chennu
Active member
Ever since I got my Leaf last month, i have been hankering to go on a longish trip and test the range.
Got the opportunity today. Packed the family (wife +4 year old) into the car and headed out on 26 and then I-5 to woodburn. A/C was on at 72F (it was 82 outside, per the gauge inside). range-o-meter claimed 103 miles on Eco.
was on Eco all the time.
Made it to woodburn (35 miles) with 5 bars down and 45 mile range remaining. so far so good.
enquired about charging there and apparently there are plans to put a couple of chargers, but none present.
Oh well..
3 hours later, hit the highway again, this time carefully eyeing the SOC and the range-o-meter. ran into traffic on I5 north. Discovered that crawling thru traffic at 10-20 miles/hr is actually better for battery life
duty-cycled the A/C to keep family on the edge of complainining (but it really did not seem to affect the range-o-meter). Wife also anxiously watch the range-o-meter (severe range anxiety!)
Long story short, made it home with 14 miles on the range-o-meter and 1 bar of charge.
Car is now charging
Fun in hindsight, but we reaally need the fast charger infrastructure for worry-less driving.. Duh.
Got the opportunity today. Packed the family (wife +4 year old) into the car and headed out on 26 and then I-5 to woodburn. A/C was on at 72F (it was 82 outside, per the gauge inside). range-o-meter claimed 103 miles on Eco.
was on Eco all the time.
Made it to woodburn (35 miles) with 5 bars down and 45 mile range remaining. so far so good.
enquired about charging there and apparently there are plans to put a couple of chargers, but none present.
Oh well..
3 hours later, hit the highway again, this time carefully eyeing the SOC and the range-o-meter. ran into traffic on I5 north. Discovered that crawling thru traffic at 10-20 miles/hr is actually better for battery life
duty-cycled the A/C to keep family on the edge of complainining (but it really did not seem to affect the range-o-meter). Wife also anxiously watch the range-o-meter (severe range anxiety!)
Long story short, made it home with 14 miles on the range-o-meter and 1 bar of charge.
Car is now charging
Fun in hindsight, but we reaally need the fast charger infrastructure for worry-less driving.. Duh.