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Originally Posted by JDMDreams
^ do you lose a lot of range? And any idea how the fitment is? I have a set of staggered 19s 9.5" and 10.5" sitting around and wondering if it will fit. They don't have tpms though, so I don't know if it will freak out the car
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3 things to keep in mind.
- Surface area of the front tires. The wider tires will have a marginal negative effect on efficiency.
- Open wheel design means more turbulence so decreased efficiency
- Wider tires mean more friction so decreased efficiency.
Expect about a 5% loss.
I am running a 25mm spacer and RE71R tires on my Leaf and that about what I saw.
My RE71R's are slightly shorter than the stock tires so that also affected my car's efficiency.
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Originally Posted by M Speed
for smaller batteries, 110V isn't too bad. It can fully charge in 24hrs. Same goes for 32A charging. But once you hit the bigger batteries, that will be consider slow. Also bigger batteries like Tesla, people might not charge on a daily basis so they wanted to fill the car within 1 charge and leave it for a few days.
I don't carry my charger with me. There are enough DCFC in a pinch or Level 2 are readily available within the city.
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I guess it really all depends on the owners and every case is different.
I mostly commute to and from work (35 kms) and running around town on the weekends.
I am averaging close to 30K km's per year before the pandemic.
Never really had any issues plugging in the car at 110V overnight.
AGain, if I had a Tesla with the 100 KWH battery, I'd still be plugging it in every other or third night.
Yesterday, I left the house with 85% battery. Went to work then to Richmond after work and made it home without having to charge my Leaf.
8 hrs of charge over night and I will have more then enough charge to go to work and even run into Vancouver if I need to.