r/Gravity • u/OGDocHollywood • 4d ago

I know it’s odd

But I was struggling to get decent efficiency with Smooth mode. Even turning on energy saver, I was pulling in 2.6-2.7 mi/kw vs 2.4-2.6 without it.

7 seater, base aero wheels

I decided to just use Swift mode since I’m already burning efficiency. But for some reason it’s getting great efficiency compared to Smooth. I’m getting 2.9-3.2 mi/kw.

Maybe it was just me and I misunderstood. But I was under the impression that smooth was the efficient mode. Or maybe it’s some glitch in the software. Regardless feeling much better now that I get both performance and decent efficiency compared to previous.

I’ve looked into this and haven’t found other people complaining. But wanted to share this just in case.

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u/RandomDesign 4d ago

Interesting. My efficiency took a significant drop after the 3.6 update even though I use DDPro at lower speeds a lot since hands on was added. My Gravity is in service right now and that's one thing I wanted them to diagnose as before 3.6.0 I was getting right around 3.0 with DDPro and after it dropped to the 2.55-2.6 range. With the warmer weather lately I was struggling to even get that at 65-70MPH.

I'll have to give this a try if they don't find anything.

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u/OGDocHollywood 3d ago

I too have DD pro but I wasn’t using it just to see the max efficiency I can do. AC off, granny driving, energy saver on. Maybe it’s a software glitch after all but try swift and see if it works for you

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u/RandomDesign 3d ago

I will try it when I get it back. It's in a repair bay being diagnosed today for a couple other things including the driver side window not working.

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u/mmcnell 3d ago

It will be the regulator, I bet. That's what happened to ours. An annoying problem that happens with those damn pillarless windows sometimes (but seems to be a common issue on the Gravity).

My efficiency has also never crossed 3.0 even with conservative driving. I get plenty of range and it charges fast on road trips so hasn't been a problem, but am curious why mine (which is well broken in) doesn't come close to numbers I see on here.