Showing posts with label Vanderbilt Deloite batter range. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vanderbilt Deloite batter range. Show all posts

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Invited to speak on owning and driving an All Electric Nissan Leaf

So far the most mileage that I have be able to get on my Leaf on a charge has been 87 miles.  With this last charge, right now I am projected to do a hundred mile on my present charge.  I don’t know why this is happening this way, but this is what has happened. 

I was invited to participate in an earth day celebration at Vanderbilt University.  They wanted me to bring my Leaf for show and tell on Thursday.   On Wednesday night I was trying to decide if I wanted to plug in my car or not.  I had a projected 40 mile left.  Vanderbilt is 13 miles from my home, or a round trip of 26 miles.  So the projected 40 miles would easily cover the 26 mile round trip.  However the weather was going to be much cooler than normal.  So I decided to plug in my car just in case I need to use more energy for heating.  I have been trying to completely drain my battery before each charge.

So on Thursday morning when I unplugged, the car said that my projected range, was 123 miles. That is the most that I have ever recorded.  The last highest projected first time  range reading  was 119 miles.  I have been driving very carefully, and like I said right now I am projected to do a hundred miles on this charge.  We see how it turns out.

This morning I am invited to Deloite for show and tell with their employees.  Deloite is only 6 miles from here.