black_CG2
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But can it tow?
hmm.....
But can it tow?
hmm.....
wtf, that's not great. Theoretical 383 km range now, will be down to ~250 km theoretical within 10 years? It will be interesting to see how the real ranges are working out. I like to keep cars for 10 years, if the range does fall off this much, the bolt is entirely out of consideration. I would have liked to see 80%+ guaranteed at 10 years. They obviously picked 65 for a reason, so they are probably expecting 70 or so as a reasonable rating.
What I want is an extended-range Volt with the same backup gas tank. Pure electric is still ahead of its time.
At some point, increase the battery size and keeping the whole ICE unit stops making a sense. What capacity you think you need?
Nah, most people are behind time.What I want is an extended-range Volt with the same backup gas tank. Pure electric is still ahead of its time.
although getting the 4x4 crowd to buy an EV will be a struggle
I don't think so....majority of 4x4 never go off roading anyway. I didn't know the X5 came in electric yet when I went to check out the charge station below our building....boom beautiful X5 charing up. I was shocked but happy to see it there.
I think it's a matter of bringing cars that people want to buy. Are there even any SUVs in EV tech? (outside of the X5 that I saw)
~250kms range on pure electric. One-way to cottage country. Then enough gas range to come home, 'cause I'm unlikely to have adequate charging equipment at the cottage, if I can charge at all.
The current Volt is inadequate - I run out of electric power just running an errand to Mississauga and back. It feels like little more than a tech demo.
And the Bolt is not even an option right now because my condo building is not EV-enabled.
~250kms range on pure electric. One-way to cottage country. Then enough gas range to come home, 'cause I'm unlikely to have adequate charging equipment at the cottage, if I can charge at all.
The current Volt is inadequate - I run out of electric power just running an errand to Mississauga and back. It feels like little more than a tech demo.
And the Bolt is not even an option right now because my condo building is not EV-enabled.
~250kms range on pure electric. One-way to cottage country. Then enough gas range to come home, 'cause I'm unlikely to have adequate charging equipment at the cottage, if I can charge at all.
The current Volt is inadequate - I run out of electric power just running an errand to Mississauga and back. It feels like little more than a tech demo.
And the Bolt is not even an option right now because my condo building is not EV-enabled.
~250kms range on pure electric. One-way to cottage country. Then enough gas range to come home, 'cause I'm unlikely to have adequate charging equipment at the cottage, if I can charge at all.
And the Bolt is not even an option right now because my condo building is not EV-enabled.
I'd say potential users like yourself are not exactly EV or plug-in hybrid customer base. Keep using your gasser (as long as Wynne or somebody like her takes it from your hands or limits its use ... LOL).
I am sure you can charge at the cottage, but it will be slow from 12A outlet .... so you'd have to plan a bit ... you don't sound like a person willing to do that, working around that. Of course much better option woul be to install 220V/40A outlet ... which will cut your charging times significantly.
Just do dig deeper into your concern ... I assume you have one car only and want to use it for weekly commute and weekend out-of-town fun? If so, forget it, unless you can accept Volt (or install proper charging to reflect your needs). it will take years before there's enough fast chargers along your way to let you use fully EV. You will not see hybrids with 250 EV km and ICE extender anytime soon or perhaps ever .... because it really would be expensive now (large battery and ICE costs as well) with few sales. In the meantime, in coming years EV's will take over so the ICE will be completely gone as range extender and you will buy full EV. I doubt we will ever see Volt able to do 250km in pure EV mode.
If you have two cars, the way to do it is to take one car and call it city car (VOLT, BOLT, soon coming new LEAF would be your choices) and use it for such activities. And dedicate the second gasser car to the weekend stuff (plus of course commute as well).
Everyone's situation differs, but I find that people sometimes just try put a square peg into a round hole ....
The battery on the Bolt is apparently more like 65kwh, not 60, to allow for degradation. GM has also been extremely cautious in how they set up the software and battery management, to the point that there are Volt's with 300,000 Miles and no discernible degradation.
this scenario which is common for the majority, is where a 50mpg hybrid makes the most sense.