DougWantsALeaf said:It does feel like these batteries don't like the cold, at least for adjustments. I wonder if you ran a space heater around the car the days of adjustment whether that might reduce the impact.
Well, I will hope for warm weather for my Feb and March adjustments.
DougWantsALeaf said:I did a relatively long drive on a charge. 178.4 miles total drive with all but about 6 miles of it highway to/from Wisconsin. Ambient was about 15F on the way out and about 20F on way back on average (a bit colder in WI and a bit warmer in IL). Most of the driving was at 70-75mph, except for the first few miles around Chicago, and maybe 65mph at the interchange in Milwaukee. The distance and speed are not terribly exciting. Efficiency was 3.3 on the way up, and in total 3.5 m/kWh for the whole trip.
The interesting thing was that upon arriving at home with stale --- was that LS showed 5.8 kWh of power left. I had been driving for 6-8 miles on double --- before arriving home. I forgot to bring LS with me for the trip, hence only the end reading. Low battery was at 9% like it was in the summer. I never hit very low battery. This suggests in cold weather the Leaf takes you to --- earlier than when its warm. I would guess that its to also keep you from getting stuck.
As I charged just before I left, I started and ended with 5 battery bars. I was surprised that I didn't lose a bar during the 3 hours (including the stop to visit in the middle).
DougWantsALeaf said:True, though I was hoping at 5 temp bars, not too much would be unaccessible. Ending temp was 62F 65F and 73F, so it looks like the fast driving kept temps very healthy. Starting temp per car dash in the garage was 60F, but battery might have been a bit warmer or colder.
DougWantsALeaf said:So you seethe front temp sensor hotter than rear? Do we know the placement of each sensor im leafspy? (Meaning is it consistent or do they just order by temp?)
GerryAZ said:Dave may have meant the ambient temperature sensor since you referenced the dash display. The ambient temperature sensor is close to the radiator so it will show higher than actual during and after L2 charging because the coolant will warm up a little while charging (which warms the sensor). I routinely see the battery temperature either stay the same or drop a little during highway driving after DCQC so am not surprised that your battery temperature did not increase significantly while driving on the freeway. Incidentally, the low battery warnings I get are consistent as follows:
1. LBW (dash display pop up) at 6% SOC on dash (GOM goes to flashing for remaining miles).
2. VLBW at 2% SOC on dash (GOM goes to ---).
3. At a little below 1% SOC on dash, the SOC display goes to ---% (I call this ELBW for extremely low battery warning since my previous cars did not have this extra level).
There is still more usable energy remaining in the 62 kWh battery at ELBW than the 24 kWh batteries had at the first LBW level (assuming the cells are reasonably well balanced).
In the UK if I am ID'g the accents correctly.alozzy said:At the 1:53 timestamp, the physical bulging of the modules in the back of the pack are very telling. It really underscores how much heat DC quick charging produces within the pack and how woefully inadequate passive cooling is!
SageBrush said:Wait till you experience 400 Amps. 200 Amps will feel like a dog and 125 Amps will elicit a disgruntled laugh.
My Tesla Model 3 peaks at 600 - 700 Amps at the new V3 Superchargers but I have not used any yet. And since they taper faster than just cruising at 400 Amps up to 60 - 70% SoC the road tripping difference may not be enough to particularly care about the difference.
HerdingElectrons said:SageBrush said:Wait till you experience 400 Amps. 200 Amps will feel like a dog and 125 Amps will elicit a disgruntled laugh.
My Tesla Model 3 peaks at 600 - 700 Amps at the new V3 Superchargers but I have not used any yet. And since they taper faster than just cruising at 400 Amps up to 60 - 70% SoC the road tripping difference may not be enough to particularly care about the difference.
In your tesla do you have the option to supercharge at a lower rate if you have the time & want to put less stress on the pack?
DougWantsALeaf said:Leafers
In this Leaf video from Bjorn today, he showed how the nav does a remaining battery estimation when you put in the destination. Is this on the US Leafs, as I have not seen it on my SV+ plus Tech?
https://youtu.be/ieODd-PgSbs
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