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It's not even particularly efficient. 4 miles/kWh is merely okay, not good. My 2015 Leaf gets 5.1 miles/kWh.
by margalabargala 3y ago
It's not even particularly efficient. 4 miles/kWh is merely okay, not good. My 2015 Leaf gets 5.1 miles/kWh.
- bruce511 3y agoFirstly, this is a technology test bed, not a car that will be produced. Secondly, Morgans are all about the styling. And 30s styling is not aero-effecient. I think we can safely predict that when an electric Morgan does appear it will have poor effeciency. But that won't matter. No-one buys a Morgan for range effeciency.
- recursive 3y agoYou must have unusually efficient driving habits. https://www.cars.com/research/nissan-leaf-2015/ https://www.cars.com/research/nissan-leaf-2015/ It's got a factory 24 kwh battery for an official range of 84 miles. That's 3.5 mi/kwh. I don't doubt that you can hit 5.1, but it's not representative.
- throwaway167 3y agoI mainly drive downhill on the way to work. Then when finishing work, the earth has rotated a full 180°.
- margalabargala 3y agoCould be a combination of that and EV-specific tires that decrease resistance and increase range. What I've observed is that I get about 5.2-5.3 in the summer, and about 4.8 in the winter. When my wife drives it, she gets more like 4.9 in the summer, and 4.5 in the winter. So there's a difference in driving style, but my wife definitely doesn't try to drive particularly efficiently and still beats 3.5 by quite a bit.
- sokoloff 3y agoThat’s way better than my 2015 Leaf gets. I’m 4.1-4.3 miles/kWh in slow speed city use without climate control, and high 3s on mixed highway/use.