only way to me to super-charge the battery?
Thanks and my apologies in advance if these are really obvious questions.
Anton
One thing I don't understand is range calculation and the way it's displayed.
When I got the car, it had only 12K miles on it, I thought the battery would be good as new. However, it had one bar already off the day I drove it off the lot. Fine, not a problem.
However, as I am using it now, the extra bar sometimes comes back. Sometimes it's off. How is this possible and why?
Usually, I get approx. 72 miles every morning showing on the dash after a night of Level 2 charging. This is less than I expected, but ok, no problem.
One day I drive from Denver up to Evergreen and back. On the way back it's entirely down a steep hill, so obviously the battery is charging like crazy. I get home, plug the car in.
Next morning, the car is showing 95 miles range available.
How did I suddenly get extra 20+ miles? Obviously going down the mountain had something to do with it, but how does this work exactly? Does this mean I should drive up a mountain and back once a week to keep the battery in good shape?
Is this is a known trick to increase the battery range? I don't have the Level 3 in my car, so is going down the hill the only way to me to super-charge the battery?
Thanks and my apologies in advance if these are really obvious questions.
Anton