New tonneau bed cover installed, range has increased

[BIGBIGSURGE]

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[heelyeah]

Details? Exact figures?

 

[BIGBIGSURGE]

Details? Exact figures?

It’s the RetRax bed cover.
went from a consistent 2.2-2.3 now up 2.4-2.5.
will do a long road-trip this weekend

 

[BIGBIGSURGE]

Na, the low pressure system moved on by, wind direction and atmospheric pressure changed.

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[F150ROD]

Makes sense, just like adding one to the ICE increases mpg

 

[F150ROD]

Except it doesn’t..

Except it did for me…..

 

[gorwell]

consistent 2.2-2.3 now up 2.4-2.5

Not to say it didn't improve. But for an ev the range of 2.2 to 2.5 would be within normal flucations.

Just a little bit of wind will have range sway one way or the other.

 

[Roy2001]

Not to say it didn't improve. But for an ev the range of 2.2 to 2.5 would be within normal flucations.

Just a little bit of wind will have range sway one way or the other.

Agree, 2.2-2.5 means city driving mostly, bed cover shouldn't play big role. Should compare freeway 70mph or faster.

 

[BIGBIGSURGE]

Not to say it didn't improve. But for an ev the range of 2.2 to 2.5 would be within normal flucations.

Just a little bit of wind will have range sway one way or the other.

I’ve got over 3,000 miles on my truck, I think I can figure out what it’s doing

 

[PungoteagueDave]

All scientific tests show that bed covers do not increase mileage, they reduce it. Not "logical" but both mythbusters and consumer reports have proven this. I also use Retrax covers, for other reasons, but do not count on increased mileage/range.

 

[RDeFran]

I have the type M Roll-N-Lock sitting here waiting for a truck

 

[williams]

All scientific tests show that bed covers do not increase mileage, they reduce it. Not "logical" but both mythbusters and consumer reports have proven this. I also use Retrax covers, for other reasons, but do not count on increased mileage/range.

There is a lot of science behind it, but theres a reason the 3rd tail light and tailgate is designed in th exact way that it is.

 

[LightningShow]

All scientific tests show that bed covers do not increase mileage, they reduce it. Not "logical" but both mythbusters and consumer reports have proven this. I also use Retrax covers, for other reasons, but do not count on increased mileage/range.

I haven’t seen any scientific tests on the effect of bed covers. Can you point me to one?

Of course the issue with any test on aerodynamics is that it will be truck specific so even a good study wouldn’t necessarily be relevant to the Lightning.

 

[Tenetke]

All scientific tests show that bed covers do not increase mileage, they reduce it. Not "logical" but both mythbusters and consumer reports have proven this. I also use Retrax covers, for other reasons, but do not count on increased mileage/range.

I haven’t noticed any decrease in my mileage after getting my tonneau cover installed. Just going through my logs this is from the morning after I had it installed..

*** edit:
Definitely not normal just a coincidence after having my cover installed. Pretty consistent 1.8-2.6 mi/kWh. I saw one in my log that read 101.1 mi/kWh on a 16 miles drive, I don’t believe that one for sure.

 

[metroshot]

The weight of the cover negates any range increases according to TFL.

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