by ksnogas2112 (Posted Thu, 02 May 2013 14:53:23 GMT)
Since we're on the topic of cold and climates and range I thought this was a good place for this anecdote:
Every month I reset the dash and CW energy data. Yesterday was the 1st of the month so this was a good/odd circumstance for an experiment.
Yesterday I took my son to school and a coworker to lunch and then home. The CW m/kWh was 5.5 and flirted with 5.6.
Today I took my son to school and went to lunch by myself across the street from yesterday. The 2 day avg display in CW is now 5.0 m/kWh. When I arrived at the office this morning instead of 5.5 from yesterday it was 5.4.
So that means yesterday I was running 5.5 m/kWh and today the same trip was 4.5 m/kWh to get the 5.0 avg.
Differences:
Yesterday Air temp: 82* F, 6 battery temp bars, dry pavement, 235lb passenger (lunch), strong south wind
Today: Air temp 32*F and falling, 4 battery temp bars, rainy streets, constant "normal" windshield wiper operation, heated seats but no heater, strong north wind.
Weather plays more of a factor in range than passengers.
Since we're on the topic of cold and climates and range I thought this was a good place for this anecdote:
Every month I reset the dash and CW energy data. Yesterday was the 1st of the month so this was a good/odd circumstance for an experiment.
Yesterday I took my son to school and a coworker to lunch and then home. The CW m/kWh was 5.5 and flirted with 5.6.
Today I took my son to school and went to lunch by myself across the street from yesterday. The 2 day avg display in CW is now 5.0 m/kWh. When I arrived at the office this morning instead of 5.5 from yesterday it was 5.4.
So that means yesterday I was running 5.5 m/kWh and today the same trip was 4.5 m/kWh to get the 5.0 avg.
Differences:
Yesterday Air temp: 82* F, 6 battery temp bars, dry pavement, 235lb passenger (lunch), strong south wind
Today: Air temp 32*F and falling, 4 battery temp bars, rainy streets, constant "normal" windshield wiper operation, heated seats but no heater, strong north wind.
Weather plays more of a factor in range than passengers.