Alcalira
Active member
One of our Spark EVs has a range of about 65 miles. The other one is more like 85 miles. Why? We're both pretty easy drivers. See the shots of their energy histories below.
Here is another idea. Fully charge both vehicles and reset the trip meter. Drive until 50% is remaining. Make note of the miles per kWh for each car. Swap cars and repeat the charge and drive. Note: your 21015 may perform slightly better depending on how many miles are on it. New tires need a break-in period.Alcalira said:I like the swap idea. I'll give it a try.
oregonsparky said:The largest variable effecting fuel mileage is the driver....
jeff
didget69 said:oregonsparky said:The largest variable effecting fuel mileage is the driver....
jeff
...well, that and Planetary alignment between Earth and Saturn.
bnc
....unless you turn on the heater. The full-charge range of my 2014 Spark EV 2 LT has been averaging 105 miles. Yesterday it was cool enough to retest the effect the heater would have if I used the AUTO feature of the heating / AC system. Prior to starting the test, I had already driven the car 25 miles and my average battery usage was 5.9 mi/kWh. I set the temperature to AUTO and adjusted the temperature to 74 deg. F and let the car figure out what was best. After a 40 mile trip, my average mi / kWh battery usage had dropped from 5.9 to 4.8. Since the heater was not on for 25 of the 65 miles, my 40 mile mi/kWh trip average was somewhat lower. I expected this as last winter, when temperatures were in the low 30s and the car had not been pre-heated, I saw the mi/kWh initially drop below 3 and then recover to about 4 to 4.3.oregonsparky said:The largest variable effecting fuel mileage is the driver....
jeff
Well, Alcalira has not reported back and I fear the worse....NORTON said:...Ah, here it is! Swap cars for a few days!! I'll bet the GOM ranges swap places....
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