We've had our Bolt about a month now and we took our first out of town road trip today. It was about 120 miles round trip so not a drive that was going to cause any "range anxiety", but really the first trip with a significant amount of freeway driving. The Boltster performed well averaging about 4 mi/Kwh with a lot of that at 65-75 mph. I asked for feedback from "the boss" (aka my wife) and she said she really enjoyed the trip as well. Looking forward to more road trips and more gas savings doing those trips in the Bolt.
First Road Trip
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I did my first real road tripe last weekend. It was 129 miles each way and I had to use DCFC to recharge to get home. I got about 4 mi/kwhr also. No wife with me.
LOL. Road tripe. I’m not changing it.
LOL. Road tripe. I’m not changing it.
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Getting around 4 mi/kWh is great. I assume you didn't use AC or heat.
I got over 4 mi/KWh from commuting with 80F mornings and 110F afternoons. The biggest impact to efficiency is actually speed. Getting 4 mi/KWh driving around 65mph sounds about right with use of A/C in temperate ambient temperature.
"For every 10 mph of speed over the posted limit, it roughly costs you 10 percent of efficiency (and therefore range)."
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"For every 10 mph of speed over the posted limit, it roughly costs you 10 percent of efficiency (and therefore range)."
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