ctdonath2 - Thanks for giving FReepers that feedback from real use. If you don’t mind, what is the worse range you have experienced given bad conditions?
Roman_War_Criminal - Trickle charge (normal 110v house outlet) takes about 21 hours for full charge. Is that what is provided at your office charging stations?
Never had a “bad range”. Mighta been about 60 miles. Worst case was more a matter of poor driving choice, when m’lady drove it hither & yon with little consideration for range, having to come to my workplace and charge there before going home (actually was the first one to use the new public fast charger!). I’m considering trying to induce worst-case, probably this winter when it’s cold enough to turn the heat on full AND run the A/C at the same time (we tend to get a “wet cold” here), at night with lights on, with aggressive/erratic driving; will post result somewhere on FR then.
If you run the battery down enough (around 15 miles left), it warns you 5 different ways (including soothing voice intoning “Low battery charge!” and blinking distance indicator no longer telling available range). If you REALLY get it low, about 3 miles left, it enters “turtle mode” and slows waaaay down, like it or not, making it abundantly clear you MUST get to a charger NOW. The navigation package will show you where nearby chargers are, and max/min radial driving range on a map. If you truly run it completely out, Nissan will send a tow truck, for free, to take you to the nearest charger.
I hesitate using it for any trip going farther than half the reported range, just on grounds of not knowing if I’ll need to add distance to the trip along the way. Keep an eye on the max/min radial driving range on the map to know where you can realistically go.
It’s really a matter of knowing your limits, and functioning within them. Don’t be stupid, plan ahead.
Trickle charge is for home use.
Commercial chargers (what they’d have at work) run 220v and will do a full charge in 4 hours (8 if you opted, poorly, for the cheaper 3.3A charging package). Navigation package will notify you via text message that it’s done; paid chargers (often $1/hr) will jump to something like $20/hr after 4 hours so you don’t just leave it there not charging.
No most are the super-charge—If I get one I need to make sure I get that charging option. A lot of them don’t have that.