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If time isnt an issue, I recommend the rural route. I do a lot of rural surface road driving and definitely get better energy efficiency on those roads with speed limits 40-55mph, despite the occasional stops, compared to highway driving at 55-60mph without stops. I mostly do a lot of urban...

Hope your dealership fixes the problem. Other than what I assume is torque steer- when accelerating hard into a turn, the car tends to hold its trajectory rather than righting its direction- I have appreciated sure responsive steering in my 1.5 years with the FFE. I would like a tighter turning...

How about using a shovel? Works for me! :)

The trip/charge log data is often spotty. Half my trips are missing braking and/or driving scores and all are missing average economy (Wh/mi). However, The "my driving" tab shows average energy use in a bar graph, and you can change the interval from month to week or individual trip so that...

My last car had an unpleasant organic smell from HVAC when summer kicked in. Ended up discovering big wads of decomposing leaf/maple seed matter near the hood hinges where there was an air intake. The smell was not unlike backed up roof gutters, though much less intense thank goodness. FFE...

At the risk of asking a dumb question, how do you know the scan gauge is accurate, specifically in its energy to empty figure? Have you driven your car full to empty, using the scan gauge to show how much energy was used, and comparing this to the energy use reported on the car's trip meter and...

Sefs, thanks but I understand how the range estimate works. I was just using its behavior as an indicator of when the heater was engaging. Yes, I could leave the climate control at the desired set temp and hopefully see that the heater turns itself off after a short period of time, and after...

Yes I was just about to start a thread with this topic when I see you beat me to it. I don't drive with the energy screen visible, but I came to the same conclusion observing the range estimate popping around wildly as climate control does its thing. Scenario: Today it was 70F and car was...

Pretty sure I've seen some small capacity losses posted between this forum and myfordmobile. The only one I remember for sure was Palo Alto Jim on the other site: measured 17.5 kWh capacity at 21000 miles. He said temp was 5-10C which is 40-50F, sounds cold for Palo Alto but anyway... That might...

Am I reading correctly that you unplug the charger from the wall while the J1772 handle is still in the car's charge port and charging? I'm pretty sure this would be why you are seeing the yellow wrench. I saw it maybe 4 times in my 1.5 years wih the FFE- twice around the time I experienced a...

I think I was right around 250 after a full year driving FFE in Chicago. As of now, my car's been through one mild winter, one mild summer and of course this crazy cold winter that doesn't seem quite ready to say goodbye, and it's showing 268 lifetime efficiency. For specifics on winter...

It will NOT cool the battery while parked but not plugged in. Your options are: -Plug in -Park in shade or even better in a garage -some folks have suggested remote starting your vehicle a few times during a hot day with your mfm app. Set cabin to off on your driver's display settings so you...

Please clarify: when you see 68 miles after hours of sitting on plug, is the battery gauge fully blue and does the energy screen on the center console say 100%? Are all quadrants of the charge ring solid blue? I think like jmueller is suggesting, your car is charging to full and the range...

I think the trip meter's energy numbers are measured, not calculated from state of charge the way you propose, for the following reasons: 1. Displayed SoC has been observed by me and others to not correlate linearly with displayed energy usage. With a full battery, SoC drops quickly compared to...

Thanks for your reply. I don't see it as having to "put in" more than 19kWh to store 19; rather having to generate more than 19 to store 19. The question is, is the meter data reflecting what's being generated or what's being stored? I would think it measures what's stored, where charging...

This is great to get this kind of info from you guys. Thanks and keep it coming! Question to Michael, how many miles do you have on your FFE? 18.9 is certainly close enough to our generally accepted 19.5 to not be worrisome but at the same time reflects a bit of capacity loss, no? I actually...

My door minder only chimes when car is on. And I think it chimes when the headlights are in the on position, rather than the auto. Maybe that's it?

I'm kind of with Gigi on this one. The thing that strikes me is why not just plan the train as your go-to solution if this is a trip you expect to regularly take? I realize you are in Southern California, where a driver's license is considered a birthright, but in much of the rest of the...

I've sort of "run the test" that would interest you and my results are in line with the AAA results: I leave my car plugged in overnight in an unheated detached garage, with a go-time preconditioning set for my morning departure. My morning drives have been at 20f or below pretty much from...

In Illinois, I can pay $101 per year for a standard plate, $195 to register then $114 per year for a vanity plate, or $18 a year for an Electric Vehicle plate. Big surprise, I chose the latter. Not against vanity plates necessarily, but it's never been my thing. Our EV plates are very plain...