RegGuheert said:
scottf200 said:
Some folks on http://www.voltstats.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; with high 40K and low 50K miles. Wow. I'm fairly amazed they are able to get as many EV mile as they do. That is a lot of plugging in at places other then home no doubt.
Interesting that the leader is in AZ with over 25,000 EV miles. It appears that the Volt battery is holding up well in the hot climates! Kudos to GM!
Would be very interesting to see if he's seeing any capacity loss at all - the Volt reports how much EV energy you use with every charge...
edatoakrun said:
Actually, couldn't a volt have lost over 30% of capacity, and the EV range could be be unaffected, since it was only using ~11 of the ~16 kWh capacity when new?
It's possible that the Volt expands it's usable SOC range as the battery degrades, but that would only accelerate usable capacity loss down the road. I highly doubt that GM is doing this. If someone had pack voltage readings when full and empty, it'd be easy to compare.
edatoakrun said:
Does the volt report total battery capacity to the driver, as the LEAF does (inaccurately, apparently) with the capacity bar display?
I think the Volt has a SOC bar chart, but more importantly, it reports total EV energy used on a charge cycle to 0.1 kWh. From browsing the Volt forums, IIRC, I've seen values range from 9.7 kWh for older Volts, to 10.7 kWh for 2013 Volts (which have slightly larger batteries and slightly more usable capacity than earlier models).
Either way - with the Volt you always have backup with the ICE. While losing 20-30% causes you to lose EV range, it doesn't affect the functionality of the vehicle at all and you still get a good amount of EV range per charge since you can comfortably drain it without worry.