The European driving range test is performed at lower speeds than the EPA test and almost always results in longer range.
You mentioned "real world" but I suspect that real world driving conditions in Europe also have a lower average speed. Lots of narrow roads and crowded cities. December 22, 2020 2:31 AM, "EVDL Administrator via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22 Dec 2020 at 4:54, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > >> When talking models of Leaf I refer to them as 24, 30, 40 or the Plus. >> Battery size. Battery size. Not power. > > OK, thanks. Now I see why the confusion. > > That should be KWH, not KW. > > KWH is battery size (energy). KW is power. Big difference. > > I looked up a "plus" and found that it has a 62KWH battery, a nice size, > which gives it a range of 226 miles for the lighter more sensible model. > > Interesting though that the Leaf's cousin the Renault Zoe has a real world > actual driving range of 350km / 215 miles with a smaller 52KWH battery. > (Factory claim is 400km / 248 miles but almost nobody gets that.) > > That may be because the Zoe is smaller and weighs less. It may also have > better aerodynamics. > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Then there was the lovable fully-armored Renfair performer > who insisted on showing everyone his artistic photography, > just so he could hear them say "Good prints, sweet knight." > > -- Anonymous > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: 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 ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
