2013 did well and had 26% remaining. Even after deducting a3-hr. opp. chg, I'd still have had 16% left. Did 70 on the way home as my confidence increased. 27C temp or so today, though. (;-p
Sent from my iPod- so it's probably a short msg. - Bob On May 10, 2013, at 5:15 PM, "Peri Hartman" <[email protected]> wrote: > If I need to know my range, I use the SOC "peacock" gage in combination with > my own m/kwh readings. This is rare as most of the time I have ample charge > for the trips I take. > > For example, in cool rainy weather, I know I'll get around 2m/kwh for stop & > go traffic and 2.5 for smoother travel. Or, on the freeway, I get around > 3m/kwh. > > Then I consider each "feather" on the peacock gage as 8% of 24kwh and use > that to get a rough idea of remaining kwh. Finally I take my estimated > m/kwh and multiply that by expected miles to travel. Google does a good job > of determining miles. Apparently with the 2013 model, it directly gives you > remaining kwh - wish I had that. > > The main point is to remember m/kwh for various types of trips. The center > "multigage" display (just over the steering column) has a setting that you > can easilty reset and accumulate a relevant average. > > Peri > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of David Rees > Sent: 10 May, 2013 1:13 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] 2011 or 2012 leaf - 60 miles at 65 MPH - NO WAY! > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:55 AM, David "Battery Boy" Hawkins > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Anyway, while I was at the helm, she >> broke out the owner's manual and attempted to turn on the H-VAC fan >> without the range on the Guess-O-Meter dropping, but she couldn't do >> it, so we ended up just cracking the winders as needed for >> ventilation. Doesn't it seem strange that you can't even put the H-VAC >> fan on low without dropping the range noticeably? > > The GOM has that nick-name for a reason - while it seems to be more > accurate on the 2013, apparently it still has the annoying flaw of > dropping 10% GOM range just by turning on the HVAC. > > What you will find though is that after it runs a while, it gets a > better estimate of actual effect on range and that number generally > lessens. > > -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) > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
