It's been my understanding that the best place to take advantage of 'D' mode is on highways, where there can be substantial benefit from gliding. Similarly, regenerative 'B' mode is best for local traffic, especially stop and go.
I've recently begun to follow the infotainment data (especially miles/kWh) and was surprised that I'm getting better performance with 'D' in both environments. I live in a city, and pretty much every corner has a stop sign: in 'B' mode, I'm getting 2-2.4 (mind you, I'm never doing a fast start from stop, and rarely exceeding 30)! However, in 'D' mode this stop and go traffic gets me 2.8-3.2 -- still nothing to be pleased with, but consistently better.
I'm wondering how accurate this infotainment data is -- maybe I'm just getting bad data? But I'm also a bit concerned that I'll do a series of 5 mile trips, and each one takes off 7-10.
Now I know that these are guess-o-meter (GOM) estimates, but they never fall the other way (that is, drive 10 miles and only lose 5 miles). What advice do folks have for measuring performance more accurately, and optimizing the use of B and D modes?
I've recently begun to follow the infotainment data (especially miles/kWh) and was surprised that I'm getting better performance with 'D' in both environments. I live in a city, and pretty much every corner has a stop sign: in 'B' mode, I'm getting 2-2.4 (mind you, I'm never doing a fast start from stop, and rarely exceeding 30)! However, in 'D' mode this stop and go traffic gets me 2.8-3.2 -- still nothing to be pleased with, but consistently better.
I'm wondering how accurate this infotainment data is -- maybe I'm just getting bad data? But I'm also a bit concerned that I'll do a series of 5 mile trips, and each one takes off 7-10.
Now I know that these are guess-o-meter (GOM) estimates, but they never fall the other way (that is, drive 10 miles and only lose 5 miles). What advice do folks have for measuring performance more accurately, and optimizing the use of B and D modes?