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Bought the Bolt early this month to drive a 50 mile a day round trip commute, five days a week.
Have a steep elevation change, mid way in the trip, while at freeway speeds (+ or - 700 feet up and down).
50 percent roughly of the drive is freeway at 57 mph via cruise control.
The balance is city driving (25mph - 35mph) with lots of congestion on the return trip.
40-45 mins average go to work drive time.
60-70 mins average return to home drive time.
I plug it into the 110v every night after work to bring back the battery to 100%.
Use L mode for regen with paddle regen as applicable for extra stopping power.
Hardly even know what a brake pedal is at this point.
So far, only driven in summer weather...not too hot....not too cold.
Expect a 10 percent or more increase in power consumption when winter comes, via other posts here in the forum.
We'll see what that shakes out to be.
Only running the AC for about 12 miles during the return trip home while on the freeway (per manf. do not drive with windows down on freeway).
No real heating beyond defrosting the windshield for a few mins. has been required yet and I do that on the fly.
As fall/winter comes, I'll use remote start while plugged in to the 110v so the house current helps to heat/defrost the car.
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History of the dash readout for miles available:
(dash readout when initially driven home from dealership)
Miles Max range Mid range Min range
7........268............238............178
I'd not really paid much attention to it thinking the 238 approx as advertised was great and worked well for my needs.
It climbed a wee bit in the first week or so.
After about 400 miles, I started noticing it climbing faster and started tracking percent of battery used for distance driven.
It's super easy as the car is pretty much only driven to work.
One morning a week, it's driven about + or - 5 miles round trip to the grocery store.
(current dash readouts)
Miles Max range Mid range Min range Battery used Miles driven between full charges
437....342..............290...........237...........16%.............50
486....346..............294...........241...........17%.............49
540....355..............301...........246...........16%.............54
I'm thoroughly impressed with the car.
Will be interesting to see what the mid range yearly average turns out to be, come this time next year.
What are your Max, Mid and Min looking like when you power it up after a full charge and what is your odometer reading total mile wise?
Have a steep elevation change, mid way in the trip, while at freeway speeds (+ or - 700 feet up and down).
50 percent roughly of the drive is freeway at 57 mph via cruise control.
The balance is city driving (25mph - 35mph) with lots of congestion on the return trip.
40-45 mins average go to work drive time.
60-70 mins average return to home drive time.
I plug it into the 110v every night after work to bring back the battery to 100%.
Use L mode for regen with paddle regen as applicable for extra stopping power.
Hardly even know what a brake pedal is at this point.
So far, only driven in summer weather...not too hot....not too cold.
Expect a 10 percent or more increase in power consumption when winter comes, via other posts here in the forum.
We'll see what that shakes out to be.
Only running the AC for about 12 miles during the return trip home while on the freeway (per manf. do not drive with windows down on freeway).
No real heating beyond defrosting the windshield for a few mins. has been required yet and I do that on the fly.
As fall/winter comes, I'll use remote start while plugged in to the 110v so the house current helps to heat/defrost the car.
.
History of the dash readout for miles available:
(dash readout when initially driven home from dealership)
Miles Max range Mid range Min range
7........268............238............178
I'd not really paid much attention to it thinking the 238 approx as advertised was great and worked well for my needs.
It climbed a wee bit in the first week or so.
After about 400 miles, I started noticing it climbing faster and started tracking percent of battery used for distance driven.
It's super easy as the car is pretty much only driven to work.
One morning a week, it's driven about + or - 5 miles round trip to the grocery store.
(current dash readouts)
Miles Max range Mid range Min range Battery used Miles driven between full charges
437....342..............290...........237...........16%.............50
486....346..............294...........241...........17%.............49
540....355..............301...........246...........16%.............54
I'm thoroughly impressed with the car.
Will be interesting to see what the mid range yearly average turns out to be, come this time next year.
What are your Max, Mid and Min looking like when you power it up after a full charge and what is your odometer reading total mile wise?
I think it is just the initial 5-10 minutes of getting comfortable with the L mode and enjoying full regen after that. I agree with surgeonFWW that there are certain situations that would warrant using the brake pedal and am doing my best to use it once in a while so that I don't forget it exists!!
