You could give car owners a learning aid like I have - two batteries. I run the smaller one till it conks out and switch over. At work I charge them both. Then next day, or some other day, I start with the larger one and drive it til it conks out and switch over. After learning roughly their potential mileage, I stop short of conking out and switch early.
I now start with the small one first and switch early - this winter I learned about how the cold changes things. Next winter I will start keeping them warm at night. Calling my wife to come get me is ample incentive for learning a successful routine (| :o)-\==< A similar deal for cars would be a quickly declining 10s of performance at 1/2 tank then give the performance back. and again at 1/4 tank. then 1/8 tank, and then the real performance drop. With a big flashing computer screen saying "I TOLD YOU SO!" On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:41 AM, tomw via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > I agree - as I wrote in a post in the "Peukert" thread. I also agree most > of > us quickly develop the ability to guesstimate our range better since we > take > into account the final destination and elevation changes on the way. The > car manufacturers could do similar by giving you the option of entering > your > destination, and using google maps or similar to determine elevation > changes > plus gps for current vehicle location for more accurate estimates. They > could do even better, by recording actual energy/mile used, taking pack sag > into account based on historical data for given grade and vehicle speed, > etc. I doubt most people would bother to enter their destination though > except on longer trips - but that is where it would be most useful > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Miles-Remaining-tp4669432p4669459.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) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140509/af96d54f/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
