28 mile range. Is this electric car fully charged?
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I've got to do a 50-mile round trip for work tomorrow, and for short journeys we are encouraged to use the firm's newly-acquired, fully-electric Nissan. Just to clarify it's not a hybrid, it runs on 100% electric.
In the past I've avoided using it by grabbing the keys to one of the vans instead, but there will be none available in the morning so it looks like I'm going to be lumbered with it.
The car has been plugged in all day and from what I can tell it is fully charged. However, it is showing a range of just 28 miles. Surely this can't be right!? Am I misreading the digital dash in some way?
In the past I've avoided using it by grabbing the keys to one of the vans instead, but there will be none available in the morning so it looks like I'm going to be lumbered with it.
The car has been plugged in all day and from what I can tell it is fully charged. However, it is showing a range of just 28 miles. Surely this can't be right!? Am I misreading the digital dash in some way?
Edited by chris.mod on Tuesday 26th January 09:19
sunbeam alpine said:
My best guess, based on the pic you've posted, is that the car isn't fully charged as there appear to be 2 bars missing at the top. Can you plug it in overnight and charge it at the other end?
It was plugged in for ten hours today! I've got to drive about 25 miles out tomorrow morning and then I'm coming back in the afternoon. I think I'll just take my 23-year-old Pug instead and claim back the mileage! They don't want us using our own cars anymore, but I don't have much else in the way of choice.
sunbeam alpine said:
My best guess, based on the pic you've posted, is that the car isn't fully charged as there appear to be 2 bars missing at the top. Can you plug it in overnight and charge it at the other end?
I'd agree with this. And if its been driven really hard even over a shortish distance, the computer will have calculated a poor range figure which should recover a bit once driven normally.
Lincsls1 said:
sunbeam alpine said:
My best guess, based on the pic you've posted, is that the car isn't fully charged as there appear to be 2 bars missing at the top. Can you plug it in overnight and charge it at the other end?
I'd agree with this. And if its been driven really hard even over a shortish distance, the computer will have calculated a poor range figure which should recover a bit once driven normally.
It's almost fully charged at 11/12 bars. The outer bars show the state of condition of the battery. They will never go back to 12/12 bars again unless a new battery is installed.
Range is poor. Must have been driven very uneconomically before.
Should give around 50 miles on full charge even in this weather
Range is poor. Must have been driven very uneconomically before.
Should give around 50 miles on full charge even in this weather
I hope the firm didn't pay much for it!
It's got a "knackered" battery. Lost three bars, which represents getting on for 40% of it's original capacity. Plus is it's not fully charged as shown - still got another bar to go to be fully charged.
I sold my Leaf a few months ago and it had done 55,000 miles since 2016, and still had all 12 bars (although was close to losing the first).
Think this one has had a seriously uphill paper round.
It's got a "knackered" battery. Lost three bars, which represents getting on for 40% of it's original capacity. Plus is it's not fully charged as shown - still got another bar to go to be fully charged.
I sold my Leaf a few months ago and it had done 55,000 miles since 2016, and still had all 12 bars (although was close to losing the first).
Think this one has had a seriously uphill paper round.
If you look at the number of segments on the right side of the display there are 9 out of the 12 there should be. Nissan guarantee replacement or repair if it degrades below 9 bars but this car will be unused or and likely to shut down well before the range gets to zero leaving you stranded, I wouldn’t drive it more than 20 miles
My 12 plate 9 bar Leaf has done 86K. i've not seen estimated range as low as that but i think it has been in the high 30s. Which is real range of mid 20s.
It still charges to 12 bars and the range does jump quite a bit with the last bar, and I think I have still occasionally seen estimated range of 60 miles plus.
If the last bit of driving was unsympathetic then that will bring the estimate down.
It still charges to 12 bars and the range does jump quite a bit with the last bar, and I think I have still occasionally seen estimated range of 60 miles plus.
If the last bit of driving was unsympathetic then that will bring the estimate down.
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