Winter Cold Battery Efficiency

Yeah, insignificant. Octane rating is a derived number that quantifies a given gasoline blend’s ability to be compressed in an air mixture without detonating; it doesn’t (normally) relate to the energy content of the fuel. /pedantic

 

I was wondering if both Fs and Rs don’t use occupancy sensors for the seat heaters.

 

I use seat warmers to keep pizza hot driving home. I turn it on as I leave for the pizza shop to pre warm. Then again on the way home. They run just fine empty or not. I've only had F models with heated seats butt I doubt the car they had was much different with that.

 

Tommy said it's one of the coldest days recorded in Colorado at -20F (windchill included), but the temperature gauge was -3F at 3 hours of idling in the SE.

Since both seats on the SE were set to the max, I'm sure they warmed the cabin and the air conditioner had to activate (auto climate). You can see the AC light on at 6:06.

 

Noted. I’ve never had the bum warmer on if it weren’t under my bum.

 

Someone told me the trick way back when I had my CR-V. Been using it ever since. Granted I love pizza and the best joints don't always deliver more than a couple miles out, so we pick up often!

 

I don't. I paid attention to the actual numbers on the dash. If it is warm enough for the heat pump I expect better results than this. I do know my car sucked up way more battery in the negative double digits (actual temp) because of having to use the heat. I'm curious to know level of energy used by seats and if it would help when super cold. We have a heatwave of 55F today so I will try the seat warmer to help once it drops a little more.

 

Yeah I hate having to be that guy every time I feel compelled to point that out. All the wind can do to inanimate objects is speed up their cooling to ambient. If the car is already cold-soaked as in this test, the wind has zero effect.

 

BRB calling the airport ATIS for weather conditions

 

Lol

 

All there seemed to be was a fire in the distance

 

Just glad the Mini assumes a realistic range vs dropping as you drive.


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I'm surprised you don't always have your battery % on display at the bottom of the instrument panel. That's what I look at when determining my available much range. In fact, because I have the Head-Up Display, the percentage the only thing I look at on the instrument panel. The Guess-O-Meter is for entertainment purposes only.

Edit: I also look at the instrument panel to confirm that my headlights are on.

 

Appreciate the idea. Might switch over to battery % and I turned my HUD off. Do you see a variance in the battery % vs the right hand side bar?

On another note, I truly enjoy this car. It’s just fun to drive.


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Went to Ontario (Cornwall)Left home 100% start of charge and the GOM was showing “143km” range. Drove to the church ruins in Williamstown ON, then continued to Cornwall. Went to LCBO, Dollar Tree etc.

Hit the 401 with 25% ish SOC and planned to stop at a DC fast charger at Esso Vaudreuil and for coffee. Ended up using one at the rest stop after the border as I was falling asleep and my wife wanted the restroom. 17% SOC 181km driven since leaving home. Charged for 20mins, netting almost 12kwh. Cost? 4.35$. So charging at home is the cheapest but having to charge on the road is still almost half the cost of gas.