I think people tend to generalize, thinking high speed must be high-consumption and low speed low. As in most things, it depends. If you rive for low consumption, high speed can be pretty economical. I've seen this with my ICE vehicle watching the real time consumption readout, sometimes see 50+ mpg at a steady, level 80 mph. Conversely, if your slow return trip was filled with a bazillion starts and stops, each will take more energy to accelerate the vehicle than a steady cruise.
Chris On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:43 AM, John Lussmyer via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not seeing much difference in power usage at different speeds. > Last night, I drove 60 miles on the highway/freeway, almost entirely at > 60mph. > used 125AH out of my freshly charged pack. > Tonight, I drove the return trip, taking almost an hour longer due to > horrible slow traffic on the freeway. Often stopped or below 10mph. > Same power usage. > > -- > Tigers prowl and Dragons soar in my dreams... > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141106/a28a36a3/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
