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GRA said:To qualify for posting here, trips should:
1. Start with 80% Charge (you must to be able to make the same trip when the battery is approaching replacement as when it's new).
2. Not use pre-heating or pre-cooling (you forgot/the power went out/it's an emergency). For bonus points, don't use battery warming either.
3. Use your HVAC system as necessary to provide comfortable (not just tolerable) conditions for you and your passengers, while wearing the clothes you'd normally wear, and with no aftermarket heating accessories. You paid $35k for the car; it should keep you as comfortable as the cheapest ICE. Report ambient temps, outside and (initial) interior, and temp settings you used on the HVAC.
4. Use your defroster and windshield wipers as necessary for safety, and report use.
5. Use your lights ditto, and report whether low/high/fog lights were used.
6. Use your infotainment system as you do otherwise; if you just have to play 'Purple Haze' at maximum volume during your trip, do so. Report.
7. Not take surface streets when there's a quicker, more convenient freeway that you'd otherwise take.
8. Not cruise in the far right lane of a multi-lane urban freeway at a speed that may be legal, but is definitely less safe. You should be a lane or two over. Cruise at whatever speed is the flow of traffic, whether that's the speed limit or something more, as long as you're comfortable doing so. Report speeds.
9. No hypermiling (drafting semis, coasting in neutral, constant power/decreasing speed up hills, etc.)
10. Not get a Very-low battery warning. Delays and diversions happen; you should keep a reserve. If you prefer, you can list your achievable range without getting a Low-battery warning, if you want more reserve.
11. Report elevation gain or loss.
12. Report number of people on board, their genders, and approximate ages (infant/child/teen/adult), or else the total payload weight.
the problem with this list is that it includes things I would not normally do (8 and 9, for sure) even in my manual turbo Volvo.