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What is your lifetime average mi/kwh on your bolt?

  • 3 - 3.9 mi/kwh

    Votes: 85 45%
  • 4 - 4.9 mi/kwh

    Votes: 67 36%
  • 5 or higher mi/kwh

    Votes: 13 6.9%
  • Less than 3 mi/kwh

    Votes: 23 12%

What is your lifetime miles per kwh on your bolt

30K views 90 replies 59 participants last post by  Yellow Yapper  
#1 ·
What is your lifetime miles per kwh on your Bolt or Bolt EUV ?
 
#2 ·
I have no range to vote for, so I don't vote.
I am past the time when I was trying to squeeze the most out of my Bolt EV. Now, I only enjoy the ride and drive it like I stole it, winter time or summer time. The smile it puts on my face this little car... it's priceless.

24.2 kWh/100 km = 2.56 mi/kWh
 
#12 ·
Mine was at 3.5 m/kWh before my first winter, and then it dropped to 3.2 miles. I had it back up to 3.6 the following summer, but it was trending back down as winter kicked in. I think it was down to 3.4 before I took it in for the battery replacement, which reset the dash display for lifetime energy use. I sold it back to GM two days later, so I didn't even get it back up to 3.0 before they took it.
 
#17 ·
I bought my Bolt used, and it had come off a 3 year lease. The average as reported by the MyChevrolet app was crazy low at 1.8 miles per kWh, if I remember correctly. Doing the math, I have been averaging 4 miles per kWh since then. Lifetime average is up to 2.9 now.
 
#20 ·
Both are/were used for rideshare and were new when I purchased them. No babied, with bi-monthly trips from Phoenix, AZ -> San Diego, CA (and back again).

2020 Bolt EV LT was 4.4mi/kWh after 72K miles.
2023 Bolt EUV Premier (all packages) is currently at 3.7mi/kWh after only 8K miles (once the summer hits, it should spike up rather quickly).
 
#21 ·
3.2 miles/kwh, 24,390 miles Bought my 2020 LT new, so it is all on me. I use cruise control a lot, tend to drive only about 3 mph over the limit, and run the tires at 41 psi cold. Otherwise, I am doing nothing special, so my results aren't that special. My guess is terrain makes a lot of difference, Kansas City is at the intersection of rivers, so things are a bit hilly.
 
#22 · (Edited)
I have had my Bolt for less than a year, but here are my monthly numbers from OnStar reports (mi/kWh). This is southwestern PA, and a relatively mild winter:
May - 4.35 (66 F)
June - 4.35 (71 F)
July - 4.00 (74 F)
August - 4.35 (72 F)
September - 4.17 (65 F)
October - 3.85 (52 F)
November - 3.33 (47 F)
December - 3.13 (37 F) - switched to winter wheels w/16 inch Blizzaks
January - 3.13 (36 F)

Note: edited to add monthly average temperature.
 
#23 ·
The display on my 2019 never went higher than 2.9 mi/kWh even though I don't think I ever got less than 3.2 for each drive. It was 2.2 when new so I figured that was just due to sitting at the dealer but it never really seemed to recover so I ignored it. It didn't seem accurate to me.

Mike
 
#24 ·
2023 Bolt Ev 1LT 3.5 mi/kWh after 7000 miles
Surry County North Carolina

It contrasts a lot with the 5.0 mi/kWh that our 2013 Nissan Leaf S 24kWh battery gets.

I enjoy driving both cars, however the Bolt is more enjoyable from 0-60.

I can’t wait to see the efficiencies after one summer with the Bolt Ev
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#28 ·
Majority of use is at home , around town ... 50 -55 mph max speed . Sometimes 6 + , mostly 5.5 - 5.8 .
3 or 4 times a year there's a trip to S.F. , lucky to get 3.8 -4 . Don't need a lot of A.C. or heat . Owned the car 2 years + and have only seen battery conditioning expense twice , and then like 2 - 3 %

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