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The leaf does not like going 75mph.
It burns electricity at a rate of about 22 to 24kw.
But when I slow it down to about 60mph I'm a lot closer to 10kw.
As your speed doubles you are doing 4x as much work twice as fast.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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