Battery endurance for every day commuting

leaffan said:

evnow said:

AndyH said:

In spite of GMs propaganda machine, the Volt is a HYBRID car, not an EV. Hybrid batteries are a critical part of emissions performance so are part of the long-term warranty. In other words - GM isn't building a long-life battery because they're super designers, they're doing it because they have to.

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Not that it is a long-life battery - what they do is use only 50% of the battery. They have a 16kwh battery and use only 8 kwh of it. Compare that to 80-90% that is used by Leaf or Tesla.

So, with that battery, if someone is allowed to tweak it, we should be able to drive 60 miles on electric easily.

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For the LEAF, someone posted that at a steady 65mph, you should be able to get around 80 miles. So for the Volt's battery, which no one has said, should only get 32 miles at that speed.

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garygid said:

With something like 800 Leafs selling in December, that should use up any remaining 2010 funds. January sales will likely use up the 2011 funds, it would seem.

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garygid said:

In-state tesla sales used only 63 "rebates" the first year of the program (about $300,000).

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