Driving around with the new battery pack this week. Initial thoughts....
Wow! Losing 800+lbs of weight makes a huge difference. The Vue now accelerates much quicker and brakes easier.
Wow! Less energy used. With the old pack I was using about 400w/mile. With the new pack the combination of more efficient batteries and less weight dropped the energy use. Initial figures show this to be between 300-330w/mile.
Wow! Greater range. Today I took the Vue for a 40 mile drive. With the old pack this would have been the limit of the range, on a warm day, with a fresh pack, and sluggish performance at the end. With the new pack the fourtieth mile was just as good as the first mile. And based on the amount of energy used max range is between 85-95 miles.
Wow! Move over Nissan Leaf :-)
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