I wonder if that would help on my I-MiEV ? I thought I had lost quite a bit of range but I put 40 psi in the tires and I recovered half of what I lost. Anyone know the proper alignment on a I-MiEV?
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 28, 2017, at 2:22 AM, Hoegberg via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ________________________________ > Från: EV <[email protected]> för Cor van de Water via EV > <[email protected]> > Skickat: den 28 april 2017 02:25 > Till: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Ämne: Re: [EVDL] Low efficiency on your EV? Check the toe-in! > >> After doing the toe-OUT on my Leaf I had parked it for a while > (I am selling it, as I am always driving my electric truck) > But today I decided to take it to work for the day so it is not > Sitting for too long. >> Wow! The miles/kWh varied a bit, traffic was mixed, some local and > Some freeway, but it stayed between 4.9 and 5.2 miles/kWh. > Before the toe adjustment, I had difficulty to keep it above 3.8 > So, apparently this is an *important* adjustment if you are driving > Your Leaf careful but are not getting the efficiency near 5 mi/kWh. > This is greatly extending the range of my Leaf, now that I know how! > Cor. > > > - Thank you for the report, interesting! > What is the battery-power at 70(or90) kmh? > > How to convert that "efficiency"-number to standard > energy consumption? (kWh/100km) > > I have done this on my Volvo V70 also some years ago, it > did help a lot, but the car with more neutral toe adjustment - > needs a bit more active driver on the steering wheel, > > It would be interesting to try to adjust it *live* and watch > the power needed when running 90kmh or so. > > Also the main problem with this fossil-car is the engine.. > it uses more energy than the leaf per km, > just at no load to turn the crankshaft and other tings.. > and about 4-5 times more energy when running 90kmh > > It takes about 2kwh per 10 km *at engine idle* > no load, with the clutch down in 60 kmh.. > > /john > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20170428/86e3ab89/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
