Hello Devin. Thanks for your thorough analysis on towing with the Chevy bolt. You mention your efficiency was 4 mile/kWh. Can you tell me your average speed travelled to attain that level of efficiency? Any idea of what your efficiency would be when travelling at 60 mph? Also, my apologies if you stated it in your video and I missed it.
Great question! I love this stuff. We typically drive the speed limit up to 60 miles per hour. We drive 63 in the 65s, 68 in the 70s and 70 in the 75s. The trip is dominated by 70 mph zones. We didn't calculate our actual average speed by the most common speed was 68. My guess is that if you were driving exactly 60 in the same weather on the same roads, you'd get about 4.2 in our car. It could even be a bit better than that. Speed kills the mileage.
Devin and Gail, as you know I am a fan of your EV adventures! I am learning and becoming more interested in owning an EV. What kind of maintenance servicing do they need - no oil changes, no gas/diesel? Eventually tires. What else? Thank you!
EVs are remarkably low maintenance. We've owned two and I'll list everything we've paid for: car washes, new tires, windshield washer fluid. We've driven about 50,000 miles in EVs and that list is complete. EVs have brakes but you don't really use them so they last a long, long time. Eventually, depending on your driving style, you'd need to replace them. We'll need new windshield wipers some day. I suppose there are suspension things, too, but we've got 80,000 miles on our current car and don't see any problems. The data I read is pretty consistent. Maintenance on EVs is typically super cheap.
GREAT information here; thank you for sharing. You mentioned to charge only to get to your next charger plus a cushion. Question: How do you figure the "cushion?" Is this a formula of sorts?
Great question. Our process is to add 30 miles to the distance and calculate the juice required for the trip with that 30 miles included. Generally, it works perfectly. Occasionally, we have to slow down (which improve the mileage dramatically) to reach our next stop. More often, the cushion ends up being more than adequate.
Thanks. Did you have to keep your Bolt plugged in every night?
I wish we could have. We couldn't find hotels with chargers. We had to get all our juice from fast chargers en route.
Hello Devin. Thanks for your thorough analysis on towing with the Chevy bolt. You mention your efficiency was 4 mile/kWh. Can you tell me your average speed travelled to attain that level of efficiency? Any idea of what your efficiency would be when travelling at 60 mph? Also, my apologies if you stated it in your video and I missed it.
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Robert
Great question! I love this stuff. We typically drive the speed limit up to 60 miles per hour. We drive 63 in the 65s, 68 in the 70s and 70 in the 75s. The trip is dominated by 70 mph zones. We didn't calculate our actual average speed by the most common speed was 68. My guess is that if you were driving exactly 60 in the same weather on the same roads, you'd get about 4.2 in our car. It could even be a bit better than that. Speed kills the mileage.
Devin and Gail, as you know I am a fan of your EV adventures! I am learning and becoming more interested in owning an EV. What kind of maintenance servicing do they need - no oil changes, no gas/diesel? Eventually tires. What else? Thank you!
EVs are remarkably low maintenance. We've owned two and I'll list everything we've paid for: car washes, new tires, windshield washer fluid. We've driven about 50,000 miles in EVs and that list is complete. EVs have brakes but you don't really use them so they last a long, long time. Eventually, depending on your driving style, you'd need to replace them. We'll need new windshield wipers some day. I suppose there are suspension things, too, but we've got 80,000 miles on our current car and don't see any problems. The data I read is pretty consistent. Maintenance on EVs is typically super cheap.
GREAT information here; thank you for sharing. You mentioned to charge only to get to your next charger plus a cushion. Question: How do you figure the "cushion?" Is this a formula of sorts?
Great question. Our process is to add 30 miles to the distance and calculate the juice required for the trip with that 30 miles included. Generally, it works perfectly. Occasionally, we have to slow down (which improve the mileage dramatically) to reach our next stop. More often, the cushion ends up being more than adequate.