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The issue is, often when you’re driving to places to ski you’re also going massively uphill. So you have the combination of cold + uphill driving which really t
by synaesthesisx 5y ago
The issue is, often when you’re driving to places to ski you’re also going massively uphill. So you have the combination of cold + uphill driving which really takes a hit on the range. I can’t say I haven’t felt range anxiety in those situations….
- goodcanadian 5y agoSure, but it is downhill on the way home. I always get a kick out of it when travelling motorway speed downhill and the battery is actually charging from the regenerative braking.
- cptskippy 5y ago> I always get a kick out of it when travelling motorway speed downhill You'd probably get some giggles out of the OG Nissan Leaf. We have a steep hill near our house and it takes 6 miles of range to get up one side, but I've gotten 10 miles back coasting down the other side. That's a rounding error for a Tesla but 10% of the charge on a Leaf.
- goodcanadian 5y agoI drive a 2013 Leaf.
- oh_sigh 5y agoBut it probably takes 15 miles to get back up the other side and you only get 3 coasting down the original side. All in all for a given horizontal distance flat terrain is the most efficient
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