Well now that we've thoroughly examined the negative side, lets look at the positive. The program was "forced" from above, but the drivers all volunteered. It was their decision, so they have some emotional investment and will try to make it work to show they were not foolish for accepting the challenge as some coworkers surely think.
The drivers seem to have been informed of the performance of the Leaf. If so, they likely volunteered because they thought it would work for them - like the guy that said he needs a break anyway. They are likely the more flexible drivers who like to try new things. My car has a 3 phase AC motor with regen, and I find that I get much better mileage in stop and go city driving than highway driving, so I suspect they will easily get 80 mile range, maybe more, even if they stomp on the accelerator. I am generally one of the faster cars off the line, and can easily get 80 miles range in city driving. I use around 185Wh/mile in city driving, so should have about 89 miles range at 80% DoD of my 20.76kWh pack. If they use 200Wh/mile, they can get 120 mile range with the 24kWh available from the 27kWh pack of the 2013 Leaf ( a friend who owns a 2013 Leaf says that is the pack size, with Nissan "reserving" 3kWh and electronically permitting use of 24kWh). With the 6.6kW charger they can add roughly 30 miles per hour charge, so a 1/2 hour break adds around 15 miles. I agree that it would have been much better to wait until level 3 chargers were strategically deployed before starting the program, but maybe they feel the volunteers have a good enough fit to make it work well for them, giving some initial success, and don't plan to expand the program until more level 3 chargers are in place. -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Electric-NYC-Gabby-Cabbies-Need-Level-3-Access-videos-tp4662605p4662633.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
