Limey said:I'm sure this has been brought up before, but I couldn't find the thread.
Does using cruise control on the freeway give you better mileage than just driving yourself? My assumption is yes.
Nubo said:Limey said:I'm sure this has been brought up before, but I couldn't find the thread.
Does using cruise control on the freeway give you better mileage than just driving yourself? My assumption is yes.
It depends. If it's flat and no traffic, cruise will do pretty good. But if cruise control is frequently invoking regen then energy is being wasted. With rolling hills, for example, it's most efficient to coast down them, keeping power level at zero (no forward power, no regen). Keeping speed within reason and being considerate of traffic, of course. I find this makes a significant improvement in efficiency vs. letting the cruise control invoke regen to keep constant speed.
+1. If you're a hypermiler that wants to devote a large part of your attention to minimizing your energy usage, then you can do better than using the cruise control, and hopefully not annoy too many other people in the process. For everyone else, just set it and forget it; you'll do better than 'normal' manual driving.stjohnh said:I agree with all the other posts above, basically that a knowledgeable and conscientious driver can do better than cruise, is true, but I think a factor for me that has not been emphasized enough is that while fairly knowledgeable, I am not consistently conscientious.
That is, in my 2013 S, without cruise, while I KNOW what to do to get best range, with some frequency, I find myself daydreaming, and (because wind noise, engine noise, and road noise are so low in the Leaf), I find myself going 70mph when I was planning on going 55. My wife has the 2013 SV, w cruise, and on the freeway, unless I am concentrating on driving, I clearly get better range in her car on the freeway than in my S.
The two things I miss the most in my S that she has are the cruise and the QC port.
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