Trips that generate more electricity than they use possibly reducing range estimates

[ExCivilian]

I’m been monitoring my driving logs and I noticed that my efficiency was negative on trips where I regenerate more electricity than I used (driving down a hill from my house to the store, for example).

I’m curious if others are experiencing this. This might also explain why the GOM is underreporting and it could explain why the numbers never seem to increase regardless of how well someone drives after the efficiency drops

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[TaxmanHog]

I've experienced weird results like you see here, one cause is multiple RUN / STOP with or without foot on brake in quick succession, the counter gets screwed up.

 

[ExCivilian]

I've experienced weird results like you see here, one cause is multiple RUN / STOP with or without foot on brake in quick succession, the counter gets screwed up.

Yeah, I agree that’s (or something similar) what’s causing the issue. The concern I’m raising is I think when this happens it’s averaging into the overall stats and penalizing drivers for ending the drive with more juice than they started with.

for example, let’s say we’re expecting 2.3 efficiency and we drive really easy on the throttle and wind up with 4.0 mi/kWh. Then we drive briskly for the same distance and end up with 2.0. That should give us an estimate of 3.0 average. Instead, that first trip is calculating as -1.0 (for example) and the average is 1.0 mi/kWh and that seems to be why no matter how easy someone drives they’re only seeing 180 mile range at 100% on their ERs.

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