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200 miles falls into my 'with extreme care' range, requiring all sorts of compromises regarding speed, route, HVAC use, wider SoC range etc. You can shorten the range as much as you wish to allow more cushion. As I said, I don't consider such trips practical, they fall into the category of 'Driving Adventure', like Tony Williams first 'BC to BC' LEAF trip. The point of those is to make it any way you can, not whether it's a practical use of someone's time.LeftieBiker said:I think that 200 miles/leg is too optimistic for that transcontinental trip. 180 at most, and that would still limit it to maybe 4 EVs...
As noted upthread, a Bolt has an EPA Hwy range of 217 miles which probably equates to a no wind, flat ground steady cruise at temps around 70 deg., of 65 +- 3 mph. 200 miles would require using up 13 of my normal minimum 30 mile reserve, no HVAC, ideal conditions, slowing below 65, etc. What I consider practical leg range (as noted in that post) between QCs is no more than 140.