General Motors dropped the mic when it announced the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV would arrive with an EPA-certified 238 miles of range on a single electric charge. However, as we’ve seen from the Chevrolet Volt, some owners are beating those estimates.
This guy, though, has far surpassed the 238-mile mark. By 62 miles.
Yes, that’s correct, the owner of this Chevrolet Bolt EV managed to take his vehicle 300 miles on a single charge and has provided video evidence to prove it. According to the driver, the Bolt EV was driven in near perfect conditions. The weather negated the need for climate control (meaning no A/C or heat) and the trip was spread out over 100 miles of freeway driving and 200 miles of city cruising.
The final range tally is similar to what the 2017 Opel Ampera-e has been certified at, which received an official 520 km range rating, or 323 miles. The test cycle used in Europe is much more relaxed compared to the U.S., which yielded a larger number.
Still, the figure is impressive, and it shows what the Bolt EV is capable of when driven with frugality in mind. Check out the video diary detailing the achievement up above.
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GM should show this achievement in new Chevy Bolt EV ads, and do more promotion of this vehicle against other EVs, including TM’s Model S (and the nonexisting Model 3). Then it must place this electric powertrain in all the small models, including the Chevy Colorado pickup (and add a 120 VAC power outlet for hand tools).
5 mi/kWh can be achieved but it’s hypermiling that gets you there. GM won’t do an ad saying drive at less than 60mph break early and accelerate slowly. That would be too responsible of them, and against the high octane nature that is Detroit.
I got about 4.2 mi/kWh out of my LEAF. A little less in my Soul EV. 5 can be done, one just needs to keep it slow (56 or less like the i3 eco setting), break early (with one pedal driving) accelerate slowly (preferably using cruise control to accelerate).
Ahhh a KIA Soul…Most of the KIA Soul consumers are overweight middle aged women.
Generalize much?
Just pulled into my garage having done 318.4 miles and used 75.8 kwh playing range anxiety chicken or battery roulette in my BOLT. The extra kwh’s are from Regen.
So what is the difference between the Bolt as sold in the States and the e-Ampera as sold in Norway? The e-Ampera is supposed to be exactly the same car is it not? Yet the European range ratings for the e-Ampera are 520 km vs 483 km (238 miles) for the Bolt. We hear of the ooohs and aaahs of a hypermiled Bolt in the USA getting 300 miles, 482 km yet that’s still less less than the e-Ampera’s standard rated 520km. Do the European ratings assume everyone will hypermiles their e-Amperas at 45 mph till the battery is totally flat? I don’t think so.. Europeans drive like crazy too, the highways are good. Is the battery chemistry and capacity different? Why the huge difference?