Sirfun
Well-known member
- First Name
- Joe
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2019
- Threads
- 55
- Messages
- 2,389
- Reaction score
- 4,872
- Location
- Oxnard, California
- Vehicles
- Toyota Avalon, Chrysler Pacifica PHEV, Ford E-250
- Occupation
- Retired Sheet Metal Worker
After getting a vehicle with regen it seems ridiculous that all vehicles don't have it. I wish our Pacifica got more than 31 miles as an EV, but happy we have it. I will never forget our 25-mile drive in Death Valley from 5600ft to -280 below sea level. We started with 0% charge and ended up with 46% and didn't use any gas. That was fun to watch the gauges.I have owned a full size truck for only three months now and I am already hooked on the utility of this thing. From the first day, I expected bellow average efficiency and above average size to be the cost of that utility so I am adjusting. Today, I drove 140 miles. For the first half I cruised at 64 mph and got 2.7 mi/KWh. Then picked up a mattress, put it in bed with tailgate open and pushed up the racks above the roofline and it dropped to 1.9 mi/KWh. Pushed the racks back down and it went up to 2.1. Folded the mirror, it went to 2.2. I never gave a second thought to aerodynamics in an ICE. Now in my local drives, I stay off highways, pick a good podcast and leave 5 minutes early. I can get 3.2-3.4 mi/KWh in this giant box. I never thought I could have fun āminimizingā positive and negative acceleration. It is a different state of mind.
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