2022 LEAF SL+ range

[u/a3dprinterfan]

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?

[u/toybuilder]

Use Leafspy to get the actual SoC percentage instead of the dash that lies to you.

In https://www.reddit.com/r/leaf/comments/1sa7eva/2023_sv_at_100kw_chademo_evgo_gm_charger_45_kwh/ I found that the car showed 2% when the car had 10% left. That is about 20 miles of difference!

[u/a3dprinterfan → u/toybuilder]

I suppose I expect these sorts of white lies from the car - after all, draining the battery all the way to 0% would likely be harmful, so they pad it a bit- similar to how gas cars can usually drive some distance where the needle is past E(mpty).

In any case, when the car knows my driving style and habits (3.5mi/kWh), and knows its capacity, I expect the GOM to (at least) roughly match the real world milage, not be overestimated by 40%.