planet4ever
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I apologize. You are right on the chart. It says quite unequivocally that each bar is 8% of available charge. The fact that you still have 4% left when the last bar disappears doesn't matter for your experiment.evnow said:Heater,A/C etc don't matter. We are just trying to figure out kwh used for a particular bar.
There is a chart in the sticky that gives the soc% range for every bar.
As for the heater, A/C, etc., you obviously are interpreting the Average Energy Economy number differently from me. I take it you believe (perhaps with good justification) that it is based on all energy being extracted from the battery. My assumption (and it is only an assumption) is that the number is based on energy used and returned by the motor. Does anyone know which is correct?
I guess it wouldn't be too difficult to test this. Reset the average and travel some distance on an open road at a fairly low constant speed with the heater going full blast. Reset again, and repeat the same route at the same speed but with the heater off. Are the two economy numbers about the same, or is the second one significantly higher? [Unfortunately I can't run the test myself, since I don't have a car yet.]
Ray