Bouldergramp
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH7V2tU3iFc
That was my beef too. None of them were at 100%? The cold does not sap the charge like that in only a few hours. The extra 5% missing is more miles, plus having one follow behind another is giving the following vehicle a CD advantage to the leader. In a long rang test like this, those small bits add up to more miles. I didn't feel like science was taken to heart to at least make it a fair range test.DougWantsALeaf said:Niro was clear winner. It almost caught the Model 3 LR for 16K less dollars.
Leaf did ok, but not sure why it lost 4% overnight. It wasn’t “that” cold that the heater kicks on. I wonder if they didn’t leave it on the charger long enough to balance cells.
Haven't watched the video yet but 42 F is cold and will require using the power pig heaters.dmacarthur said:What I thought was interesting was "actual range as percentage of advertised". Niro the clear winner, at 91 percent. Leaf was I think second at around 85%. Does make ya wonder- why are NONE of them getting what they advertise? at about 42 degrees, should not be using much heat.....
There is quite a lot of battery reserve with the Leaf, and that is one of it's biggest flaws in my opinion. I believe the reserve is 10% in all versions of the Leaf. The problem is that at 100% charge the range meter displays the range including the reserve (in both miles and percent), but once you go below ~65% it progressively subtracts the reserve. This gives the impression of using far more of the battery than you really are, and exacerbates range anxiety.martyscholes said:I am testing small road-trips for a slow buildup to a longer road trip. On the return home, I ran out of juice. I managed to get five additional miles after the battery showed 0% charge in a 2019 SL. I thought I was going to need to abandon the car before I made it to a charger. While I made it, the experience caused some anxiety. The video I made probably is not helping to convert people to EV. How much reserve is really there?
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