GaslessInSeattle
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JohnnySebring and I met up last Wednesday to begin what we hope will be a series of "test runs" around Lake Washington. We figured the I-5/405 corridor would be a good route to begin setting some benchmarks to track how the Leaf's range changes with different season's/temperatures, traffic conditions and with age. We both started out with a 100% charge in Shoreline, running a clockwise circle around Lake Washington. We weren't trying to break any records or win any contests, just wanting to compare some notes and have some fun.
We did our drive at around 10 pm with zero traffic and went for a conservative run at a moderate speed figuring we'd ramp it up on future runs once we had a sense of how much leeway we had. Our run was 1 hour 8 minutes, clocked 58.8 miles, average speed of 51.3 MPH (including the jaunt to the freeway on city streets). The temperature ranged between 66-70 F. Johnny stayed in D mode I drove in Eco. He returned with 3 bars and I returned with 4 (showing 27 miles remaining/4.6 mkWh). We stayed close together and stuck to the same speeds. We were shooting for 57 MPH but also kept to 2-3 bubbles, which meant our speed dropped into the mid 40's on one or two steep hills and crept up to the mid 60's a few times going down hill.
We were pretty happy with the run, not expecting to do so well given all the hills. next time we may add another 5mph to see what that does to the range. We'll be mixing it up a bit in future runs.
If anyone else wishes to do the run and share their numbers, please feel free to post the results. While some may want to try and get the best MkWh others may wish to shoot for the highest average speed. We will be meeting up on occasion so if anyone wishes to join us for a lap, drop me or Johnny a line.
We did our drive at around 10 pm with zero traffic and went for a conservative run at a moderate speed figuring we'd ramp it up on future runs once we had a sense of how much leeway we had. Our run was 1 hour 8 minutes, clocked 58.8 miles, average speed of 51.3 MPH (including the jaunt to the freeway on city streets). The temperature ranged between 66-70 F. Johnny stayed in D mode I drove in Eco. He returned with 3 bars and I returned with 4 (showing 27 miles remaining/4.6 mkWh). We stayed close together and stuck to the same speeds. We were shooting for 57 MPH but also kept to 2-3 bubbles, which meant our speed dropped into the mid 40's on one or two steep hills and crept up to the mid 60's a few times going down hill.
We were pretty happy with the run, not expecting to do so well given all the hills. next time we may add another 5mph to see what that does to the range. We'll be mixing it up a bit in future runs.
If anyone else wishes to do the run and share their numbers, please feel free to post the results. While some may want to try and get the best MkWh others may wish to shoot for the highest average speed. We will be meeting up on occasion so if anyone wishes to join us for a lap, drop me or Johnny a line.