gotd77 said:
mwalsh said:
The difference is going to be climate control - there are energy savings from limiting CC output in ECO (and probably ECO + B) that are not applicable with D (or D+B).
so what is be best way drive to saving miles?
ted
This has started many arguments on here..... B will not give you more range, many other things can be done to give you more range. There are some drivers who don't want to do those other things. They then say that when they use B they get more range than had they been driving "normally" without B.
The way to get the best range is to take as little out of the battery as possible, it's that simple. Try to drive to maximize your miles/kWh. Pump your tires up to the max (44psi for the stock tires, cold inflation, pump them beyond after a drive then park the car all night and in the morning let air out untill they are where you want them). Slow down 5 mph less than your normal driving. You'll be surprised how people aren't pissed off at you and how the slow lane has a lot of people who are happy to go just under the speed limit.
Use the power use gauge in the carwings section of the nav screen. The big round gauge on the left is power. Whenever you don't need to go faster hold the pedal so you are using only as much power as possible. Going down gradual hills on the highway (or off ramps), hold it at 0. If you're going towards a known stop and there's no one close behind you coast early at 0 power use/regen instead of cruizing steady and hitting the brakes. If it was for a red light because it takes you longer to get there there's a greater chance it will turn green, then you get to accelerate from a higher speed vs driving up to the light and maximizing regen. In that shorter time you may have come to a complete stop and you also used more energy maintaining that speed to get close to the light. Going up gradual hills on the highway let the speed drop a bit and keep the power use low.
You'll notice how you can use 80kW to go and only about 1/3 of that to regen. If you play around with the various modes, eco B, eco D, D, B you'll find that with control of your right foot you can do all the same stuff at almost the same time. Some modes will give you more regen with a simple lift without touching the brakes and the other modes will give you the same regen with a slight tap of the brake that isn't hard enough to activate the calipers. I prefer that because it will put your brake lights on for safety and since driving efficently means slowing down a lot sooner than most other drivers would it's good to have the brake lights on.
People will carve wood with hand tools and with chainsaws, with practice you could master one or both but just because someone else has mastered one doesn't mean that it's better than the other.
