So first this is my table of recent trips, which shows 3 short local trips to buy a morning paper. Quicker trip home today so only 3.0, compared with the average 3.6 or 4.1 on Sunday, which was very sedate, but cold!
You can see these longer trips are achieving 3.9 or better. The exception is my trip to Bath (for an eye test) which was a much quicker run both ways. And I got a Driving Score of 999 coming home, which is a joke. Outgoing I reached a Max of 82 overtaking (didn't want to follow a diesel van). So not always driving like a Saint.
On my outward trip to Bruton today, I arrived with 6.6m/kWh but this is downhill. Going on to Shepton Mallet Tesco to charge we were at 4.6, and then coming home, the economy dropped overall to 4.1 - but that was in part a spell chasing a large Merc 4x4 for awhile, who was clearly “in a hurry” to get somewhere!
One other factor that may be helping my overall economy, is my habit of free top up charging at Tesco. That would apply to Shaftesbury & Shepton journeys, but not Frome or Bath. That must be keeping the battery juices nicely fired up.
And I couldn't resist adding the App shot that shows Temp inside my car as 22°C this is never right, although it did show 15°C until I refreshed it !
Hope this is of interest to some. I'm not using much heating, sometimes the wheel & seat, on early trips, so drain from ancillaries is minimal.
Another thought added today. Going down to Post Office today, I achieved 6.0m/kWh max en route and arrived with 5.0. Round trip AVG 3.7 which was good, given ambient temp was 0-1°C see below. So I wonder whether my “downhill” leg in One Pedal mode, with Max 3 chevrons helps to “warm up” my battery, and hence gives me excellent economy over such a short run, in cold conditions. No heating, just wheel warmed for a bit. I was dressed for the cold, and only a short trip.
