Most Miles I Drove Using on Battery Mode

[ClovisVOLT]

Ok, 54 miles would break the record et? Sounds like a challenge that must be taken........now if I can only contain my passion for blowing the doors off the unsuspecting and EV envious Prius driver, it may be possible..... )

[Paul Slazas]

The best I have done so far is 48.8 miles on electric. Seems I am always catching up with Robert!

Mike

Hi Mike
on Friday I was able to get my max so far on battery of
47.8 mpc. Good luck with your Volt!
Paul S. Red Volt #2169, Hudson, Albany NY

[honoreitiscom]

Got 58.6 miles on one charge today. Can't figure out how to post photo from my iphone...

[barry252]

Got 58.6 miles on one charge today. Can't figure out how to post photo from my iphone...

Wow! Congrats! Are there any driving tips you can offer? D? Normal? Speeds?

Volt 63

[marlow]

did you end at about the same elivation that you started at?

[ClovisVOLT]

did you end at about the same elivation that you started at?

Good point, Marlow, I was able to get 95 EV miles on a single 'charge', but that included a 7000' decent on the return trip ) LOVE THIS CAR....told my wife we could now buy her cabin in the mountains since round trip in a Volt would only be $8 vs. the $40 it'd have cost with the minivan.

One other question, has anyone seen over 50 MILES on the battery or is that max it will ever display - probably states such in the manual? GO VOLT

[Roadburner440]

Ok, 54 miles would break the record et? Sounds like a challenge that must be taken........now if I can only contain my passion for blowing the doors off the unsuspecting and EV envious Prius driver, it may be possible..... )

Hey I resent that comment! I am a Prius driver too, lol. I don't know how you guys are managing 50+ miles on a charge though.. Granted I have only had my Volt 3 days, and I have to much fun blasting the throttle without worry about gas like the Prius. I guess if I slowed down some I might get better miles. The best I have done was 37 on a single charge. Curious about any tips anyone has for getting more. Would be nice to go at least 2 days between charges. I do live in Florida though, and the terrain is mostly flat so that may have a lot to do with it. Not to mention all the stop lights on my drive.

[solar_dave]

Hey I resent that comment! I am a Prius driver too, lol. I don't know how you guys are managing 50+ miles on a charge though.. Granted I have only had my Volt 3 days, and I have to much fun blasting the throttle without worry about gas like the Prius. I guess if I slowed down some I might get better miles. The best I have done was 37 on a single charge. Curious about any tips anyone has for getting more. Would be nice to go at least 2 days between charges. I do live in Florida though, and the terrain is mostly flat so that may have a lot to do with it. Not to mention all the stop lights on my drive.

1. turn off the AC
2. use the cruise control
3. run in L (low) for max regen
4. try not to Jack Rabbit every start from a light with a Prius next to you!

We are in the mid 40s running the AC in ECO mode.

[Roadburner440]

I am going to guess this L mode is the same as B mode on the Prius? I am still reading the owners manual for the Volt.. I see where I am messing up though. I have been blasting the AC, nailing the throttle, and doing the opposite of all the above. The car still does extremely well (in my mind) for the way I use it. Especially since I am used to doing all the above ideas on our Prius (no AC, windows down, etc..).. So for me driving the Volt is almost like a kind of release where I do not have to care because it is not burning any gas.

About the max regen though... That is the one thing different I have noticed about our Volt compared to the Prius. I tried using the Prius regen tricks on the Volt, and it appears to me that it has 0 benefit/effect on the battery? The distance counter never goes up. Not even by 1 mile. Granted I have been driving in D, and not L so that may have some bearing on it. I will try that on my commute tomorrow. Kind of gave up on the whole regen thing since I did not see any benefit from it.

[tboult]

Good point, Marlow, I was able to get 95 EV miles on a single 'charge', but that included a 7000' decent on the return trip ) ...

Old thread so I had not seen this. Curious Was this a charge at the top of the 7000' hill and 95miles on that charge, or a trip using CD+CS (and MM) then shut it off and get it to think its CD on the downhill?

I've done 75 on on a charge before using any gas (climbed 9000-11900 ft. then down to 5000, so not a much elevation as you were able to use.