Leaf Comes Home

U can set charge to 100% or 80%. U can set an end time or a start time but not both.

For example. If u set an end time and the car determines it needs x amount of time to charge it will start accordingly.

For tou electric customeres this is crtical

 

ok. any special pics you are interested in let me know.

just some general insights keeping in mind i have only had it a week and am still learning stuff (would be quicker if i read the manual and one of these days i might get around to it)

its quiet, but you already knew that. drive mode is sneaky fast especially at speeds under 40 mph. the very low center of gravity allows the car to corner like a go-cart so its kinda like a mini-sports car for the "under 50 mph" crowd.

despite having the "eco design" package, the car does not stand out. i have only been recognized by two people, one a fellow EV'er i happen to pass by the other day and the 2nd a little old lady (hispanic) with an accent so strong i barely understand her. she was parked next to me at the store about an hour ago and was putting her mother in the car to leave when i pulled up.

i think if she had not "heard what she did not hear" she might not have known it was electric because after confirming that fact with me, she asked how much gas it used...oh well, cant will em all

 

there is a guy in so cal who will be testing the limits of the battery pack. he has a daily 70+ mile commute mostly freeway speeds which means he is probably at 80-90% of his battery capacity now.

if there is significant degradation of range, he will see it. so we will just have to keep tabs on him. i dont expect him to go anywhere as he is one of the more active members of the mynissanleaf.com board.

 

Carwings is a service that allows you to compare your performance with other Leaf Drivers around the world. not a lot of data for me yet since my Carwings had hiccups on launch and i only got online yesterday, but here is my performance for errands ran this morning

 

The Leaf temperature range is pretty good. they prefer you charge at higher than -40º C. they did cold winter testing in Norway during the development process

 

actually i still have not found a way to really determine that number. the problem is my current inability to determine what range i am gaining from regen which would lower my apparent charging efficiency #'s. now carwings is supposed to be able to break down what i used from accessories, climate control, etc. so hopefully with this info, i will be able to figure it out.

now for thumbnail purposes, i am averaging 3-3.45 miles per KWH from the wall and 4-4.8 Kwh on the car which is independent of carwings. now most on the Leaf board say that carwings over-inflates their numbers so not sure what they are tracking unless its only counting power to the wheels and excluding climate controls and accessories?

hard to say. its all in town at mostly 35-40 mph. its a bit delayed because i have actually driven 20.3 miles today. but its just dropping Ry off at school. run to grocery store, etc.

getting ready to go meet Joe (he is pluginolympia.com owner) so we will see what it says later tonight.

 

more screen shots from Carwings. the first is breakdown of power used and generated.

the next one is a breakdown on a "trip" basis. On the trips were Zero miles were driven, i was turning on car to check the mileage and reset trip counters... didnt know they tracked EVERYTHING.

But this does illustrate the main reason why so many people get such poor mileage. sure we have those 26 mile freeway jaunts, but most of our lives are the little 3-5 mile trips from one errand to another. this is where EVs will shine!

what we see here is me doing various errands on Thurs the 27th and SO taking Leaf to Centralia. i dont have a huge requirement for heat and most of driving is during warmest part of the day which makes it that much warmer.

the 28th is the single trip with the short bookend trips, dropping Ry off to babysitter before freeway jaunt to work. She requires a LOT of heat (mostly because she does not wear a coat, even in Winter. why?? i dont know. i often wondered since she always complains about being cold, but she would rather be cold than wear a coat that does not match her outfit...)

now car is still charging from last night, but the 27th i put 15.20 KWH from the wall. and chart from the 27th says engine used 11.8 and accesories used .7 for total of 12.5 KWh. now climate controls is listed separately in the car, but not here (at least i cant find it yet) so have to guess some went for that. i did not use it much, but in Western WA, defrost is unavoidable.

will post further findings as i get them