Ideal Temps?

I've read a fair number of accounts about the ideal temperature for EV operation and specifically the i3... I'm not an engineer like most of the folks who offer thoughts on this topic but my general impression is that there are a lot of factors.

For Zippy and the conditions under which we drive him, the mid-60s seems to be very ideal. As we reached the end of the long descent on our "to work" commute today, we had a new consumption record - 40.6 mi/kWh!

And the overall consumption by the time I reached work was 7.8 mi/kWh - well above the uppers 5s that I saw in the spring.

• Distance: 21 miles
• Duration: 44 minutes
• Average Speed: 30.1 mph
• Consumption (mi/kWh): 7.8
• Temps: 60-72