As I do every few weeks, I drove my LEAF down to Birmingham and back this weekend (21st October). Now this was the day that storm Brian visited the UK.
Now usually I get to Tibshelf with more that 20% in the tank, plenty to move on to Trowel if Tibshelf is busy, or bust. This time I was down to 7%, and the car was giving me its "find a charger" alerts. This is as low as I care to get, and it wiped out my plan B. Fortunately no problem at Tibshelf. (Charge after 45mins doesn't seem to be significantly different regardless of what you start at).
My driving style was pretty much as normal. ECO mode on, cruise control at the speed limit.
The only suspect here is high winds. And that's a bit worrying. because that could happen any time, especially this late in the year. I don't know which way the wind was blowing, and I didn't feel the affects on steering but presumably high cross-winds can affect the car's aerodynamics.
Anyone else out on Saturday and notice loss of range?
Now usually I get to Tibshelf with more that 20% in the tank, plenty to move on to Trowel if Tibshelf is busy, or bust. This time I was down to 7%, and the car was giving me its "find a charger" alerts. This is as low as I care to get, and it wiped out my plan B. Fortunately no problem at Tibshelf. (Charge after 45mins doesn't seem to be significantly different regardless of what you start at).
My driving style was pretty much as normal. ECO mode on, cruise control at the speed limit.
The only suspect here is high winds. And that's a bit worrying. because that could happen any time, especially this late in the year. I don't know which way the wind was blowing, and I didn't feel the affects on steering but presumably high cross-winds can affect the car's aerodynamics.
Anyone else out on Saturday and notice loss of range?