sgt1372
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The following has happened to me a couple of times now and I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience.
There is a stretch of road from Concord to Antioch on Hwy 4 that rises steeply from where Hwy 242 merges w/Hwy 4 up to the top of a hill at Willow Pass Road which declines slightly towards Bay Point in a short section and then flattens out all the way out to the 2nd Lone Tree exit in Antioch. Total distance from the top of the hill to the 2nd Lone Tree exit is about 16 miles.
On a couple of occasions, after topping the hill, I've increased my speed to 93mph to pass other cars on the short down slope and then backed off to 80-85 (my normal driving speed) for the remaining distance in the long flat section. BTW, I always drive in L; whether on the streets or the freeway
When I back off the accelerator, the battery condition bar on the left side of the screen turns green an STAYS green for the entire 16 miles from Bay Point to the 2nd Lone Tree exit and my estimated mileage figure only drops 1-2 miles at the end of the 16 mile stretch, which I think means that I gained about 14-15 miles of estimated range, even though I still had to use about 10-20kwh to maintain my speed at 80-85.
Average m/kwh also INCREASED from 3.1 to 3.3 and my total estimated range from the start (when the car was fully charged) to the end to the trip went up from about 190 to 198 (148 remaining after 50 miles traveled).
Normally, my total estimated range would drop to around 180 (130 remaining after 50 miles traveled) from 190 after such a trip. This would occur when I do NOT speed up to 93 on the down slope to pass anyone and just maintain a constant 80-85 throughout.
The next time I drive this stretch of road and do the same thing, I'm going to try to pay closer attention to the speed, distance and mileage readings. In the meantime, has this kind of thing happened to anyone else and can anyone explain why this might be happening?
Could speeding up to 93 (topping out at the limiter) on the down slope cause some kind of long lasting regen effect? Just wondering . . .
There is a stretch of road from Concord to Antioch on Hwy 4 that rises steeply from where Hwy 242 merges w/Hwy 4 up to the top of a hill at Willow Pass Road which declines slightly towards Bay Point in a short section and then flattens out all the way out to the 2nd Lone Tree exit in Antioch. Total distance from the top of the hill to the 2nd Lone Tree exit is about 16 miles.
On a couple of occasions, after topping the hill, I've increased my speed to 93mph to pass other cars on the short down slope and then backed off to 80-85 (my normal driving speed) for the remaining distance in the long flat section. BTW, I always drive in L; whether on the streets or the freeway
When I back off the accelerator, the battery condition bar on the left side of the screen turns green an STAYS green for the entire 16 miles from Bay Point to the 2nd Lone Tree exit and my estimated mileage figure only drops 1-2 miles at the end of the 16 mile stretch, which I think means that I gained about 14-15 miles of estimated range, even though I still had to use about 10-20kwh to maintain my speed at 80-85.
Average m/kwh also INCREASED from 3.1 to 3.3 and my total estimated range from the start (when the car was fully charged) to the end to the trip went up from about 190 to 198 (148 remaining after 50 miles traveled).
Normally, my total estimated range would drop to around 180 (130 remaining after 50 miles traveled) from 190 after such a trip. This would occur when I do NOT speed up to 93 on the down slope to pass anyone and just maintain a constant 80-85 throughout.
The next time I drive this stretch of road and do the same thing, I'm going to try to pay closer attention to the speed, distance and mileage readings. In the meantime, has this kind of thing happened to anyone else and can anyone explain why this might be happening?
Could speeding up to 93 (topping out at the limiter) on the down slope cause some kind of long lasting regen effect? Just wondering . . .
