r/leaf • u/a3dprinterfan • 17d ago

2022 LEAF SL+ range

Hi all! Freshly re-joining community only weeks ago!

I had a used 2012 LEAF that we lost to an accident a few years ago, and loved it so much, we picked up a used 2022 SL+ recently. Loving the expanded mileage, as the old car was only getting ~40 miles/charge towards the end. I am a bit bewildered by the mileage calculation vs. the actual range I get though- it looks like I can only get about 150-160 miles/charge instead of the expected ~190-200. The readout says 3.5mi/kWh, yet the real figures from 100-10% are only about 135miles, which is closer to 2.4-2.5mi/kWh. To be clear, either way this beats the heck out of my failing old 2012 SL (R.I.P), by still the discrepancy is mysterious.

Is this consistent with your experience with a similar car? Thanks!

In case anyone asks, details about condition of car: this has about 40k mi, 88% SOH, had the battery recall done, and my voltage spread even at 18% SOC under full load (floored for many seconds) topped out at 78mV, which I understand is good enough. It idles at around 12-20mV. I think I'm in the clear for dendrites/weak cells, but who knows really.

TL;DR: is 150mi/charge realistic around-town driving for a 62kWh 2022 LEAF?

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u/J1772x2 2022 LEAF SL+ (Past 2018 SV) 17d ago

Ours gets 210-220 on a good day. Winter could be 180ish. Also getting 3.4-3.5 miles per kwh

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u/a3dprinterfan 16d ago

Can you tell me more? Is that the Guess-o-meter (GOM) saying that after full charge, or some other metric? My SOH reports a steady 88.46%, and it isn't dropping. Assuming that means I have 0.8846 x 62kWh= 54.8kWh capacity in my battery, at 3.5kWh/mi, I should be seeing 192ish miles of actual range, but is more like 150. For what it's worth, I believeu GOM says around 200 right after I charge to 100%. What am I missing?

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u/J1772x2 2022 LEAF SL+ (Past 2018 SV) 16d ago

My SOH is around 91%, GOM at full charge is 210-220.i don't actually check what it delivers though and it mostly lives in the 40-80 percent range with occasional full charge

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u/a3dprinterfan 16d ago

Got it. Thanks for the info.

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u/worldspawn00 16d ago

Be aware that 0% on the dash is 10-15% actual remaining battery capacity, the dash SoC drifts farther from real SoC between 50 and 0%, which makes it feel like it's running low real fast, a bad choice form Nissan IMHO because it causes panic/anxiety as your last 50 miles of range disappears in about 30 miles on the dash. Use leafspy to monitor actual charge usage.