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2.6 M/Kwh not possible?

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mi/kWh depends on driving habits, external ambient temperature, internal energy usage (AC/Heater), speed, wind, elevation gain/loss, regenerative breaking. Highway is a killer.

I drive short distance city driving 200+mi/wk and average 2.5-3.8 mi/kWh at 70-90 degrees in central VA. My last trip was 3.1mi/kWh on a 14 mile drive and before that 3.8mi/kWh on a 10.5mi drive. Most of the time it's around 2.7-3.1mi/kWh city driving going between 30-55mph. It's going to depend on where you live. If you're in the south, is your cabin temperature set very low so AC is running? Are you driving up/down hills frequently in your drive? How fast are you driving and are you using regenerative breaking? There are so many factors that affect mi/kWh
But you still can’t hit 2.6. It’s like Harvey the rabbit for those old enough to get the reference.
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Does anyone who lives in Florida get anything better than 2.2??? I think my average for the last 1600 miles or so is 2.1. I don’t do a ton of highway driving.
I do! I live in South Florida and here in the winter on city trips I am getting 2.6 to 2.8. Highway at 85 mph, 1.8 to 2.0. If I use my AC alot in the summer or idle alot, it can drop to 1.8.
 

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But you still can’t hit 2.6. It’s like Harvey the rabbit for those old enough to get the reference.
sorry was meant for richguy82 who asked about mi/kwh in Florida. I've never seen 2.6 on my dash.
 

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I’ve been driving my Lightning for about 18 months now, and one thing that I have noticed on my daily trip is that I never can achieve 2.6M/KWh. I can do 2.5, I can do 2.7, but the truck will never show 2.6. Why?

Antone else notice this?
Not hitting 2.6 may be a function of the calculator the truck uses - maybe it prefers to round off to odd numbers?

I'll have to keep an eye on that and see if it happens in mine.
 

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That’s “odd”
 
 







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