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Is something wrong with my battery

Firblog · 2016-11-05 00:23:56

Hi, I have concerns about the distance I'm getting on my leaf. I can have the car charged to 80% with estimated range of 115KM, then drive 28km to destination @ 80/90kmph, then drive back @no more that 80kmph and arrive with 25/30km range left. Is this normal?

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KCross wrote: »

I agree high speed on motorways is much more consequential but your first statement doesnt make alot of sense. By your own admission, on many posts, regen is not efficient(~30%) therefore the energy cant possibly balance on the way down.

Yes by Nissan's own documents, regen is about 30% efficient the rest lost in friction.

So my point about hills is that what you loose going up balances out pretty well by the end because you recover some energy using regen to slow excess speed and also by not using energy coming down which is the big one.

KCross wrote: »

And I would echo @TBi statement that it is very much dependent on driving style and whether you are purposely trying to save energy. From your previous Prius days, @Mad_Lad, I'd say you do that alot. Most people wont. They'll just drive it like an ICE and hence hills will affect range quite a bit.

On the contrary, I drive the Leaf much much harder then I ever drove the prius or most ICE's, I don't have to pay so much for fuel and the work charge point takes care of half my commute, but even if all my charging was from home I still wouldn't care.

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