Foible said:Conserving range was only one of the reasons, the Leaf is so quiet that I enjoy cruising the city streets with the windows down listening to the urban sounds around me.
Depending on my mood (!) and circumstances, I agree.
Driving certain streets (not all, though!!!) is a different experience in an EV. Different, and otherwise less economic routes for ICEs may become a better route for EVs for economy and less wear & tear, but I agree that in some cases it is simply a different and more pleasant experience.
My wife has already noted as such - 'Why are you going this way, you always go that way?' - 'because this is a better route for an EV'.
Which integrates with the question of achievable range - it may not simply be a case of absolute miles, it may also be a case of the equivalent ICE journey, which may be two different things because of the nature of an EV.
What possible road conditions exist that anyone could possibly drive at a steady 15 mph I have no idea. But I would take a 15 mile journey around a city in an ICE car at 60mph, than a 5 mile journey through a town at a 20 mph average. That may invert with an EV. So if it took a kWh across town, have I now achieved "15 miles [ICE equivalent]/kWh" instead of 5m/kWh?