Production of the Chevy Bolt and Bolt EUV has begun again at the Lake Orion assembly plant in Michigan with new battery packs.
contributor Tom Moloughney has a friend in New Jersey who owns two Chevy 2017 Bolts. Before the battery was replaced in the second car, he took it out for a 70 mph range test on February 27. The battery was charged to 100% and the car managed 167.5 miles before the battery SOC dropped to 2%.
A week later, with the new battery installed, the owner took the car out for a second range test. Same ambient temperature, same speed, same wheels and tires. The only difference was that Moloughney went along for the ride. This time, the car traveled 188.2 miles before the 2% SOC mark was reached — a 13.5% increase in range.
There are two lessons to be learned from this. One, owners of older Chevy Bolts will be able to go further after their battery is replaced than they could when their cars were new. Two, EPA range is not what drivers can expect out on the superslab unless they are schlepping along in the far right lane with the cement mixers and school buses.EVs are challenged by highway driving, and there is no way to sugarcoat it. My first road trip in my Tesla Model Y was just under 200 miles.
There is too little information on this topic. EV drivers like to gloss over it. But the first question one always hears is “How far can you go before you need to recharge?” and the correct answer is “It depends.” It depends on average speed, ambient temperature, and whether your battery has lost some of its capacity as the years and miles pile up. It depends on whether you are driving in hilly terrain or traversing Nebraska.
The good news, then, is that owners of older Chevy Bolts get a better car than they started with. Now if anyone asks them how much range their car has they can cheerfully say, “259 miles” and leave it at that. Your mileage may vary. In fact, it
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