Ok, the reason for lower wh/mi isn’t what you think it is.
I’ve been struggling to get my Windshield clean in this car for a while. I think I would tend to let it go to long in ICE vehicles because I could over power it with the defrost/heater. At little cost.
But a dirty windshield (inside) has a lot more tendency to fog up. I’ve been shutting off recirculate or running A/C to combat the windshield from fogging up.
I finally got it clean this weekend. Had to clean it 3 times inside and 3 times outside. And it’s still not as clean as I would like. I tried something new for me called invisible glass. And a boat load of microfiber clothes.
Now today was 28F and it would normally fog up after 10 minutes or so. But I set the heat as I did below, with recirculate ON. A/C OFF. Normally a recipe for fogging.
I also lowered heat on passenger side. But I also directed air on passenger side away so it would not blow at me.
This is the best wh/mi I’ve had at this temperature with heat on.
This is with AWD. Not to much highway and almost NO REGEN.
I can’t wait for summer. But this was pretty good. This was also a round trip (elevation change net 0)
Granted this in not a huge data point. But for this size trip with heat on, I’d usually be in the 300-330 range. Because A/C had to be on.
Now how low a temp can I go without A/C I’m not sure.
I’ve been struggling to get my Windshield clean in this car for a while. I think I would tend to let it go to long in ICE vehicles because I could over power it with the defrost/heater. At little cost.
But a dirty windshield (inside) has a lot more tendency to fog up. I’ve been shutting off recirculate or running A/C to combat the windshield from fogging up.
I finally got it clean this weekend. Had to clean it 3 times inside and 3 times outside. And it’s still not as clean as I would like. I tried something new for me called invisible glass. And a boat load of microfiber clothes.
Now today was 28F and it would normally fog up after 10 minutes or so. But I set the heat as I did below, with recirculate ON. A/C OFF. Normally a recipe for fogging.
I also lowered heat on passenger side. But I also directed air on passenger side away so it would not blow at me.
This is the best wh/mi I’ve had at this temperature with heat on.
This is with AWD. Not to much highway and almost NO REGEN.
I can’t wait for summer. But this was pretty good. This was also a round trip (elevation change net 0)
Granted this in not a huge data point. But for this size trip with heat on, I’d usually be in the 300-330 range. Because A/C had to be on.
Now how low a temp can I go without A/C I’m not sure.