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I've been trying a little hypermiling - I think that's the correct term - and got my best reading yet today. 4.2 miles per kWh.
It was a decent run in the Glasgow East area, using the A8 out of town and back, mixed surfaces, roundabouts etc. Less than average traffic lights and these were mainly green if timed right.
There's so little traffic you could almost do any speed, but allowing for relevant speed limits around 40-ish seemed efficient with 50mph downhill, foot off the e's, no draughting or special provisions though I did switch the infotainment off to listen to the sound of silence!
Distance travelled = 20.2 real miles, 22 GOM miles - a ratio of 0.91818:1 repeating - I just find that interesting, two random numbers giving that type of result.
Remaining miles = 3.673, 4 GOM miles
Max. Charge = 26 GOM (I seem to be stuck at 26 no matter what but it's very reliable.)
Temperature was 10 C. Conditions fair.
According to the above, if I've actually done 20.2 real miles and achieved 4.2 m/kWh then I used 4.8kW of a max. capacity (20.2+3.67=23.87) of 5.68kW/h
Sounds a little light to me for a battery that should have 8.7kW.
On a more typical day like today my commute was 12 miles and 21 minutes, infotainment on, no need for heating on as I preheated, 8 miles left.
Any thoughts, even though this topic has probably been done to death already?
PS - Last filled up with dino juice on 8 January, 2200 miles and 117 days ago (rarely use at weekends) and still got plenty in the tank, as it were. Brilliant little car.
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It was a decent run in the Glasgow East area, using the A8 out of town and back, mixed surfaces, roundabouts etc. Less than average traffic lights and these were mainly green if timed right.
There's so little traffic you could almost do any speed, but allowing for relevant speed limits around 40-ish seemed efficient with 50mph downhill, foot off the e's, no draughting or special provisions though I did switch the infotainment off to listen to the sound of silence!
Distance travelled = 20.2 real miles, 22 GOM miles - a ratio of 0.91818:1 repeating - I just find that interesting, two random numbers giving that type of result.
Remaining miles = 3.673, 4 GOM miles
Max. Charge = 26 GOM (I seem to be stuck at 26 no matter what but it's very reliable.)
Temperature was 10 C. Conditions fair.
According to the above, if I've actually done 20.2 real miles and achieved 4.2 m/kWh then I used 4.8kW of a max. capacity (20.2+3.67=23.87) of 5.68kW/h
Sounds a little light to me for a battery that should have 8.7kW.
On a more typical day like today my commute was 12 miles and 21 minutes, infotainment on, no need for heating on as I preheated, 8 miles left.
Any thoughts, even though this topic has probably been done to death already?
PS - Last filled up with dino juice on 8 January, 2200 miles and 117 days ago (rarely use at weekends) and still got plenty in the tank, as it were. Brilliant little car.
