I just bought a 2012 Leaf SL, and then promptly returned it.
I did a test drive this past Sunday, with the dashboard gauge showing full charge (no missing segments), I drove a route (on ECO mode) that included city, freeway (65mph, 6 miles), and county side with a few hills. The outside temp mid 40's, heating set to Auto 68F. The car reported 3.8 miles / kWh average. I did 47 miles, with 3 miles projected left and warning announcement. This did not meet my expectation so I returned it. Now I am being told it was performing as expected no failures.
If the battery was fully charged lets say a usable charge of 20 kWh taking into account some loss due to age and use (27k). I drove 47 miles averaging 3.8 miles/kWh, so I used 12kWh. Is the energy used to heat the cabin included in the mile/kWh computation? If so,I am missing 8kWh, if not, am I to believe that it took 8kWh of charge to run the heater?
People are telling me that I will get the same result from any other Leaf of similar age.
I really liked the car and am hoping another one will perform better, I would expect at least 60 miles range if I am averaging 3.8 miles/kWh + heating.
Can anyone on the forum explain where the missing 8 ish kWh went? The engineer in me needs to account for this discrepancy. Is my hope for 60 miles just wishful thinking?
I did a test drive this past Sunday, with the dashboard gauge showing full charge (no missing segments), I drove a route (on ECO mode) that included city, freeway (65mph, 6 miles), and county side with a few hills. The outside temp mid 40's, heating set to Auto 68F. The car reported 3.8 miles / kWh average. I did 47 miles, with 3 miles projected left and warning announcement. This did not meet my expectation so I returned it. Now I am being told it was performing as expected no failures.
If the battery was fully charged lets say a usable charge of 20 kWh taking into account some loss due to age and use (27k). I drove 47 miles averaging 3.8 miles/kWh, so I used 12kWh. Is the energy used to heat the cabin included in the mile/kWh computation? If so,I am missing 8kWh, if not, am I to believe that it took 8kWh of charge to run the heater?
People are telling me that I will get the same result from any other Leaf of similar age.
I really liked the car and am hoping another one will perform better, I would expect at least 60 miles range if I am averaging 3.8 miles/kWh + heating.
Can anyone on the forum explain where the missing 8 ish kWh went? The engineer in me needs to account for this discrepancy. Is my hope for 60 miles just wishful thinking?