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After you learn to optimize your driving, you will likely have about 10 miles of range left when you get to work if it is downhill. But that will...
My Chevy Volt
I'm not going to throw in special promotions. How many Volts do you think are sold at MSRP? The big volume dealerships are $2500 under invoice...
voltowner.blogspot.com So, likely will piss a good deal of you off. Sorry. Had to do it.
I assume the 'aggressive' cooling cycle is close to the Volt cooling cycle.
Wow. a lot of activity since I last came in. Ignoring most of the above, let me tackle the issue of 'why are you lugging around a big engine' and...
Thats not true (and I just verified it with 'the' man in the DoE who knows). I suspect how people come to this conclusion is there is someone out...
Well, that is if your mission has much of anything to do with greenhouse gases. Mine does not. My mission is to diversify our transportation grid...
No problem. To prove that they include it, consider this... In the spring, I average 44-46 miles per charge for 10 kWh indicated on the display....
You have to know how its measured. For example, if I use the screen in my car, I only use 10 kWh to drive ~40 miles. But it actually takes...
After recomputing my numbers above, I am averaging 30 kWh/100 miles. I am also 97% electric. After 12,000 miles, I would have burned 10 gallons....
I park normally at work where there is a bank of 4 L2 chargers. Normally, 2 are in use, sometimes 3. We havent had a situation where 4 is in...
No I do not. I don't find preheating very beneficial. I rarely use heat at all. My first cold season of Volt ownership I did not know how bad the...
Fair enough. My calculations include the total energy used to charge the car.
I was reminded, the Volts TMS eats up some electrons, which I'll take when you actually have a real investment in a battery. Plus, I rounded up....
Well, there are various forms of loss you could be referring to. Does it take into account that it takes about 13 kWh to charge a 10 kWh...
It IS a comparison. To traditional gas cars, of which there is little to no ambiguity to what they would be getting for gas mileage. You are the...
Short answer, yes. See the attached bill. The rate I give (6 cents) is a close enough average between the on peak and off peak. I use more power...
Ok. I'm officially done wasting my time with this. I have spelled out my commute above, in in the blog. I have given you links to Voltstats that...
Volt Stats: Details for Volt #2012-11378 (@Voltdriver) My electric efficiency (from reports I can easily retrieve). January 2013: havent...
