0-60 Times?

Vorter · May 13, 2014

What 0-60 times are you getting on your leaf? I couldn't find a single anecdotal report on Google or here that weren't the press or guesses. I did a rough stopwatch test on my '14 S and I'm getting 7-8 seconds.

cwerdna · May 13, 2014

Should be in the low 10s. No way it's in the 7s. What's wrong w/results from the press, esp. automotive press?

'12 Leaf video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznY8T4jjcM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

ELROY · May 13, 2014

Here my 0-93mph acceleration run in the 2012 LEAF

Using a Vbox based tester just like the magazines:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd6O3TpyS9U[/youtube]

I believe the 2013 with less torque is slightly slower?

Vorter · May 14, 2014

cwerdna said:
Should be in the low 10s. No way it's in the 7s. What's wrong w/results from the press, esp. automotive press?

'12 Leaf video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznY8T4jjcM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

You're right. First time I tested I was going from a slow roll. I did a proper test on flat road and got 9.6s using a stopwatch. Media reports weren't tests, just speculation.

TomT · May 14, 2014

All the magazine tests show around 10 seconds... It is not a fast car to 60 and poops out pretty quickly after about 30..

Vorter said:
What 0-60 times are you getting on your leaf? I couldn't find a single anecdotal report on Google or here that weren't the press or guesses. I did a rough stopwatch test on my '14 S and I'm getting 7-8 seconds.

LeftieBiker · May 14, 2014

I believe the 2013 with less torque is slightly slower?

Supposedly, it actually has a faster 0-60 time, but is slower to 30. More HP above 30, I guess...

TomT · May 14, 2014

Car and Driver shows a 2013 to be a tenth of a second slower to 60 than a 2011, and three tenths slower to 30...

LeftieBiker said:
I believe the 2013 with less torque is slightly slower?

Click to expand...

Supposedly, it actually has a faster 0-60 time, but is slower to 30. More HP above 30, I guess...

DaveInAvl · May 14, 2014

TomT said:
It is not a fast car to 60 and poops out pretty quickly after about 30

It may not be fast but it's responsive... my ICE car is a 5-speed '05 Corolla which would certainly outrun the LEAF in a drag race. But around town it's a different story: I keep the Corolla in the highest gear possible for better fuel economy, and it takes time to downshift and get the revs up into the powerband when a burst of acceleration is needed/wanted. (Seems like there'd also be some time lag for an automatic transmission to downshift.) Meanwhile the LEAF responds instantly, and I think it would outdistance the Corolla for a few seconds in those situations. This can come in handy in traffic for merging or lane changes - those transient situations when speed doesn't really get that high but responsiveness helps a lot.

kmp647 · May 14, 2014

I agree very hard to find published info on 0-60 times for2013 or 2014 leaf models with the new motor inverter

Myth busters did do a comparo on some EV vs ice and they in fact tested a leaf against a corolla

Look for that episode!

I think the 2011 and 2012 has more torque and better low speed response
2013 and up have better response above 40 mph

evnow · May 14, 2014

Having driven both '11 & '13, I should say I don't them to be different.

LeftieBiker · May 14, 2014

I got into an impromptu drag race with a Corolla of the above mentioned vintage, and managed to finish 2' ahead of it. But I stopped at 55 or so, and much of the race was uphill. The neon lighting may also have slowed the Corolla down. ;-)

TomT · May 15, 2014

I'm not sure I would brag much about beating a Corolla... :lol:

LeftieBiker said:
I got into an impromptu drag race with a Corolla of the above mentioned vintage, and managed to finish 2' ahead of it.

LeftieBiker · May 15, 2014

Not bragging, just relating an anecdote related to a previous post.

garsh · May 15, 2014

I beat a Jeep Wrangler once. I was able to pull in front of him when he had to upshift.

cwerdna · May 15, 2014

ELROY, did you run your tests several times in both directions to help cancel out the effects of wind and elevation changes?

Vorter said:
cwerdna said:

Should be in the low 10s. No way it's in the 7s. What's wrong w/results from the press, esp. automotive press?

'12 Leaf video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznY8T4jjcM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Click to expand...

You're right. First time I tested I was going from a slow roll. I did a proper test on flat road and got 9.6s using a stopwatch. Media reports weren't tests, just speculation.

Same question for you. There's also some speedometer error (e.g. http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=12606" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false

.

I doubt they were speculation. If they had an actual car on which they could run their standard battery of tests, why would they publish speculation rather than their actual achieved times?

ELROY · May 15, 2014

cwerdna said:
ELROY, did you run your tests several times in both directions to help cancel out the effects of wind and elevation changes?

Vorter said:

cwerdna said:

Should be in the low 10s. No way it's in the 7s. What's wrong w/results from the press, esp. automotive press?

'12 Leaf video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznY8T4jjcM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Click to expand...

You're right. First time I tested I was going from a slow roll. I did a proper test on flat road and got 9.6s using a stopwatch. Media reports weren't tests, just speculation.

Click to expand...

Same question for you. There's also some speedometer error (e.g. http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=12606" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false.

I doubt they were speculation. If they had an actual car on which they could run their standard battery of tests, why would they publish speculation rather than their actual achieved times?

Same test section I use on all my 1/4 mile tests. Section is very flat (verified by gps, and Google Earth also). The speedometer reads 1mph fast on average compared to the Racelogic Performance Box unit.

cwerdna · May 16, 2014

ELROY said:
Same test section I use on all my 1/4 mile tests. Section is very flat (verified by gps, and Google Earth also). The speedometer reads 1mph fast on average compared to the Racelogic Performance Box unit.

I'd still run the test in both directions. GPS vertical accuracy isn't very good. It's better w/WAAS, but still.

I've seen figures of up to +/- 3 meters of error w/WAAS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Area_Augmentation_System#Accuracy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; has some claims...

DaveInAvl · May 16, 2014

TomT said:
I'm not sure I would brag much about beating a Corolla... :lol:

The 2002 5-speed Corolla was about a full second quicker (16.4@86) than the LEAF in the quarter mile. Your LEAF quicker than that?

http://media.caranddriver.com/files...nomy-carsdouble-dip-dremboat-test-results.pdf

Any advantage in acceleration a LEAF would have over a car such as that would be situational and temporary, but still useful in some cases. That's the point I was making.

adric22 · May 16, 2014

evnow said:
Having driven both '11 & '13, I should say I don't them to be different.

We also went from an 2011 to a 2013. We were concerned the new one would not have as much power, but we couldn't tell any difference.

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