KJD said:
I have a GID meter in my 2012 and I find the SOC display to be the most useful of all the features. You may want to purchase one for your own car.
The SOC% does NOT tell you how many available kWh's are available to you. It merely tells you what percentage of full the battery is.
If the battery were degraded by one half, with 10.5kWh available, and fully charged, you would have 100% shown on the SOC meter.
However, the Gid count will likely reflect 50% (140 value).
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The new 2013 will show 100% SOC, regardless of capacity, when fully charged, and the following:
kWh----------
Gid----
Gid%---
Gid2%---
2013 dash % (2013 dash % data based on SOC %, not Gids)
21.0--Full----281---100%---100%----
100% (non-degraded at 70F; 21kWh usable)
10.5--Half----144--51.2%----50%----
50% (non-degraded at 70F; 10.5kWh usable)
10.5--Full***--144--51.2%----50%----
100% (***used 50% degraded at 70F; 10.5kWh usable)
3.2---LBW----49---17.4%---15.3%----
15% (2013 data on a new car, unknown for degraded)
1.3---VLB----24----8.6%-----6.2%----
5% (2013 data on a new car, unknown for degraded)
0.0---Turtle --7-----2.5%-----0%-----
0% (2013 data on a new car, unknown for degraded)
NOTE: LBW and VLB are indexed to Gids, therefore those values won't match the SOC derived data of the 2013 dash % with a degraded battery.
Turtle is not indexed to Gids, therefore under a high load, like freeway speed, expect turtle at 7 or 8 Gids, and at extremely low power, as low as 4 Gids to Turtle.