2007-12-12	31.43	0.498		63.11	"Cumulative stats for 6 charge cycles, Nov. 24 - Dec. 12. This is MPG (US) ""equivalent"" based on readings at the plug via kill-a-watt meter. Conversions used: - 3412 BTU per kWh - 114,500 BTU per gallon (US)"
2007-12-14	9.85	0.104		94.71	"Seems to confirm that driving further between charges makes for lower total drive/cycle energy use. 3.5 kWh."
2007-12-19	9.25	0.107		86.45	"More evidence that going further before charging = higher fuel economy. However, there were 5 days in this charge cycle (more days = lower fuel economy from battery self discharge @ 1-2% loss per day); recharge time was 16 hours on the 24v/10A (nominal) charger for 3.58 kWh"
2007-12-26	11.25	0.104		108.17	"First ""highway"" trip (most of it); all driving done in one shot, a day an a half after recharging. Despite the high power draws and lack of coasting, the higher avg. speed more than compensated. Most efficient charge cycle yet."
2008-01-15	8.39	0.078		107.56	"All sub/urban driving, and not all of it of the turtle acceleration variety. Several rather big 1st gear foot-to-the-floor hill climbs as well. Yet this is almost the best energy consumption for a drive/recharge cycle. Hmmm."
2008-01-28	10.79	0.093		116.02	"Best drive/charge cycle yet. 180 watt hour/km or 289 watt hours / mile. About 2/3 was fairly typical sub/urban use, 1/3 was ""highway"" use (non-stop)."
2008-01-29	8.79	0.115		76.43	"Charger didn't automatically shut off. I found one battery in the rear & one in the front where the charge voltage didn't come up enough to trip the finish timer. Need to swap out those two batteries."
2008-02-02	7.59	0.096		79.06	"Water level was too low in some batts. This was probably the reason the pack wasn't getting up to full charge to shut off the charger. Perhaps efficiency will also increase now that I've topped them all up."
2008-02-12	6.1	0.086		70.93	"So much for efficiency increase from topping up battery water - they seem to take longer to reach full charge now. This was one of the colder days of the year that I've used the car... -15C. Batteries = brrr."
2008-02-16	8.06	0.107		75.33	"3.59 kWh - Cold weather driving (-10C) kills the range; drained the pack low & crawled the last block in 1st gear to keep voltage above 5.25 on the return to the house."
2008-02-28	6.13	0.091		67.36	"3.05 kWh. Relatively cold temps (-5 to -10). Car felt particularly sluggish (took the boys snowboarding after school)."
2008-02-29	5.46	0.087		62.76	"2.92 kWh. Another cold day & ""early"" recharging = poor overall efficiency. Next day: drove 12.x km, had to feather in 1st gear for the last 2 km to keep the pack out of danger territory. Don't have energy data though because Ivan recharged it. Temps were around freezing. Looking forward to swapping packs again to see if there's a big difference between them."
2008-03-18	10.99	0.105		104.67	"3.51 kWh - first time using the new Delta-Q 48v charger. Charging time: 5.5 hours! Woohoo! Temps: 2C, ran to the waste xfer station & back, then downtown & back. Reasonably lucky traffic situations (preserving momentum at critical spots, DWB). But went too far - 1st gear crawl up last hill, had to DWL to keep it above 5.25v / batt."
2008-03-19	9.05	0.093		97.31	"3.12 kWh. Mostly ""highway"" (ie. non-stop) driving @ speeds in the 45-60 km/h range, 3rd & 4th gear. HWY 2 west, turned around just w. of Butternut Bay. Wet roads, 1 C. Charging time: 5.25 h."
2008-03-23	7.86	0.094		83.62	"3.16 kWh - temps around freezing, +1C, all sub/urban driving, last hill home was a 1st gear crawl, feathering to keep batt above 5.25v. This cycle was spread over 4 days (more self discharge)."
2008-03-24	7.92	0.075		105.6	"2.51 kWh, temps still around freezing, all sub/urban driving, didn't push it hard. And didn't draw it down nearly as far before recharging. Final hill (eastbound) I went up all the way up in 1st gear - around 5.3v with the pedal fully depressed (ie. didn't have to feather it)."
2008-03-26	9.59	0.097		98.87	"3.25 kWh, avg. temp +3C., all sub/urban driving, slower than avg. Last hill westbound had to feather it somewhat in 1st gear. Disappointed this one's not better - because warmer & slower."
2008-03-27	5.59	0.066		84.7	"2.23 kWh, avg. temp +3C., all sub/urban driving, didn't baby it - 5 km with 3 adults on board, went up Broad St hill."
2008-04-01	7.72	0.08		96.5	"2.69 kWh, avg. temp +10C., quite hard sub/urban driving (several 0-50 kph runs), top speed run on HWY 2 on new 300A controller."
2008-04-02	7.39	0.072		102.64	"2.41 kWh, avg. temp +3C, easy sub/urban driving."
2008-04-06	10.72	0.092		116.52	"3.1 kWh, 12C, easy driving + a run to Crappy Tire and back (busier roads = higher speeds & higher amp accel). Feathered up the last hill in 1st gear around 5.4v"
2008-04-08	9.19	0.083		110.72	"2.8 kWh, 5 hrs recharge, 15C, easy driving over 2 days. Last hill 1st gear holding 5.5v."
2008-04-09	8.26	0.076		108.68	"2.54 kWh, 15C, easy driving + one hard accel up to 50. Last hill 2nd gear floored holding 5.3+v."
2008-04-10	7.99	0.078		102.44	"2.63 kWh, 15C, under 5 hrs recharge, moderate driving + Last hill 2nd gear, no prob."
2008-04-11	6.66	0.081		82.22	"2.71 kWh, 10C, moderate driving + Last hill 2nd gear, no prob."
2008-05-06	5.19	0.052		99.81	"1.74 kWh, 8C, 'normal' driving style, weeding out weak batteries with the new LED bargraph."
2008-05-07	8.32	0.066		126.06	"2.2 kWh, 10C, another battery testing run, right off the charger, right back on again. Best efficiency so far!"
2008-05-07	17.64	0.144		122.5	"4.82 kWh, 15C, this is Ivan's driving & mine later, 2 opportunity charges before the full recharge."
2008-05-08	8.52	0.068		125.29	"2.28 kWh, 17C, normal (conservative) sub/urban, plus ""highway"" run of about 9 km."
2008-05-08	10.99	0.082		134.02	"2.75 kWh, 18C ambient, batt cases were warm to the touch from charging. Came up the west hill in 2st, foot on the floor @ 5.45v."
2008-05-08	12.92	0.091		141.98	"3.03 kWh, 14C ambient, but batt cases still warm to the touch from charging. Came up the west hill in 1st, foot on the floor above 5.25v, but below 5.45v - have swapped out 3 batts since 6 May, which is contributing to the increased efficiency."
2008-05-09	9.52	0.071		134.08	"2.37 kWh, 15C ambient, but batts warm."
2008-05-09	12.25	0.086		142.44	"2.9 kWh, includes 1 short opportunity charge."
2008-05-09	6.99	0.056		124.82	"1.89 kWh, 12C, sub/urban driving only"
2008-05-10	9.32	0.068		137.06	"2.29 kWh, 20C, same driving as previous."
2008-05-10	6.66	0.056		118.93	"1.87 kWh, 18C"
2008-06-08	9.99	0.097		102.99	"3.24 kWh - driving over several days, rear brakes sticking! But NEW wheel bearing installed up front since last data."
2008-06-09	11.65	0.085		137.06	"2.84 kWh - rear brakes unstuck, similar driving to last charge. 20C. Happy batteries. One of the top 4 most efficient charge/drive cycles so far."
2008-06-10	11.19	0.084		133.21	"2.81 kWh - hwy 2 run, testing batteries with the LED monitor."
2008-06-15	11.78	0.1		117.8	"3.36 kWh - normal around town driving over the course of 5 days"
2008-08-15	8.46	0.09		94	"3.3 kWh - swapped in the A pack, wasn't fully charged, thus the lousy eMPG"
2008-08-15	14.51	0.13		111.62	"4.37 kWh - ""hard"" non-stop high speed (50-60 km/h) driving @ between 100-150 amps; limped up the last hill feathering in 1st gear to keep weakest batt above 5.25v"
2008-08-16	14.58	0.099		147.27	"3.33 kWh - hard-core suburban hyperwatting (low amp <70A accel; DWB); same exact distance of previous run, but had lots of juice left on last hill - full throttle in 1st gear & no batts in danger of falling below 5.25v. (3rd from bottom LED)"
2008-08-16	16.71	0.113		147.88	"3.80 kWh - after swapping out two of the weakest batts for the 2 best batts from the B pack (which turned out to be the 2 strongest batteries period). Moderately hyperwatted. Lots of snot left at the last hill - went up in 2nd gear floored, with all batts > 5.25v."
2008-08-17	20.31	0.125		162.48	"4.21 kWh - swapped out #7 - 75% highway loop, aiming for < 70A target"
2008-08-17	19.04	0.122		156.07	"4.09 kWh - 75% higway run, < 70A. Lots of juice left at the end: still almost able to floor 2nd gear on last hill"
2008-08-24	6.39	0.078		81.92	"2.61 kWh - 100% city driving over 5 days."
2008-10-04	14.11	0.114		123.77	"3.82 kWh - 100% city driving over 2 days, with replacement battery added to the pack which wasn't equalized to the others."
2008-10-06	20.5	0.166		123.49	"5.56 kWh - over 2 days, with ~1 kWh opportunity charge in the middle; all sub/urban driving, several runs were not very economy oriented; drained too low - last hill foot down & batts barely above 5.75v."
2008-10-07	15.65	0.118		132.63	"4.18 kWh - over 2 days, all sub/urban, moderately efficient driving style; last hill was able to go up in 2nd gear, just above 5.25v"
2008-10-10	9.32	0.096		97.08	"3.21 kWh - over 3 days, all sub/urban, moderately efficient driving style; low eMPG owing to shorter distance before recharging - charging inefficiency spread over fewer km"
2008-10-11	12.85	0.111		115.77	"3.71 kWh - 2 days driving, incl more than a few extended 3rd & 4th gear high amp accelerations"
2008-10-13	7.26	0.08		90.75	"2.68 kWh - 3 days elapsed, ""short fill"" reveals the penalty of ""fixed"" charging losses applied to a small total distance traveled."
2008-10-17	13.38	0.11		121.64	"3.69 kWh - 1 day's use with old & 7 battery returned to the pack - much closer to #8 than the batt tried out since 4 Oct; backroad nonstop to license bureau."
2008-10-31	27.1	0.201		134.83	"6.75 kWh - ""new"" Hallowe'en battery pack installed: 1 day's use. Cold temps though (0 C), half ""highway"" (non stop) driving, half in-town errands."
2008-11-02	19.77	0.145		136.34	"4.85 kWh - note also: DC DC converter in use past 2 charge cycles; half city, half hwy - cold batts; Perth St hill etc."
2008-11-07	20.97	0.153		137.06	"5.14 kWh - note replaced batt #8 @ 7 km. Unusually ""hard"" driving (Perth St hill 2x, bad light timing, long high amp accels with following traffic)."
2009-04-11	14.31	0.136		105.22	"4.57 kWh - first full cycle of 2009 after sitting all winter - cool weather (around 5C), normal city driving."
2009-04-12	21.11	0.149		141.68	"5 kWh - one day's use, cool weather, normal city driving"
2009-04-15	19.64	0.152		129.21	"5.11 kWh - over 3 days, including .75 kWh top-up in middle of one day. Normal city driving"
2009-04-17	12.32	0.109		113.03	"3.66 kWh - over 2 days, normal city driving. Shows again that partial discharges & full recharges are less energy efficient than full discharge/recharge cycles."
2009-04-19	10.79	0.111		97.21	"3.74 kWh - 100% city driving, regular traffic, 3 days use"
2009-05-15	22.9	0.194		118.04	"6.5 kWh - driving in one day, car sat unused for over a full week, not driven since last charge"
2009-05-15	27.8	0.212		131.13	"7.1 kWh - one day's use 20 km, then top-up, 20 km return, then recharge. Mostly non-stop driving 45-55 km/h trying to limit to 70-100A"
2009-05-18	16.05	0.119		134.87	"4.01 kWh - two days' use; city driving; includes DC/DC converter usage."
2009-05-20	14.71	0.114		129.04	"3.8345 kWh - two days' use; city driving; includes DC/DC converter usage."
2009-06-01	15.65	0.124		126.21	"4.15 kWh - incl 0.82 kWh opportunity charge part way through - 3 days use, town driving, incl DCDC"
2009-06-04	20.31	0.135		150.44	"4.54 kWh - 3 days' use, town driving, incl DCDC, 50A target for accel/cruise when possible, higher gear selection than normal"
2009-06-06	12.92	0.113		114.34	"3.79 kWh - 2 days use, town driving, incl DCDC, took mom around for errands, in normal traffic busy times."
2009-06-08	14.78	0.1		147.8	"3.37 kWh - 2 days use, town driving, incl DCDC, in light traffic, 50A target, high gear selection; 3 hrs charging = final stage"
2009-06-14	15.25	0.128		119.14	"4.28 kWh - 5 days use, town driving + DCDC, 50A target, high gear"
2009-06-14	17.18	0.102		168.43	"3.43 kWh - 1 day test driving with Goodyear Invicta tires on + DCDC, 50A target, high gear (motor hot, but not remove hand hot)"
2009-06-16	15.11	0.102		148.14	"3.42 kWh - 1 day driving, 1/2 was more ""normal"" driving than previous feather-footed cycle (errands - harder accel/braking than previous cycle), 1/2 was coastdown testing, with hard accels, incl DCDC use."
2009-06-17	22.17	0.14		158.36	"4.69 kWh - 1 day driving: 2/3 on Invictas, 1/3 on snow tires, 2/3 of cycle = coastdown testing, DC/DC use"
2009-06-21	18.64	0.155		120.26	"5.21 kWh - 4 days' use, snow tires back on, 6/10ths ecodriving, 100% town, ~23 km, then partial charge, then 5 km, then finish charge."
2009-07-08	24.43	0.175		139.6	"5.88 kWh - 2 days' use, with opportunity charging in the middle, 100% town driving, 70A accel/cruise target, 7/10ths effort, DC/DC"
2009-11-03	12.32	0.145		84.97	"4.88 kWh - 5 days' use, 100% town driving, 6/10ths driving effort, tires were underinflated ~13 lbs"
2009-11-04	14.85	0.125		118.8	"4.19 kWh - 1 day's use, 80% highway run to Island Canvas, @ ~100A target, tires back up to 55 psi, coasts much better (but rides rough!)"
2009-11-17	7.86	0.09		87.33	"3.01 kWh - 1 day's use, after sitting 1.5 weeks not used. 100% town use"
2009-11-18	23.1	0.187		123.53	"6.28 kWh - 1 day's use, 75% highway run to Lyn village + in town use after, by end, had to more closely monitor batteries and restrict accelerator use to keep above 5.25v, but still easy to do 2nd gear up hill towards house in last trip"
2009-11-26	17	0.153		111.11	"5.12 kWh - 1 week's use, mostly sitting. Includes a ""hard"" run up to Toyota and back."
2009-12-13	6.39	0.083		76.99	"2.8 kWh - 1 day's use, 100% city drive, snowy roads, short charge cycle."
2009-12-19	10.85	0.115		94.35	"3.86 kWh - 2 days' use, 100% city driving, clear roads, grannying around town looking at lots"
2010-01-26	6.39	0.075		85.2	"2.52 kWh - 2 day's use over 3 days, 100% city driving, not remarkably gentle. Batteries watered before this cycle."
2010-03-01	9.99	0.139		71.87	"4.65 kWh - 3 day's use, 100% city driving, also got stuck in snow - had to back & forth a lot to get out, weather warming up"
2010-03-06	10.92	0.148		73.78	"4.96 kWh incl. opportunity charge - several day's use, 100% city driving weather warming up"
2010-03-07	10.05	0.108		93.06	"3.61 kWh - 1 day's use, 100% city driving, incl in regular traffic (church & back)"
2010-03-31	14.45	0.136		106.25	"4.55 kWh - 100% city driving, incl in regular traffic"
2010-04-05	13.65	0.136		100.37	"4.57 kWh - 100% city driving, in regular traffic, opportunity charge, 5 days use"
2010-04-10	8.86	0.095		93.26	"3.19 kWh, 2 days use, normal driving"
2010-05-22	17.64	0.158		111.65	"5.31 kWh - city driving, little bit of opportunity charging, 3 days use"
2010-05-23	45.34	0.308		147.21	"10.32 kWh - highway trip (Rockport breakfast club) with opportunity charging at Sandy's both ways & Rockport."
2010-10-12	5.93	0.087		68.16	"2.93 kWh - local driving split between, Ivan, Darin and test drive by Peter. No ammeter hooked up (not feather footing)."
2010-10-14	15.45	0.152		101.64	"5.11 kWh - 2 days driving; 1/3 of distance towing trailer/boat haulout; the rest moderately efficient efforts, restricted from doing long coastdowns by regular traffic."
2010-10-19	15.05	0.15		100.33	"5.02 kWh - 2 days use, driving slow & accelerating slowly"
2010-11-02	7.86	0.088		89.32	"2.94 kWh"
2010-11-05	19.77	0.185		106.86	"6.21 kWh - out to Halleck's Rd W & back. Babying the pack at the end. Partial charge on return; finished charging at night."
2011-08-29	9.72	0.119		81.68	"4.01 kWh - 3 days use, running around town, up to Atlas Block"
2011-09-07	12.52	0.154		81.3	"5.17 kWh - 1 day's use, after several days sitting since recharging, and adding ~8L of water to batts."
2011-09-10	22.57	0.183		123.33	"6.14 kWh - 1 day's use (running to/from Larry's with tools to prep Swift GT for towing out), 2 opportunity charges"
2011-09-11	4.59	0.064		71.72	"2.14 kWh - 1 day's use - towing boat to river, stowing trailer, proving once again that short distances between recharging is less efficient"
2011-09-14	8.52	0.083		102.65	"2.77 kWh - 1 day's use - trailer pickup lumber @ Marks' Pearl neighbour; to shack, to bank"
2011-09-19	7.79	0.091		85.6	"3.04 kWh - 2 day's use around town"
2011-09-21	12.65	0.117		108.12	"3.93 kWh - 1 day's use around town, half with RE92's and GT wheels installed"
2011-09-22	9.05	0.076		119.08	"2.55 kWh - 1 day's use around town. First full drive/charge cycle with RE92's and GT wheels installed"
2011-09-27	10.79	0.091		118.57	"3.05 kWh - 1 day's use"
2011-10-01	9.79	0.099		98.89	"3.33 kWh - 1 day's use after 2 days parked; not hypermiling (need regen!) - TSC to CTC to home; Dragon to BYC to mansion to home."
2011-10-05	6.39	0.072		88.75	"2.43 kWh - 2 day's use normal ecodriving"
2011-10-09	15.18	0.131		115.88	"4.42 kWh - 1 day's use, mostly testing RR of the Suzukiclone fleet's tires"
2011-10-10	16.91	0.13		130.08	"4.37 kWh - 1 day's use, including testing RR of RE92's at various pressures"
2011-11-11	10.99	0.107		102.71	"Multiple trips to & from shack to coat driveway. Noticed tire pressure was down to ~40 near the end of this driving - bumped back up to ~50."
2011-11-15	10.18	0.093		109.46	"3.13 kWh - 1 day's use after sitting several days"
2011-11-18	11.72	0.121		96.86	""
2011-11-20	11.32	0.101		112.08	"3.13 kWh - 1 day's use after sitting several days: shack work (porch level); CTC sawzall; patio stone inquiry"
2011-12-04	9.12	0.089		102.47	"3.23 kWh - 1 day's use after sitting many days: underbody car wash; hwy 2 dry-off drive"
2011-12-14	8.39	0.085		98.71	"2.86 kWh - 1 day's use - back and forth to shack 2x, trailer to mansion etc. Last charge of this year."
2012-04-29	15.58	0.125		124.64	"4.21 kWh - 2 days use errands & pack testing, around town, moderate attempt to be efficient. This distance is close to the limit of useful range. Need to look at installing the replacement pack."
2012-04-30	16.91	0.128		132.11	"4.33 kWh - 1 days use around town, includes ~1 hr opportunity charge."
2012-05-05	21.24	0.16		132.75	"5.38 kWh - 1 days use after 1 day sitting - working on boat motor - 2 trips Fulford Acad., yacht club, Doug's place, incl 2 opportunity charges 1hr & 45 min"
2012-05-06	9.25	0.084		110.12	"2.83 kWh - 1 days use working on boat motor - 2 trips BYC, beer store, shack"
2012-05-08	13.12	0.11		119.27	"3.71 kWh - 1 day's use running around working on boat again, not the most efficient driving."
2012-05-10	15.11	0.124		121.85	"4.19 kWh - 1 day's use working on boat again, plus 1 trailer load to yard"
2012-05-11	9.85	0.085		115.88	"2.88 kWh - forgot to write details"
2012-05-18	8.72	0.072		121.11	"2.42 kWh - 1 day's use - Xof1 support"
2012-05-20	11.32	0.102		110.98	"3.43 kWh - 1 day's use around town normal driving"
2012-06-18	13.38	0.12		111.5	"4.05 kWh - 1 days' use: 2 brush/trailer runs & around town"
2012-06-23	14.65	0.138		106.16	"no comments recorded"
2012-06-29	6.26	0.091		68.79	"short drive/charge cycle = horrible efficiency"
2012-06-30	6.39	0.073		87.53	"short drive/charge cycle = horrible efficiency"
2012-07-04	14.18	0.116		122.24	"3 days' use, conservative driving around town, no towing"
2012-07-12	15.25	0.122		125	"3 days' use, conservative driving around town"
2012-07-29	15.11	0.111		136.13	"1 day's use: hwy 2 trip to the parkway to cycle to Sandy's. ~45-55 km/h cruise (slower up hills). Had to nurse it slightly by the end of the return leg."
2012-08-03	11.79	0.132		89.32	"didn't take use notes - not sure what happened here"
2012-08-07	6.66	0.073		91.23	"didn't take use notes - not sure what happened here"
2012-08-08	32.03	0.224		142.99	"1 day's use with multiple top-up charges: 2 trips to Gravel Doctor, 1 to Home Depot"
2012-08-23	26.72	0.205		130.34	"3 days' use, incl 4 trips to Garden World (hwy 29), moderate driving; noticed RF tire was 20 lbs before this drive cycle"
2012-08-27	7.77	0.095		81.79	"didn't take use notes - not sure what happened here"
2012-09-04	16.78	0.14		119.86	"to shack & back, then to Parkway for bike trip to Jones Creek; pack not worn completely out @ end of trip"
2012-10-20	12.38	0.143		86.57	"3 days' use: to BYC & back, pick up about 1/3 yard of gravel for shack; to mansion & back"
2012-10-30	8.92	0.115		77.57	"2 days' use: trailer load of brush to city yard; trailer to shack for disassembly & back to mansion."