Posted on 07/11/2022 9:06:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I have 2 Chevy Volts. A 2014 with 225k and a 2018 with 51k. Great, trouble free cars. You plug them in overnight. The 2014 originally got 38 miles on the battery, now gets 30 or so. The 2018 started at 48 miles on battery and is still there.
It has an efficient 1.5 liter gas motor that charges the battery after that. When I was commuting 1400 miles a weekend to see my sick mom I didn’t have to plug in, I just used the gas motor. Plugging in is optional.
For people who drive short distances, it is perfect. My daughter drives the 2014 now and she depletes the battery and kicks in the motor only once or twice a week.
Plugging it into a wall socket at 110 volts charges the 2014 in 14 hours, the 2018 in 16 hours. I paid an electrician 237 dollars to put a 220 plug in the garage that cuts that in half.
Before you say it, 0 to 60 in 6.0. Not a Corvette, but plenty fast to get through traffic.
I could run an EV back and forth to work, I guess - but my paid-for Nissan Rogue does the job quite adequately and I could go 3 weeks between fill-ups if I wanted to let it drop that low. So why should I?
Have you never been to an interstate service center?
See: Auto Expert Uncovers Hidden Truth About EV Range Claims - Owners Should Be Seething
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4077658/posts
The democrats are deliberately raising the price of energy to keep us restricted in our traveling.
They raised the price of gas for your car to double or more. They are also raising the price of electricity so you cannot even charge the electric car cheaply.
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