I did it! Drove it till it wouldn't go any more!

[jlassen]

Pushed it to its limits. Died 40 feet from my driveway. When that turtle started blinking, and I was at zero percent for 1 mile plus, I knew it was going to be close.

Was able to run an extension cord from garage 110 outlet to the street, and get enough of a charge over a half hour or so to get it into the garage. But that was a stressful ride down the freeway with Mr. Blinking turtle.

Never tell a coworker... "sure, I can give you a ride home. it should be fine..." when you don't have enough charge. Just not worth it.

[fox]

^lol

[KellyfromVA]

Pushed it to its limits. Died 40 feet from my driveway. When that turtle started blinking, and I was at zero percent for 1 mile plus, I knew it was going to be close.

Just curious: How many miles and what sort of driving conditions before it finally gave up the ghost? I know you mentioned freeway, but what speed were you averaging and what was the terrain like?

[huauqui]

So glad you got that close. I agree with KellyfromVA we need more details. I wish I lived where I could have/use an E, I am just to far from everywhere for one.

[rnddude]

Been there, done that, and on more than one occasion. Compulsive risk taker......

[jlassen]

I was at 1%. Went 4.1 miles, in heavy rain, cold out (but heater was off). Freeway for about 3.8 miles. 40MPH... I kept my flashers on, and kept speed low. there was a long upward grade/hill, for about 1.5 miles of that, then downgrade for 1.5 miles. Then city streets for last mile or so. I coasted through the last 3 stop signs instead of breaking/stopping... that's what got me to my block.

[rkw]

I was at 1%. Went 4.1 miles, in heavy rain, cold out (but heater was off). Freeway for about 3.8 miles. 40MPH... I kept my flashers on, and kept speed low. there was a long upward grade/hill, for about 1.5 miles of that, then downgrade for 1.5 miles. Then city streets for last mile or so. I coasted through the last 3 stop signs instead of breaking/stopping... that's what got me to my block.

If I'm reading that right, you managed to go almost 12 miles from 1%. Not bad! It's consistent with what others have experienced for the reserve power: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Pradeep...ts/fcophuDNnpB

[GP1776]

Stop Signs?

I was at 1%. Went 4.1 miles, in heavy rain, cold out (but heater was off). Freeway for about 3.8 miles. 40MPH... I kept my flashers on, and kept speed low. there was a long upward grade/hill, for about 1.5 miles of that, then downgrade for 1.5 miles. Then city streets for last mile or so. I coasted through the last 3 stop signs instead of breaking/stopping... that's what got me to my block.

I'm still very new to the EV world (just picked up my 500e this morning) and even newer to this forum.... but when you say you coasted through stop signs... wouldn't braking have regenerated some power? or would it not have been significant enough to out-perform the coasting?

[fox]

Anytime you can continue to move forward for "free" is more efficient than anything on the planet cause it's not overunity.

[jlassen]

I'm still very new to the EV world (just picked up my 500e this morning) and even newer to this forum.... but when you say you coasted through stop signs... wouldn't braking have regenerated some power? or would it not have been significant enough to out-perform the coasting?

Since I was already coasting, I was already generating power. Also. For the Fiat specifically, the regenerative breaking stops at 5mph or below. So slowing from 8-10mph to a stop would have generated negligible power that would have been used up getting the car to start moving again from a dead stop.

[timdodson]

I reset my trip A when I went to 0% SOC the other day. I made it home and after reading this post probably just in time. Just as I hit 0% and 1 mile of range indicated I coasted off the highway up the off ramp to a stop. Down the other side and drove home on flat city streets with a couple stop lights and signs. Anyway here are the stats from the trip A screen after I pulled into my garage. Distance 3.2 miles, Average Energy 7.0 mi\kWh (only 3.2 mi but dang!!), Average speed 25 mph and elapsed time 7 minutes. I was fairly impressed with that. My feet felt numb the whole time....that's what I call range anxiety.

[Challenger]

I reset my trip A when I went to 0% SOC the other day. I made it home and after reading this post probably just in time. Just as I hit 0% and 1 mile of range indicated I coasted off the highway up the off ramp to a stop. Down the other side and drove home on flat city streets with a couple stop lights and signs. Anyway here are the stats from the trip A screen after I pulled into my garage. Distance 3.2 miles, Average Energy 7.0 mi\kWh (only 3.2 mi but dang!!), Average speed 25 mph and elapsed time 7 minutes. I was fairly impressed with that. My feet felt numb the whole time....that's what I call range anxiety.

How many total miles did you get on this "exciting" experiment?