Hi
I am not an expert this is just my opinion, the best advice I could give any one is completely shut out the range indicator on any EV, the only gauge I ever look at is the %battery left on my leaf if I drive economically like you mentioned about I get about 0.9 miles per 1% battery used ... If I drive like I want to drive ie: 75-80 on motorway and 40 around town it used 1.6%battery for 1mile... I find Eco on help me stop putting my lead boot down I know it's only a power limiter but I don't have a steady foot so it helps me a lot ...

 

If you have a Android phone I recommend to get OBD Bluetooth dongle and use LeafSpy. Alternative get a LeafDD.

That way you will know down to the very 400 yds when your battery is about to run out and you have better control.

I also find that if it is not hilly then the cruise control gives me good range as does the speed limiter. If it is hilly cruise doesn't do a particularly good job at helping with range.

Hills kill range like nothing else known to man... apart from speed that is

 

Hi Paul - I have iphone ,been looking at app store and not much there ):

 

Thanks for that . how often do you stop to charge and how are you finding fast (30 min) chargers at Services?
I did one charge but only came to 7 bars ,not quite 80% as advertised !

I just wonder if anyone ,ever got 100 miles out of Nissan Leaf (2012)

 

I aim to do 40-45 miles between rapid chargers, and arrive almost empty at my next one, as the car charges at a faster rate between empty and about 50%. 40 miles charge usually takes about 15-20 minutes for me.

No I have never achieved 100 miles from my 2011 car. The most I have achieved is 63 miles, with about 8 miles left on the gauge. That was travelling with cruise control set to 60mph on the M6.

 

About 75 miles on a full charge is good for 2011 or 2012 car(Japanese built), and totally normal for a 2013 or 2014(UK built) car.

A LeafDD does help you know a bit more information about how much charge you have, but it won't actually make the car go any further. I am not sure if you actually expected to get 114 miles on the motorway in the Leaf, or who had set that expectation, but unfortunately it's not realistic with the Leaf

 

I was expecting around 80-90 miles . Really do not understand 114 or 125 miles range ,I mean how did they come to those numbers ?

It took me couple of years to convince my hubby to get this car ,now we have it it is great for all those endless school pick ups and going to and back from short distance workplace ,but going for long journeys will be challenging ... I hope Tesla sharing their technology will improve other ev's range .

 

I do a similar thing to @Flaninacupboard ... try to charge only to about 50% unless I need more to get me to the next charger then I charge to whatever level I need

Most I have ever got from my 2011 is 98 miles but that was a test by driving around the block.

Most I have driven on a single charge for real trip is 78 miles and I arrived with 4 miles still showing so probably had about 8-10 miles remaining.

 

Was your 78 mile trip through villages/side roads or the motorway ?

 

Be sure your tyres are at the correct pressure too!

 

Tyres having to shift standing water on the road really don't help with range.

 

Also much lower drag than a LEAF, makes a big difference at higher speeds particularly.

 

from what Elon has been saying he does not see a big jump in energy density in the near future so more power would need more space to store cells. Given the size of the pack on the model S Its hard to see where the extra storage is going to go

 

I'm just basing it on the oft quoted 8% annual increase, it soon adds up!

 

I was expecting around 80-90 miles . Really do not understand 114 or 125 miles range ,I mean how did they come to those numbers ?

It took me couple of years to convince my hubby to get this car ,now we have it it is great for all those endless school pick ups and going to and back from short distance workplace ,but going for long journeys will be challenging ... I hope Tesla sharing their technology will improve other ev's range .

As I understand it the 124 miles was determined on a rolling road in lab condition's with the vehicle being driven to a certain 'pattern' of use. In real life, I'm seeing up to 80 or 90 miles range across our four LEAF pool cars, compared to 60 or 70 (or far less) in our I-MiEV's.

Personally I've seen 118 miles available.

For Motorway driving I tend to use 'D' and keep to the speed limit or just below, driving with a very light foot. 'D' means I lose less momentum through regen if I have to lift off, so therefore expend less energy catching back up. On a long downhill though I'll flick them into 'B'.

 

Thank you for your post - could you just explain use of D and B ? Our leaf has Drive and Eco mode or you were referring to i-miev?

 

Put it into Drive twice selects B mode. Steps up the regen quite a bit. Very handy around town.

 

@MALINI NITAI you will not have B mode as you have the Japanese 2012 model.

B mode is only available for 2013+ UK built Acenta and Tekna models.

 

@MALINI NITAI you will not have B mode as you have the Japanese 2012 model.

B mode is only available for 2013+ UK built Acenta and Tekna models.

Sorry do you have a 2012 model. I read the previous page you was talking about the 2012 LEAF so I assumed you had that model. Sorry if I have that wrong.

 

Yeah the gen 2 has D and B mode. But also ECO on the steering wheel.

 

I love the ECO button. Tend to leave the cars in it all the time but treat it more like a Nitrous Shot for coming out of junctions etc.

 

Gen 2 Visia has drive and eco mode. Does not have B mode for extra regen, though Eco mode seems to regen more than Drive?

I tend to flick between drive and eco a lot. Find going from drive to eco works as engine breaking. Used to stay in eco mostly but increasingly use drive with a light right foot on the motorway - little or no difference in efficency but good to have extra responsiveness when needed.

 

Same here on using drive on motorway - I find it easier and has added advantage of showing a more pessimistic range estimation so driving to that I know it's pretty safe!