EVerlasting wrote:Wow! 80-85 mph for 35 miles out of 45 mile round trip and have 55-65% capacity left when you get home each night? You have a very special LEAF.
I charge to 100% each day (set by charge timer so only sits at 100% for maybe 20 minutes before I leave for work.)
Sunny Florida 73 degrees warm today!
The 417 toll road is almost all flat round trip. a hill in fl is a joke to anyone in NJ. (spent time in Tom's river)
I never run the air or heat, daytime driving only, windows up fresh air on.
I set the cruise to 80mph every day but can drop down for traffic so I suppose maybe more like 75-80mph on the highway.
I will occasionally pass a multi-'I can't find a speed' knuckle head and sometimes that means full bore even up to 93mph! but that's maybe once a week? hey, I have the range so why not!!

and it's fun to drive and see the reactions.
The general traffic in the left lane on 417 runs 75-85mph during the hours I travel usually so I even have to move over from time to time. The car is only three months old, so I hope this performance holds up!
EVerlasting wrote:If I tried doing 80-85 mph for just 10 miles out of my 50 mile commute, I would barely be able to make it back with an 80% charge. With a 100% easily but I definitely won't have 55-60% remaining. Maybe just 1 or 2 bars remaining.
I would need to know more about your commute to understand why your's is so low?? maybe in NJ it's cold? loss of range?
EVerlasting wrote:80-85 mph once passing everyone... most of the drive bubbles lit up
At 80, I recall about four bubbles with the cruise set.
Lake Mary Florida is very EV aware similar to silicon valley a couple years back so folks here notice EV's... There are many Tesla's and sparks in the area. (and too many volts.. too bad) believe me, folks here notice.
EVerlasting wrote:I did 80-85 mph for a short stretch of 4.7 miles on I-80. After a round trip of just 22 miles, when i got home I had 3 bars remaining and that too because I drove efficiently throughout the remaining trip. This is when I understood what a YouTube LEAF reviewer once said: "Driving fast defeats the purpose of a LEAF".
How fast were you going off highway average? Off highway for my commute is no more than 40mph tops (All 35mph speed limits & I run ave 5 over)... I pop out of my subdivision and hop on freeway, when I exit the highway I am at an office park so slow there too. as for the reviewers driving fast defeats the purpose... I disagree as I do it every day and it depends on each person's purpose of course. I bought this car for three reasons...
1. Never go to the gas station again for my commuter car.
2. This car was free for me from Nissan as it's cheaper to lease it than it was to put gas in my ICE car to travel the same distance each month. I waited to buy until this was possible.
3. Since the EV1 that made me very mad when destroyed by GM (Movie: Who killed the electric car?) I have always wanted an EV, I'm a geek, love the technology and plan to add solar to drive completely free soon.
EDIT: P.S. So I am accurate, I just Google mapped the exact distance on 417 I travel and it's 27 highway miles round trip to be exact. the rest is at the slow speeds. My development is 25mph.
My ultimate point before all the detail was. Drive it! Don't bother with making trees!!! IMHO.

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