Brooks Rogers
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Roger that.
Heard somewhere along the line that areas of consistent high humidity create enough drag to effect mileage.
Humid air is actually less dense than dry air.
In the same vein as airplane takeoff performance data, the four Hs are bad for flying: hot, high, humid, and heavy. The first three are good for cars' mileage.
I think you and I should compare a ton of notes. I'm in a very moderate climate, never too hot, never too cold. We'll have our cars around the same time!I should be in good shape in hot and humid SC, then. I look forward to doing some range tests one day!
I think you and I should compare a ton of notes. I'm in a very moderate climate, never too hot, never too cold. We'll have our cars around the same time!
You really need to know what the starting and ending battery percentages were. Remember to never trust, or even look at the GOM. For example, you traveled 59 miles and dropped 42 miles of range meaning that the 63 should be at least 88. On top of this, when the GOM reads 0 (or low single digits), you can eek out almost 20 miles more. If the car started with the usual 110 miles indicated on the GOM and you got it with only 63 miles left, and the economy was consistent throughout the charge, then the total range would be something like:Another range data point from a dealer test drive.
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59 miles driven with 63 to 21 miles on GOM.
140ish range?