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Lifetime Average Wh/mi

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As I said, water on the road makes a big difference.

You are missing my point. If you remove the two drivers I've singled out, the remaining six of us have much more in line numbers. It's because of the small sample size (8) that 2 outliers really can change the average.
Or said another way - the overall sample size used in this statistic isn't big enough to really allow creating truly comparable state by state numbers.

Dennis is just a mad man, pure and simple! And I've convoyed with him (his wing man)! ;)
Interesting thing about his daily commute, which I'm only guesstimating where he lives, and I know where he works... a relatively short commute (8ish miles?), without much terrain/elevation change. 4 miles or so, at highway speed.

My commute is 30 miles one way, from Beaverton to Vancouver, rush hour. Half "with" traffic, half "against" at highway speeds. Start by descending 700' then climb another 1000' halfway through the commute and descend the other side. Just reversing the process coming home.

I saw one person on these forums (back east) who had a lifetime avg at around 260 with a good commute, but I suspect he seldom has speeds above 50, and few stops... plus moderate temps. He had 19s, not sure if it was 60 or an 85 he had though.
 
I am currently at 374 Wh/mi with 7,293 miles on the car. It has been a really tough winter in the Chicago area, so energy usage was extremely high over the past 4-5 months. I have not kept track of monthly usage, although I wish I had to see the volatility this winter.
 
16,500 miles
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During the Summer I was at or below 324.
During the Winter that has climbed to 364.

Range has been ridiculous with the norm when under 45ºF is a 2:1 Rated Range to actual mileage driven.
On more than one occasion, for short trips around town in 22ºF weather, 6:1
 
Update for my S60 with 19" wheels. Put on 19" winter tires (Xice3) at beginning of November, still running them.

Month Miles kWh Wh/mi Avg Temp
May-13 393.2 116.9 297 54
Jun-13 1310.4 393.4 300 63
Jul-13 864.7 250.1 289 71
Aug-13 1507.7 421.8 280 72
Sep-13 1279.9 384.3 300 63
Oct-13 1366.7 451.3 330 45
Nov-13 773.4 305.9 396 25
Dec-13 905.4 367.5 406 19
Jan-14 1334.9 498.4 373 28
Feb-14 1011.5 416 411 12
Mar-14 1254.4 467.9 373 24
Apr-14 165.3 58.5 354 36

Lifetime average is now sitting at 340 Wh/mi, damn winter
 
Crossed 11k miles today. This winter the car was driven at harsh sub zero temperatures and handled them like a champ!

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Over 22K miles: 339 wh/mile. Time - 15 months starting at Xmas, 2012. Cold weather months drive the number up - the number is 335 wh/mile over the past 20K miles.

Edit/add - S85, 19" wheels. OEM RS-A2 tires. FWIW, tires lasted just under 22K miles.
 
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So a bit of statistics from me as well. Don't remember what I've posted so I'm going to repost it all :)

December 2013: 1600km, 403.5kWh, 247Wh/km
January 2014: 1700km, 500kWh, 294Wh/km (it was -19..-22C most of January)
February 2014: 2740km, 629kWh, 229Wh/km
March 2014: 3700km, 859kWh, 232Wh/km (essentially all of March is back on 21" wheels)

Lifetime total today: 10000km, 2451,7kWh, 245Wh/km

Would love to finally be able to drive the car in positive temperatures more ;) Even today the temperature is only +2..+5C so it's hard to see decent Wh/km numbers ;)
 
I'm very delinquent in reporting my stats here. Much apologies!

Month / Odometer / kwh used for the month / wh/mi average for month
Dec 2013: 3,795 mi / 212.7 kwh / 282.8 wh/mi
Jan 2014: 4566 / 212 / 275.3
Feb 2014: 5315 / 202.2 / 269.6
Mar 2014: 6028 / 199.3 / 279.7

Cumulative total: 1,695.4 kwh @ 281.3 wh/mi

Thanks!