Hello, I'm new to a LEAF 30kw and to this forum so would love some collective advice please on whether I should be worried about the range we just had on a longer journey- bascially we didnt manage a 74 mile journey.
We just bought a 2017 30kw LEAF with just under 6000 miles. It has 12 bars of battery but we dont have a dongle yet so I dont know the exact SOH (dongle purchase is next!- few EV cars near us and due to other car issues we needed the car asap). We were intending to use it as the main car for mainly short commute journeys with our second car being an ICE but that car is now in the garage so after a week of owning it we needed to use it for a longer journey.
We charged the battery fully before we left and it said (I think) 119 miles range but our journey was 74 miles and the range counter went down much quicker than we expected, so much so that with 15 miles left to travel the range said 18 miles so we panicked and had to stop at a 7kw charger to top up a bit to ensure we would get the last few miles. I'm not sure of the exact figures on the return journey as we stopped part way to do a rapid charge as it was clear from the outward leg it would be tight/rather stressful but again it didnt look like it would have managed the full journey.
It was probably 10 minutes of 30-35mph before we were on the motorway and kept at 65mph for most of the rest of the journey, with some hills. I had put it in cruise control for 65pmh as I'd read before this was most efficient speed for motorway, but we took cruise control off about half way as we thought maybe the way it drives to keep at steady speed wasnt the most efficient. We drove it on B mode, with Eco on. Its UK so was cold (5C) but not too wet, we had on sat nav and radio but only just blasts of the heater when the windscreen was misting up. We arent yet used to driving it so probably could have driven slightly more efficiently, but I was still a bit disappointed between the discrepancy between the potential range and what we managed to achieve. Should I be worried about the battery? Or just get used to planning more stops for longer journeys?
Thanks
We just bought a 2017 30kw LEAF with just under 6000 miles. It has 12 bars of battery but we dont have a dongle yet so I dont know the exact SOH (dongle purchase is next!- few EV cars near us and due to other car issues we needed the car asap). We were intending to use it as the main car for mainly short commute journeys with our second car being an ICE but that car is now in the garage so after a week of owning it we needed to use it for a longer journey.
We charged the battery fully before we left and it said (I think) 119 miles range but our journey was 74 miles and the range counter went down much quicker than we expected, so much so that with 15 miles left to travel the range said 18 miles so we panicked and had to stop at a 7kw charger to top up a bit to ensure we would get the last few miles. I'm not sure of the exact figures on the return journey as we stopped part way to do a rapid charge as it was clear from the outward leg it would be tight/rather stressful but again it didnt look like it would have managed the full journey.
It was probably 10 minutes of 30-35mph before we were on the motorway and kept at 65mph for most of the rest of the journey, with some hills. I had put it in cruise control for 65pmh as I'd read before this was most efficient speed for motorway, but we took cruise control off about half way as we thought maybe the way it drives to keep at steady speed wasnt the most efficient. We drove it on B mode, with Eco on. Its UK so was cold (5C) but not too wet, we had on sat nav and radio but only just blasts of the heater when the windscreen was misting up. We arent yet used to driving it so probably could have driven slightly more efficiently, but I was still a bit disappointed between the discrepancy between the potential range and what we managed to achieve. Should I be worried about the battery? Or just get used to planning more stops for longer journeys?
Thanks