The details:
• Elevation Range: 8010' - 5400'
• Elevation Delta: more than 3000 feet
• Approximate Elevation Sequence: +350'-2600'+2600'-250'+100'-200'
• Temperature Range: 58º - 73º outbound, 64º - 47º homebound
• Speed: mostly 35-65 mph but the last fifteen miles were at 20-30 mph in 47ºF temperatures
• LBW at 87.7 miles; the last eleven miles were at flashing 4 or 5 on the GoM, depending on hills
• Tires were at 39 psi
Notes:
• The trip included ~13 miles of dirt roads.
• The GoM read 138 miles at mile 14.5.
• The mileage efficiency read 10.3 m/kWh at mile 26.5.
• The conditions for the return trip were much less favorable than expected because a thunderstorm came through with gusty winds and falling temperatures. In warmer, wind-free, conditions the range would have improved considerably.
• The six battery temp bars were the first time I've ever seen the battery that warm and occurred after the steep climb up to the top of the mesa I live on. A few minutes after getting home they dropped back to five bars and remained there after more than an hour of charging.