RustyShackleford
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Kind of a basic question from a new owner (2018 SV model): Yesterday I left home with the dashboard showing that I had 137 miles of range; when I got home it showed 50 miles, for a reduction of 87 miles. I google-mapped my wanderings, and it came to a total of 65 miles; that's a pretty big discrepancy.
I'm not real clear on how the car comes up with the remaining-range estimate. I thought I'd heard it's somewhat adaptive to how you've been driving. Most of our driving has been fairly short range, 5 miles into town from semi-rural home, then a lot of stop&go in town. But yesterday, most of the driving was on the freeway at 75 mph or so. I'm thinking that unlike an ICE vehicle, the EV is more efficient in stop&go because of regenerative braking. So the car was estimating that 137 miles based on all that previous short-range driving, and then yesterday I zoomed down the freeway with no regen. Make sense ?
What's a good way to know the true range better ? I've got LeafSpy Pro, and understand it gives a more accurate picture of how much juice is in the battery. But I'm a bit unclear on how you give it accurate estimates of your expected miles per kwh.
I'm not real clear on how the car comes up with the remaining-range estimate. I thought I'd heard it's somewhat adaptive to how you've been driving. Most of our driving has been fairly short range, 5 miles into town from semi-rural home, then a lot of stop&go in town. But yesterday, most of the driving was on the freeway at 75 mph or so. I'm thinking that unlike an ICE vehicle, the EV is more efficient in stop&go because of regenerative braking. So the car was estimating that 137 miles based on all that previous short-range driving, and then yesterday I zoomed down the freeway with no regen. Make sense ?
What's a good way to know the true range better ? I've got LeafSpy Pro, and understand it gives a more accurate picture of how much juice is in the battery. But I'm a bit unclear on how you give it accurate estimates of your expected miles per kwh.