Now that we have been living with electric cars for some time, we are beginning to see what the ideal conditions for use. They have more autonomy in summer and in urban environments, since it has been shown that two of their main enemies are low temperatures and high speeds. Many have probably wondered how long would your battery last going at maximum speed, which is usually limited in this type of vehicle. Well, now a curious test has been done with one of the best-selling electrics.
We talk about a nissan leaf of the first generation, the one that went on the market in 2011. We currently have a new copy that already reaches 395 kilometers of autonomy in its e+ version with a larger battery, but before things were not like that. The first Leaf had a electric autonomy of 160 kilometers, a figure that seems very fair today, but was not bad at all a decade ago. Now a Leaf with ten years of age and 115,000 kilometers on the scoreboard is being evaluated.
It is owned by Rory Reid, the well-known ex-Top Gear presenter, who has collaborated with autotrader to do this circuit test. The goal is to see what your autonomy at maximum speed, which in the case of the first generation Leaf is limited to 140 km/h. It is estimated that with the passage of time and wear and tear, it could complete 106 kilometers on one charge, already far from what was approved at the time. With slightly less load and a temperature of -3 ºCIt does not look good for the electric compact.
They begin the test on the oval circuit with a range of 67 kilometers according to the marker and they go up to a maximum of 159 km/h, more than it claimed to reach the Leaf. The range begins to drop rapidly and having traveled 8 kilometers the marker tells them that they only have a battery for one more. However, like the reserve of combustion cars, the electric some energy has been saved just in case.
Despite having various systems that use electricity on, the Nissan Leaf continues to advance at 150 km/h. To the 32.6 kilometers gives them a message of “limited engine power” and slows down to finally stop at 34.7 kilometers. A test to see more out of curiosity than anything else, since no one will make a similar use of their electric. However, it shows us the problems of these models in applications such as endurance competition.
Source: Auto Trader
