GOM mystery solved

Absolutely. My first EV was an early 2012 Nissan Leaf. It was rated for 73 miles of range. With a full charge it would promise 100 miles. Then you drive 25 miles and it says you have 30 miles remaining!!! Then you drive another 25 miles and it would say you have 25 miles remaining. There was no logic in that GOM. It was as if Nissan was trying to induce range anxiety. If that was the goal, let me tell you, it worked!


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Stock wheel/tires are specifically designed for low rolling resistance and the gear reduction and motor windings are precisely matched for a certain circumference of wheel to achieve the maximum efficiency. The key is the circumference to be the same with alternate tires and the tread hardness. Snow tires have a softer tread and roll harder. Wider tires also create higher rolling resistance. With the higher relative weight of an EV you also have a higher wheel loading and rolling resistance compared to an ICV. So changing wheel packages is a complicated and very narrow option on EV's.

 

Yes we have the stock rims and tyres.
In our case the 16” Victory wheels.

To get under 100 miles of range I’d have to really drive it like I stole it, or be in sub zero temperatures (freezing temp resulted in an 18% drop in range in my tests iirc, but given I get close to about 125 miles+ at 70mph in perfect weather I’d still get just over 100 miles at 0degC (32F).
However as temps go even further below freezing and if I had sports tires vs efficiency tires on the car, and I didn’t precondition and I travelled every where at 8ph and nailed it off the lights in sport mode then sure I can see us going down to 80 miles or less.
But honestly, I struggle to get it below 130 miles here in Texas, even in summer with the AC going flat out…

 

How far is the typical distance and the longest distance between DCFC charging stations in the NT? I'm always impressed by Australian warning signs like this one for fossil-fueled vehicles:

 

I don't know if there are any of these still around in the western US, but I remember them being somewhat common far west of the Mississippi when I was younger (1970s). That was a time when we didn't have truck stops at every exit and you had to plan your road trip fueling stops beforehand. I think current-day EV road tripping is a throwback to the romance of that era, where the traveling portion of a trip was as important as the destination.

 

Aside from parts of Australia, Canada, and the US, are there any other areas where refueling (fossil fuel or recharging) opportunities are far apart? It's amusing that we look back at "the good old days" with enough nostalgia and selective recall to call that romance. [Of course, when we look at what we have wrought on climate, those days might really be "the good old days".]

 

These are the good old days: The MINI Cooper SE exists and the US hasn't yet blanketed the country with speedcams like South Korea has.