Hello everyone,
I recently took delivery of a new 2020 SV Leaf and went on my longest trip to date yesterday.
Background info:
Leaf is garaged
100% charge at the time of departure - car reported 140 miles range
Total miles traveled = 120
Average temperature = 28 degrees F
Average elevation gain = 1,000 ft
Heat was used sparingly on my way to the destination and off on the entire way home (to conserve range)
Sirius XM was on the entire trip
By the time I had returned home, the car was at 1% and I was sweating bullets (just a little, lol).
How can I improve this performance? My maximum speed was 60 mph on my way to the destination and averaged 45 on the way home. I knew cold weather and some hills affect performance, but I was not expecting to lose 20 miles of range to hills, using heat and the cold.
Thanks for any thoughts in advance.
I recently took delivery of a new 2020 SV Leaf and went on my longest trip to date yesterday.
Background info:
Leaf is garaged
100% charge at the time of departure - car reported 140 miles range
Total miles traveled = 120
Average temperature = 28 degrees F
Average elevation gain = 1,000 ft
Heat was used sparingly on my way to the destination and off on the entire way home (to conserve range)
Sirius XM was on the entire trip
By the time I had returned home, the car was at 1% and I was sweating bullets (just a little, lol).
How can I improve this performance? My maximum speed was 60 mph on my way to the destination and averaged 45 on the way home. I knew cold weather and some hills affect performance, but I was not expecting to lose 20 miles of range to hills, using heat and the cold.
Thanks for any thoughts in advance.