Any idea why the efficiency display is capped at 6.21 mi/kwh?

[codys21]

I understand that 6.21 miles is 10 km but that just seems like a very low limit at which to cap the display. That's about 1.5x the EPA rating of this vehicle. It would just be interesting to see actual efficiency when going downhill and/or slowly.

 

[borski]

I understand that 6.21 miles is 10 km but that just seems like a very low limit at which to cap the display. That's about 1.5x the EPA rating of this vehicle. It would just be interesting to see actual efficiency when going downhill and/or slowly.View attachment 29116

The good news is it does store the data above 6.21 miles/kWh for the overall trip calculation, so if you keep driving it will eventually drop if you go uphill or whatever.

But yeah, I’m not sure why the display is capped at 10km. Maybe they never thought it’d be that efficient haha

 

[Buffalo Bob]

I figure they do that because once upon a time some idiot was going down Long Holy Crap Hill. As they were coming up on an EV charging station, they read on their pilot panel that they were getting 87.3 miles per kWh, and since they had a whopping 44 kWh remaining, they figured there was no problem going on to the next charging station, some 630 miles away. Litigation ultimately ensued.

As a side note, as they drove through Holy Crap Valley on their way to the up side of Long Holy Crap Hill, they stopped at McDonald's and bought a scalding hot venti coffee, which they nestled between their legs to keep it handy and warm.

 

[codys21]

The good news is it does store the data above 6.21 miles/kWh for the overall trip calculation, so if you keep driving it will eventually drop if you go uphill or whatever.

But yeah, I’m not sure why the display is capped at 10km. Maybe they never thought it’d be that efficient haha

I'd like to think they thought at some points it'd be above 10km/kWh, considering how much they talk about being the most efficient haha. Definitely easy to hit that going downhill and I'm just curious to know how efficient it is going downhill. Always was fun seeing like 186.2 mpg going downhill.

 

[Bonanzajohn]

what is the most efficient speed - mileage consideration only

 

[TahoeMichael]

what is the most efficient speed - mileage consideration only

The motor doubtless has an RPM the offers peak efficiency, but air resistance adds up so quickly at high speed, I'd guess that the most efficient speed is relatively slow. Just speculating, but I'd guess you'll find the most efficient speed is well below highway speeds.

 

[Bonanzajohn]

seems like around 50-55 to me. Anyone else been experimenting?

 

[knewman]

seems like around 50-55 to me. Anyone else been experimenting?

Trying to find the thread where this was discussed, I believe the consensus was 25mph was actually most efficient. I can tell you based on my own experimentation the efficiency drops sharply once you exceed 70mph. I'll usually target 70mph for distance drives.