At a 45 mile round trip, the Volt will do great. You should easily see 40-50 miles per charge when the weather is warmer. This might drop a bit using the AC and quite a bit using the heater in the...

The Volt does great at 75-85 MPH. I find that I need to use cruise more to keep my speed down as even at highway speeds, the Volt is quiet (and I seem to be a bit of a leadfoot on the highway). I...

An obvious way to still get your Volt if you can't take full advantage of the $7500 credit is to lease one. With lease deals starting about $270/month (per GM website), you can get a Volt now for...

18 months, 21k miles and nothing bad. It is a great car and I have saved LOTS of gas.

Taking my wife's Suburban to the gas station..... Now THAT's bad.

My 2012 has been reading 50 for a week or so since the weather has warmed up, but not too warm to need much AC.

I have been actually getting closer to 55, but it sounds like the Volts before 2013...

While my miles are not near the top, I can't be happier with my 21K miles over 18 months. My Volt has never been in the shop except for doing the optional batttery enhancement recall and three tire...

Welcome and congrats on your new Volt.

Fear not, your estimated range will definitely improve. This is just an estimate based upon the last 10-15 full charges. If your Volt is new, I believe that...

This is slightly off topic, but definitely related.

Make sure that you take into consideration that the Colorado Credit you get this year will be reported as income on next year's Federal Income...

Personally, I don't worry about it.

I do not think anyone has done any official experiments on this, but I am sure that your EV range will be much more dramatically impacted by driving technique,...

I have had my Volt 18 months as well and have never used a public charge station.

I typically use the Voltec L2 EVSE at home.
I used the standard 120V EVSE at home for a couple of months when...

I make use of turn-by-turn nav from time to time and use RemoteLink/VoltStats all the time.

Than said, I think I might drop the service at the end of my 3 years if they do not improve operation of...

I think that 80mph is more typical across the country than you would expect. In my area, most of my driving that needs the ICE is on interstate highways with 75mph speed limits. Of course, most...

As an FYI for those Colorado folks that get the state credit this year, don't forget that on your next year's taxes, that state refund will show up as income on your federal taxes.

I got my state...

Let me preface this by saying that my 2012 Volt does not have Hold mode, but I do use Mountain Mode to get a similar effect.

I think what you want to do to get the best fuel economy for both gas...

My SPX EVSE died after about 14 months of flawless use. Since SPX installed mine, they replaced it for free.
The problem inside the unit was simply a blown fuse. Since the fuse was not designed to...

Luckily, I bought my 2012 Volt in 2011 and received my full credit on my 2011 taxes.

For this year, that Colorado credit from 2011 is considered additional income on my 2012 Fed taxes. This makes...

I installed the same filter 6 months ago or so and I have been very happy. Dead leaves in the fall usually hit my allergies hard, but I think it was better.

One nice side effect is that the fan...

I have to agree that muy ICE milage seems to be improving as well.

My typical "long" driver is to/from Denver on the Interstate. Speed is 75-80. I was getting ICE milage in around 35 MPG...

Just get a Mr. Fusion. 1.21 Giga Watts would be plenty of power for me.
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I have typically kept mine at 40-41 and don't worry about it when that drops to 37-38 when it gets cold in the winter. Slightly lower pressure helps in the snow anyway.