![]() ![]() My point being, if people are realistic about how they actually use their cars, then they'll realize that even a paltry 50-80 mile EV range will cover the vast majority of their real-world needs.and even when the ICE is running, the Volt still gets very good mileage. The ICE almost never runs, even though it's our go-to vehicle for all of our errands. ![]() Charging a depleted battery takes approximately 13 hours. Our car is going on 6 years old, has about 48k miles on it, and is only on its 5th small tank of gas. The Volt can drive up to an EPA-rated 53 miles on all-electric power (106 mpg-e) and delivers 43/42 mpg city/highway when in hybrid mode. In "Goldilocks" weather, (high 60s-low 70s) I've often seen high 70s and even low 80s-ish range. Our Volt was EPA-rated at 53 miles per charge, but I've only seen our car drop that low during a bad Wisconsin winter when the temps were hovering in the single digits for a couple of weeks. If the car looks as good as the OP says, with only 36k on it, it's probably fine and is just in need of some normal driving/charging cycles.īattery range is another thing that newbies fixate on. ![]() Or, as others have pointed out, it may have been delivered after a freeway blast, which is also harder on the range than putting around town. If the car is for sale on the dealer's lot, it's probably been test driven, which means people get in the car and are curious about "what it's got" so they hammer on it a bit. It's a choice the car's programmers made, good or bad. That's how the car determines what it should tell you that you can expect for range on your next looking at the way it was driven on the last cycle. Check out 2018 Chevrolet Volt Hatchback review: BuzzScore Rating, price details, trims, interior and exterior design, MPG and gas tank capacity, dimensions. That full-charge 38 mile range displayed on the dash reflects whatever happened in the previous drive cycle. Now, the BOLT was another matter, but even there, the battery design is/was good.the supplier just screwed up the battery's production process, and even that problem has since been resolved. There may be other things on this car to worry about (BECM, etc.), but the Volt's HV battery appears to not be an issue. After all this time, though, that appears to be a non-issue. People on the "outside" are almost always inordinately worried about HV battery longevity. I don't know if the OP is new to EV ownership or not, but what he seems to be worried about is the condition of the car's HV battery. ![]()
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