31 on GOM and drive to work is 27 miles

What to expect ??
3 weeks old car
never seen "---" have experienced "17" blinking on the GOM

My drive is at 6am so temps will be about 72F no highway just a couple of rolling hills

or
should i give it some juice to be safe ?

goixiz said:

What to expect ??
3 weeks old car
never seen "---" have experienced "17" blinking on the GOM

My drive is at 6am so temps will be about 72F no highway just a couple of rolling hills

or
should i give it some juice to be safe ?

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Why Chance it? Give it some juice tonight.

Can you afford to be hour or so late for work?

If you depend on the GOM (guess o meter) then you will soon be walking. It is less than accurate.

You might be able to get there slowly on surface streets. The Leaf is a fine car but it has about the worst GOM out there.

took all the advice and giving it some Juice
Ill give it 36miles

I want to experience the "---" tomorrow but can wait to test the Turtle

The following was my assumption / estimate

LBW = 17 miles [Blink] <-- experienced
VLBW = 10 miles [---] Assume @10miles [like to experience to check what mile will this occur]
Turtle = {(17-10)/2 - 1} = 8
Walk = when it hiits 7 miles

IIRC, you have a '13+ Leaf, so you therefore have the % SoC display. If yes, why are you going by GOM values?

Why not just takes notes of starting % SoC and ending % SoC values for each leg of your trip? Try it over a variety of possible paths and speeds? You'll also notice it gets worse during winter, esp. w/heater use. Get an idea of the ranges of SoC deltas for each leg.

I would NOT chance it by the GOM. http://www.edmunds.com/nissan/leaf/2011/long-term-road-test/2011-nissan-leaf-driving-it-to-the-bitter-end.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; shows an '11 Leaf being driven until dead.

If you have a net elevation gain going to work, have to run the heater and drive too fast and/or have an unexpected detour, you might arrive w/turtle or stop dead short of work.

IIRC, LBW sounds at 17-18% SoC and VLBW at 7 or 8% SoC. I've not driven mine to turtle.

I need to check that out
im not sure what %SOC i will after this though

This is a good read
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/austinleaf/Kk6tcgI3HY4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

goixiz said:

I need to check that out
im not sure what %SOC i will after this though

This is a good read
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/austinleaf/Kk6tcgI3HY4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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I'm talking about the battery % State of Charge readout on the black and white dash display. You cycle thru the displays via the upper left button (in the cluster of 4 buttons) to the left of the steering wheel. Please read the instruments and controls chapter of your manual (chapter 2?).

Leafs prior to model year '13 did NOT have that and only had a crappy GOM and 12 "fuel bars". Garygid discovered a value on the CAN bus that read ~281 when full and ran down as the battery depleted (http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=10301" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false. And, folks here (he at first?) created gid meters (http://www.wwwsite.com/puzzles/socmeter/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false, since this value was more granular than the 12 fuel bars and better than a useless GOM. People have used this as a proxy for battery %, since again, the '11 and '12 Leafs didn't have that display.

It wasn't until Leafers implored Nissan for a % SoC indicator (one forum was at a meeting @ Google in December 2011 where Kadota-san (Leaf's Chief Vehicle Engineer), Mark Perry, engineers from Japan and some Nissan execs were present) did they finally add one on the '13. They also implemented many of the suggestions from that meeting on the '13. I was at that meeting, but it was WAY before I had a Leaf. The primitive (by today's standard) gid meters existed even back then. It looked exactly like http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=4760" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

For those who are interested in more details, the raw gid value, cell voltages, temps, etc. http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=14284" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=14285" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; are probably the best right now. FWIW, I don't have this as I don't have any Bluetooth OBD2 dongle. Long story...

BTW, I'm not sure what good it is to make estimates as to how many miles show on the GOM for LBW, VLBW, etc.

The video at http://insideevs.com/real-world-test-2013-nissan-leaf-range-vs-2012-nissan-leaf-range/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; shows the behavior on a '13 S trim Leaf. Unlike the SV and SL, which have nav, there's no speech synthesized voice accompanying the warnings.

Update.
Started with GOM=36 miles. %soc=36%
LBW = 17 miles. 17%soc
Arrive with no turtle. 14%SOC. Did not use AC and about 30% Eco mode in the beginning

Wow! 27 miles is far enough to drive. You have a nice car.

When you get to LBW you will have 3.1 kw/h left to use. Resest your miles per kw/h on your dash to be able to figure out how far you can still drive. At VLBW you will have 1.3 kw/h left to use. This was what I used for remaining range before I got a Leaf Spy.