Been friends with an older guy for 2 decades. He's now 86 years old and I stopped by his house to pick him up along with his wife to take him to lunch. To lunch and back, I drove them about 55 miles in the Bolt. He's always been an ICE guy, set in his ways, doesn't believe in global warming, never seemed interested in BEVs, etc. The Bolt was his first ride in a BEV and he raved about it the whole ride. Not one complaint about the seats, kept raving about how good it looked and how comfortable it was and how smooth the ride was. I explained everything like the one pedal driving, no shifting, how, when, and where to charge, and he listened intently. His current car is a Hyundai Genesis sedan (somewhere around a 2012 model I think). Anyway, he seemed surprised at the power and the fact that it's a CAR that just happens to be electric; in other words, how good it was at just being a car. His wife was echoing the same sentiments from the back seat.
We get to lunch where we met several other (old) guys, one of whom seemed to want to justify his Prius by trying to "trip me up" on questions that I couldn't answer. The best one was, "What happens to the car when the battery runs out"? I said, "Same thing that happens when you run out of gas: it stops going. So I stop at a charging station while you stop at a gas station to be sure that doesn't happen. Only difference is, I'll take a break, have a cup of coffee, and wait longer. And only on long trips".
In total including the ride by myself from/to my own house, I drove 75 miles and when I got home, I still had 150 left, starting at an 80% charge which is where I have it set. So at 100% charge driving as I do in my local area, I can get about 250 miles of range and still have 30 left as a buffer (so 280 if I drove it until it stopped).
Mike
We get to lunch where we met several other (old) guys, one of whom seemed to want to justify his Prius by trying to "trip me up" on questions that I couldn't answer. The best one was, "What happens to the car when the battery runs out"? I said, "Same thing that happens when you run out of gas: it stops going. So I stop at a charging station while you stop at a gas station to be sure that doesn't happen. Only difference is, I'll take a break, have a cup of coffee, and wait longer. And only on long trips".
In total including the ride by myself from/to my own house, I drove 75 miles and when I got home, I still had 150 left, starting at an 80% charge which is where I have it set. So at 100% charge driving as I do in my local area, I can get about 250 miles of range and still have 30 left as a buffer (so 280 if I drove it until it stopped).
Mike
