Ok, so what other method can/should we use? I hear a lot of naysaying (which is fine/to be expected) but I have yet to see anyone come back with "Turbo, this is the method, this is how / why you could have seen this, etc". What other practical method SHOULD one use other than battery?! Isn't...
I get all the above, I really do, tons of factors. I wasn't going for "click bait" as much as I truly thought (and still suspect) that there is something going on here that is not according to expectations from what I thought was a reliable way to drive. It was a weird epiphany to see that the...
It's a very fair question; we weren't using the range meter (we didn't trust it as we all know the "guestimator" on the car is wildly inaccurate). We were charting the data on an Excel spreadsheet every 10% of battery usage vs. the miles driven.
Yes, my apologies, you're right, it's miles / kWh, so of course I had that back asswards. It was approx 1.8-2.2 miles / kWh. Rarely could we get up to 3 that's really great, congrats.
My apologies, I didn't, it was in whisper mode the entire time. Also, WOW , I didn't plan on / expect this thread to garner so much attention! I didn't mean to throw a wasp nest in the living room per se, AND I really appreciate all the additional tests/feedback. I'm feeling more and more...
Hey, I REALLY appreciate that prior post; at this point then I'm baffled too. :P It was the only feature I turned off/on, multiple times to test this theory to begin with, and I guess I'm going to have to keep testing it to figure out why the range was so different. The only real way to...
This is EXACTLY the kind of intelligent response I was hoping for, and your thought process is similar to mine. I look forward to seeing what happens for you!
- Chris
Vulnox, LOVE LOVE THIS! PLEASE post your experience afterward. Having the same route tested over and over with the control being the route and similar temps/weight/etc is a really good practical test. I'd love to learn what you discover, thanks! PS: I'd love to be proven right OR wrong as...
Interesting, did I say it was a "controlled scientific test"? I said "here's all my variables", and did my best to offer as much control info as possible. Pretty bold of you to say "no plausible sounding explanation" when I gave as much data as possible to the thread that I had...
OO good ask, now I did not. I don't have one on my person, but love the question. If any of you are science nerds/range junkies and want to provide more data from your own experiences, I'd LOVE to see it! I'm going to keep testing it too over months to see if the trends still prevail in...
Fair enough amigo, the variables (to be fair) that I could control were:
- weight
- weather (the only real variable here could be wind speed I guess, I didn't double check if there was severe head wind vs. tail wind, but we WERE thinking about that it seemed to be calm/not windy thru multiple...
This is what I expect; in fact, I did STILL notice regen w/o 1 PD, it just wasn't as aggressive feeling and felt smoother/more natural. I'm guessing there's energy loss in 1 PD trying to be so precise by auto braking and then having to "speed up" to get the speed back. If you think about it...
Just to be clear, you were using Bluecruise + 1 PD? This 100% takes OUT the "how I drive" part which is why this is the key to this whole thing, it removes variables..
GREAT question, yes! We were driving in Iowa with extremely flat conditions; it would be hard to call any of the hills "rolling" at all. I'm going to keep testing this, but so far, the evidence strongly suggests that 1 PD does NOT take advantage of any coasting to get energy gains on...
Well, tell you what (and I'm very willing/happy to be wrong about this thread) I would strongly encourage you and others that are skeptical to report back your own findings. I'm confident that if you care enough to refute what I'm saying, you're also interested in confirming the truth enough to...
Vulnox, I'm "with" you on your response, and if anything, I was trying to prove my wife wrong ("honey, it CAN'T be my driving style and I'm SURE 1 PD is BETTER) . That's when we took out all the possible differences, both had it on Blue Cruise, SAME MPH, same conditions (hillly/not hilly, etc)...
UPDATE: MY apologies all; I re-read my post and was not clear on the other control factor: 1 pedal PLUS Blue Cruise/Cruise Control. It was that COMBO that we were testing, and not the difference in driving habits b/w my wife and I . I would agree; range can obviously vary widely not just b/c...
Hello Rob, yep, I'm referring to the total distance on a charge which includes both the total miles you can drive, and the range per kwh (m/kwh). We could rarely breach 3+, but again, with a family of 4, and a bike rack + 4 bikes weighing several hundred pounds and nearly a half ton of cargo (we...