http://ecomento.com/2015/07/28/renault-tips-to-maximize-electric-car-range/ Renault offers tips to maximize range for electric cars July 28, 2015 | Steve Hanley
[video https://youtu.be/J1eIQ2EoRIY How to manage and maximize your Renault ZOE’s range Renault Jul 21, 2015 Advices and some practical and simple tools to help you minimize your electricity consumption and thus maximize the range of your Renault ZOE. ] The Renault ZOE [EV] is offered only in Europe, but it is a close cousin to the Nissan LEAF available in the US. Renault has put together an informative video that shows drivers how to maximize range for electric cars. For many people, maximizing range is not a major concern during daily driving, such as commuting. But for longer trips, it may be important to know how to maximize range in order not to get stuck with a discharged battery along the way. Most of the tips are the same common sense ideas drilled into us all during driver training, especially avoiding repeated full acceleration starts. The ZOE has a convenient dashboard display that stays green when the driver is conserving electric power but turns yellow when the accelerator pedal is being used to liberally. The second major piece of advice in the video is to drive at moderate speeds. Wind resistance increases with the square of speed. What does that mean? Simply this. If you double your speed, wind resistance goes up by a factor of 4. In other words, it takes 4 times as much power to push your car through the air at 80 mph than it does at 40. Third, Renault suggests taking advantage of regenerative braking to put electricity back into the battery while slowing. Many electric car drivers get so good at doing this, they seldom use the brakes at all. Finally, Renault recommends “preconditioning” your electric car so that the cabin gets heated or cooled to the ideal temperature while the car is still connected to the battery charger. Heating and cooling systems in an electric car sap a lot of the battery’s energy. You can use your smartphone to set the temperature you want it before you begin your trip. That way, you can start off in comfort and with a fully charged battery. One interesting thing here is that the ZOE now has 149 miles of range. That’s quite a bit more than the LEAF, which only has 88 miles of range. Is that a clue that the LEAF will have more range soon? [© ecomento.com] ... http://www.carscoops.com/2015/07/renault-offers-tips-for-maximizing.html Renault Offers Tips For Maximizing Electric Car Driving Range July 22, 2015 | by Dan Mihalascu For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://gas2.org/2015/07/27/why-is-gm-only-planning-30000-chevy-bolts-per-year/ Only 30k/yr of GM's 200mi EV Planned>scared of Tesla-3 & LG's limits http://cleantechnica.com/2015/07/28/2-potential-reasons-gm-is-only-planning-30000-chevy-bolts-per-year/ http://www.newshour.com.bd/2015/07/29/wireless-charging-for-electric-vehicles-inches-closer-to-reality/ Wireless charging for plugins inches closer to reality http://evfleetworld.co.uk/news/2015/Jul/Tesla-Superchargers-now-live-at-three-UK-motorway-service-areas/0438020908 Tesla Superchargers now live at three UK motorway service areas + EVLN: Offset Supercharging degradation with pack balancing {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Renault-tips-to-maximize-EV-range-v-tp4677024.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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)
