surfingslovak
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I did something similar last night. 23 mph was the lowest setting cruise control would accept. I turned off high beams, but had my auxiliary lights on.
surfingslovak said:23 mph was the lowest setting cruise control would accept.
Yes, somehow I managed to get one notch below 24, but it could have been circumstantial.LEAFfan said:Interesting, the lowest mine will hold is 24 as it disconnects at 23.
Yeah, I was going to say - having ridden around Fiesta Island many, many times, the turns are quite tight if you're going over 20 mph, and even though you're doing a lap, there are some hills in there.TonyWilliams said:Ok, I did a lap around Fiesta Island. Some of those turns are tough at 27mph, but here's the result:
drees said:and even though you're doing a lap, there are some hills in there.
DaveinOlyWA said:#1) i like the idea of collecting data
#2) i think your risks are too great
#3) for any real conclusion, it would have to be done several times.
not sure if this is an option for you, but around here we have half finished housing projects where its paved but empty streets on weekends.
TonyWilliams said:I think we're going to narrow this down pretty fast. If 23 and 27 are producing 6.5 from these quick tests, 25mph may be the sweet spot.
Tomorrow I'll make a few more tests for a longer duration around Fiesta Island. I was running out of juice today.
Maybe 6.6 ???
LEAFfan said:The problem with 25 being the 'sweet spot' is most of our streets are 45. So even if you can do better than at 38, it wouldn't be practicable except if one were running out of juice. I obtained my 6.8m/kW h on the dash (7.0 console) by staying around 38 as much as possible and timing all the lights (6 mile trip).
Train said:...getting your vehicle towed.....Some trucker takes a bend where you are just out of eysight and all of a sudden he's on top of you... You may well end up performing a field sobriety test for CHP.
There is no specific minimum unless so posted:TonyWilliams said:No truck is going to be "just out of eyesight" unless they're sleeping. And that is a VERY real possibility, even if I'm going 40mph (the legal minimum on the freeway, I believe).
RayCALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE SECTION 22400
(a) No person shall drive upon a highway at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic unless the reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, because of a grade, or in compliance with law.
No person shall bring a vehicle to a complete stop upon a highway so as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic unless the stop is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
(b) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that slow speeds on any part of a state highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the department may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle, except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law, when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected along the part of the highway for which a minimum speed limit is established.
evnow said:Tony,
No reason to drive till turtle. All we need is a 10 mile roundtrip - with soc meter and logging the m/kwh.
BTW, checkout the Edmonds test. They did it in a closed loop.
Nice work - did you drive a loop to get that 8+ mi/kWh? If you can do that should be able to go over 160 miles. It will take you all day, though.surfingslovak said:I have another update. The good news is, we can definitely beat the 138 miles range record. The bad news is, we may have to do it in turtle.
Yes, it was a long stretch of empty road close to home. And you are quite correct, it will take some dedication to beat the record ;-)drees said:Nice work - did you drive a loop to get that 8+ mi/kWh? If you can do that should be able to go over 160 miles. It will take you all day, though.
surfingslovak said:I switched from ECO to D mode for this test, and used the accelerator pedal to coast between 15 and 19 mph.
Yes, that sounds like a great idea. It was quick and dirty test setup the other night, and I'm sure my technique has a lot of room for improvement. The ambient temp was 63 F, I believe that it's visible on the first picture in my prior post as well. I won't have much time this week, but I look forward to see what numbers other folks will postLEAFfan said:If you coasted in 'neutral' on the power bubbles using D between 15 & 19, don't you think you would have done better in ECO? I have absolutely no trouble at all keeping it in 'N' in ECO with the accelerator, and I would benefit with regen when it dropped to 15-18 then back to 19, etc. I'm going to have to try it for myself and see if I can do better. I'm going to try to keep it at a steady 15 though. I just realized our street is a 1/4 mile loop, no stops. What was your outdoor temp when you did your test? Here it is over 100 every day now (normal is 105).
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