mkjayakumar
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With 1000 miles on board and about 3 weeks since I picked it up, had an opportunity to charge it fully and run it down to VLB, and I should I say I am pretty impressed with the range.
Conditions, 70F, very windy with 25 mph.
Climate control : off
Distance traveled : 82 miles from 100% to VLBW
Efficiency: 4.0 miles / kWh
Speed: between high 68 to 72 mph for about 65 miles, and the rest 17 miles around 35 mph.
Starting GIDs 284 and ending GIDs 24 when it hit VLB
GOM still had 8 miles left at VLB and I am pretty sure I could have gone another 8 miles to turtle maintaining speeds of around 55 mph. That is 90 miles to turtle with most of the driving at highway speeds in excess of 65 mph.
Carwings says 20.5 kWh used (see below), which I guess matches quite well from 100% to VLB.
I was also quite impressed with how the GOM tracked quite nicely starting with 90 miles at 100% charge and getting down to 8 miles after traveling 82 miles. Almost for every mile driven the GOM steadily decreased by 1. I am guessing as the battery degrades, then the fact that GOM still starts with 90 (or worse 100) and does not take the degradation into account makes it highly over optimistic and useless. So the GOM seems to be *pretty* accurate for a new battery.
If only Nissan can arrest the degradation and keep it under control, this is one amazing car. With my 2nd lease I am even more impressed.
My excitement is tempered with the realization that degradation is just around the corner as the temps hit 80F and above in about two months, and then my 284 will steadily decrease by a Gid every week, and when the temps hit 100+ it will lose almost a GID every other day losing around 30 Gids end of this year and another 30 Gids by end of next year before the lease is over.
Conditions, 70F, very windy with 25 mph.
Climate control : off
Distance traveled : 82 miles from 100% to VLBW
Efficiency: 4.0 miles / kWh
Speed: between high 68 to 72 mph for about 65 miles, and the rest 17 miles around 35 mph.
Starting GIDs 284 and ending GIDs 24 when it hit VLB
GOM still had 8 miles left at VLB and I am pretty sure I could have gone another 8 miles to turtle maintaining speeds of around 55 mph. That is 90 miles to turtle with most of the driving at highway speeds in excess of 65 mph.
Carwings says 20.5 kWh used (see below), which I guess matches quite well from 100% to VLB.
I was also quite impressed with how the GOM tracked quite nicely starting with 90 miles at 100% charge and getting down to 8 miles after traveling 82 miles. Almost for every mile driven the GOM steadily decreased by 1. I am guessing as the battery degrades, then the fact that GOM still starts with 90 (or worse 100) and does not take the degradation into account makes it highly over optimistic and useless. So the GOM seems to be *pretty* accurate for a new battery.
If only Nissan can arrest the degradation and keep it under control, this is one amazing car. With my 2nd lease I am even more impressed.
My excitement is tempered with the realization that degradation is just around the corner as the temps hit 80F and above in about two months, and then my 284 will steadily decrease by a Gid every week, and when the temps hit 100+ it will lose almost a GID every other day losing around 30 Gids end of this year and another 30 Gids by end of next year before the lease is over.