We have warm temps. Best I see is 44 estimated miles. Mine has always been lower than folks in the forums. I live on a hill (about 800ft above the valley floor) is the only thing I can think of. Back when I thought my battery was damaged, i paid my dealer for the printout of the traction battery amp hours. I have it at home but I want to say it was 53.2 instead of the ideal 55. Still, don't think my car is broken and works fine, but I'll never see high estimated ev range. Just not going to happen in my case.
And yes, I know and do all the good things (climate control is off, and not needed this time of year) I run in econ mode, average about 20-40 mph, no freeway driving, no jack-rabbit starts etc. Anyway, just not happening in my car (and really never did). One of the best readings I've seen in 47 which happened right after I bought the car with hot summer temps. I think I saw 48 once and maybe 51 once in the summer. But that was last year. I'll see if I get anything better this summer. It isn't hot here (western Oregon) yet, but nice spring weather so far.
PS: I post this for the potential benefit of others who may also see low estimated EV range. i.e. you're not alone. BTW, if the person with 70+ wants to swap cars with me, I'd like that.
So, after driving for the first four months in EV mode, I tried Sport mode once and I was hooked. I just LOVED the feeling of instant torque when I touched the accelerator. Then, after discussions on this forum, where people talked about ECON mode and the benefit of slowly ramping up speed, I switched back to EV. Two days ago, I tried Sport again and was hooked again.
As I said, I have seen better range in Sport with with 4 chevrons and trying to avoid all use of the brake pedal.
The two unique advantages of ECON mode are the accelerator-pedal detent and the moderation of the climate control system. If you don't use the climate control system and you can control your ankle to prevent ICE activation, SPORT Mode can be as economical as ECON Mode. The unique regen-retention feature of SPORT Mode is an advantage over ECON Mode. However, I keep warning people that SPORT Mode is the gateway mode to smoking and drinking but nobody believes me.
If you are driving anywhere near ICE activation you won't get a high range number anyway. But as far as smoking and drinking maybe some of us want to!
Same here - 55-60 majority of the time - past 5 months.
I would think the hill has an effect. Do you usually leave the house with 100% charge? Regen is very limited above 90-95% SOC (as indicated by the Honda link app).
That seems to be one of the drawbacks of using ACC on the Clarity, it goes overboard with regen with very little coasting, it seems to be fighting too hard to exactly maintain the set speed, or maintain an exact to the foot distance between the car in front of you. Even if I have it set to maximum distance which gives you more breathing room, it still fights to maintain that exact distance. In most of these situations coasting would be adequate, but instead it uses regen almost exclusively.
