MartinSEsr
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I'm an engineer so should be able to work this out, but feeling tired and thick...Still sounds like you should be getting 4. The car's sweet spot is 40m/h stretches. May be ECO mode would help you as it just slows acceleration, which is the main culprit if you like your speed.
Does harder acceleration use more battery?? If we need to get from 0 to 60 for a 20 mile cruise on a dual carriageway with no stops, then DOES fast acceleration to 60 use more battery than slow acceleration? It feels like it does, but of course the cruise speed of 60 is reached faster, whereas a slow acceleration lasts longer while using the additional power to accelerate.
F = m a so more force is used if a is higher, but the higher force is needed for less time.
Anyway, anyone being less dopey than me that can give a quantative argument?
NB ignore the fact that you'll be at 60 a bit longer if you accelerate fast - that's why I suggested a 20 mile run at 60, so a few yards difference is negligible.