The range in my Mitsubishi i-MiEV drops about 10% in cold weather too. Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 4, 2018, at 8:13 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Anyone want to take a stab at this mystery - poor performance of my 2011 Leaf > ? > > Temp about 45F > Heat on: drawing average of about 1 kW > "other systems" drawing about .25 kW > Drove 14 miles, went from 12 range bars to 5 bars (full charge level is 9 > capacity bars) > Average 3.2 miles / kWh > Duration about 1 hr. > Driving pretty carefully - usually only 2 "balls" on the usage meter. > > For electrical systems, I estimate I used about 1.25 kWh. > For traction, 14 / 3.2 = about 4.5 kWh > Total: 5.75 kWh. > > According to > https://electrolease.nz/blog/nissan-leaf-range-charts-and-tables.html > 5 bars equates to about 45% charge remaining. > > Assuming that the capacity bars are linear and I'm between 8 and 9, the > battery should have somewhere near 17 kWh (24 originally). > > 45% of that is about 7.5 kWh remaining charge. > Add in what I've used, 5.75, makes 13.25 kW - but should be around 17. > > Plus extrapolating the mileage: 14 / 45% = 31 miles estimated total range. > > What happened to the other 4 kWh? > > And, am I the only one who get 31 miles per charge? This Leaf has had > miserable winter range since the beginning. Still don't know why. > > Peri > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181205/ac242f27/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > 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 Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
