No luck here - did you have to get a certain EV%? I was 78% on Arbor Day (met goal of 75%).

And today is Arbor Day. Any hints yet?

The manual has things that (1) most people already know, (2) most people don't know but aren't interesting, and (3) most people don't know but are interesting. The point of the thread is to just...

I'm pretty sure that the pair of batteries will just act the same as a single larger-capacity battery, with the possible exception of different internal resistances. So it wouldn't be able to...

I'm not an authority either - I'm reasonably confident of my electrician-in-theory (engineering) skills, but it's a different story for electrician-in-craft. But here goes...

I don't think the...

It's certainly possible to utilize turbocharging for better fuel efficiency more than just for power. (I'd link to the relevant article that was passed around here a while back, but I can't seem to...

Aren't there two "levels" to these switches? Just pull up (or push down) halfway on the switch, instead of all the way up (or down).

Just in case: Check the date/time stuff (the current time and the programmed peak / off-peak times) in the car, too.

You probably found this out already, but with 16kW in the battery pack and only a (120V AC * 1A) = 120W drain (let's double that to be safe), you'd theoretically be able to run more than two days...

Oops, I forgot to post the last of my data - here it is without the cargo mat:

Idle out of traffic: 60, 59, 58
Idle in traffic: 64, 64, 63
30: 80, 81, 78
30 ICE on: 84, 83, 80
60: 81, 83, 81...

I have half a mind to post the serial number on the bill, just out of curiosity as to whether anyone here has nearby or consecutive numbers. :p

I think this misses the point of the Better Place model - with it, you never own the battery pack at all. Changing packs is done as casually as filling up gasoline.

Disappointing that it's not...

The fact that the right stick is about half the size of the left one and it's in units of power makes me think that the meters are all measurements of power. Wikipedia says that output is 111kW max...

I have to agree that the fee is pretty absurd for Volt owners. I feel bait-and-switch'd. These chargers used to be free (i.e. included with parking fee), but the ones potentially relevant to me...

The blame doesn't lie with the CBO at all here - they're not the ones doing the misdirecting. The CBO is just answering a question by this Republican Senator (Lisa Murkowski, R-AK) who already knows...

Yes, I did mean that the variance between different cars would add noise to the results between the vehicles (which would be one possible explanation for the different efficiency numbers). Glad that...

I'm worried about this sentence in the writeup: "The front windows could be either closed, or up to 2 inches open." At 60 mph, that has the potential to be a ton of drag! Mythbusters found that...

Plagiarizing myself from here...

I am doubtful that this is a European version judging by the actual content. The product seems to be from Chevrolet Europe, but actual content of the manual...

The '13 Volts default to a slower charging rate than the older ones, and you have to override it if you want the car to draw power faster. It can handle doing 12A, but only starts you off at 8A. ...

You might be able to get way more information about this than you wanted from the service manual, under Vehicle Access -> Repair Instructions -> Front Side Door Locking Rod Replacement.