planet4ever
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healy100 said:Just got my car and completed my first range test and very disappointed and little confused. Got home today with 23 miles remaining and 2 red bars left after having driven a total of only 64 miles. I charged to 80%. All in town driving over a 3 day period at speeds of 25 to 40 mph on mostly flat roads hypermiling all the way and a good amount of regen breaking with no climate control on. 74 degree temps.Oddly I'm averaging 4.5 miles per Kw on Carwings so the math isn't adding up. Nissan calculates that at those speeds and conditions I should be getting around 100 miles. Many owners who drive mostly freeway miles state they are getting better ranges then me. Wonder if I got a lemon?
- CARWINGS lies. Pay no attention to it. We are convinced there is a bug in their software.
- The estimated miles remaining is heavily weighted by your last few minutes of driving, and so is unreliable.
- Surely you aren't saying you expected to get 100 miles from 80% charge.
- The car is most efficient at about 38 mph. I routinely get lower m/kwh numbers when driving on 25 mph city streets.
- Those bars are not red. They are blue and white, and are there to be used. You will have plenty of warning when your battery is getting low, and with two bars showing you won't have gotten any warnings yet. Your first warning will come several miles after you get down to one bar; your second several miles after that bar disappears. You probably still have about 15% of your advertised capacity when the last bar disappears. But if you ever see the turtle, it's time to find a safe place to stop.
Ray