On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Steve Powers <[email protected]> wrote: > I wouldn't do it unless you plan to run the battery completely flat which > we all know shortens its life. When my car was new (1200 miles on it), I > drove it about 63 miles at 55 MPH. I started with a full charge and had 17 > miles left when I got home.
17 miles DTE doesn't say much, but with 17 miles DTE you probably had 2-3 bars showing and about 30% capacity left. At 55 mph it should be easy to get at least 80 miles/charge if not more while leaving a comfortable buffer, so I have to wonder if there's something that affected your efficiency. > a 2013 which has slightly larger battery The 2013 has the exact same battery as the earlier LEAFs. They will do 80-84 miles before turtle mode kicks in at 65 mph indicated when new. When you get to the first low battery warning, you have about 17% capacity remaining, generally good for at least 12 miles before turtle. The DTE indicator will typically read about 8-9 miles at this point. When the very low battery warning kicks in (dash will read 3-4 miles and then switch to ---) you have about 8% capacity remaining and good for another 4-5 miles. See this range chart for help: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=101293 Note that the speeds listed are pessimistic - more people will get about 4.0 mi/kWh at 65 mph as long as the route is flat, no wind and temperatures are moderate. -Dave _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
