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We have been getting about 2.0 m/kwh in upstate NY during the past week of temperatures around 5F. Total range at this temperature is about 120 miles, which is not enough for my wife to make her weekly commute to Albany without stopping to charge. In the summer we were frequently getting...

That is about what we have seen, also upstate NY. My wife commutes to Albany once a week which is 140 miles r/t, and last week she made the trip on a full battery with about 30 miles of range left. The real test will be this week, as it will be around zero degrees -- hopefully the range...

One comment on leasing, which I've heard others mention as well: if you lease, consider erring on the high side on your mileage allowance. We put about 12k per year on our previous vehicle over the past 5 years, so we got a 12k/yearlease based on that, but we're now 4 months into the lease and...

Based on your comments up-thread, we are in the same congressional district but maybe not the same county. Ulster County is getting much more EV friendly; the county, SUNY, and even our local village have installed a bunch of free level 2 stations.

Apparently trees don't grow up, they grow out. Otherwise you'd see old carved initials way up high in trees. Over time the charger will move toward where the camera is, and the underground conduit should be good for at least a few inches of movement, which hopefully means 20 years or more. By...

This is arguably to code, although I admit that if the inspector did argue, I would expect to lose the argument.

No, it was no problem.

More than 2.5x as much, for the record. Power required to overcome aerodynamic drag increases as the cube of the velocity. Doubling the speed requires 8 times the power; increasing the speed by a factor of 75/55 requires increasing power by more than 2.5x.

We normally get 4.5-5 mi/kwh or more driving around town, which translates to 275-300 miles of range. However, my wife does a 2 hour round trip highway drive once or twice a week, and that always brings the average down to 3.5-4, which would translate to 210-225 miles of range if that were the...

For reference, our bad TOU plan in NY is about 16c peak, 10c off-peak, but "peak" is 9am to 9pm. The standard rate is about 13c. (Our utility also charges a fixed $24/month on top of the per-kwH rate, which goes up to $27/month if you choose TOU.)

We also would have ended up spending much more switching to time-of-use billing from Central Hudson (Hudson Valley NY area). The rates are structured so that you need to have *most* of your usage during off-peak hours in order for it to be a financial savings. It would be suitable for a...

Who was the salesman?

That number doesn't sound right, unless the supply to your EVSE is much lower amperage than you think it is. 0-to-full should be 8-10 hours at 240V 30A. All else being equal, the charging rate is proportional to the watts (=volts x amps) delivered by the charger. 240V 30A should be 5x as fast...

That's not correct. The brake lights come on when you use the regen-brake paddle, or lift your foot off the pedal in one-pedal driving mode, if the car is decelerating more than 0.1g. In other words, if the car feels like it's braking, the brake lights are on. But after you come to a stop...

I don't care whether anyone disables the noisemaker in their car. But I am impressed by this epic illustration of logical fallacy. And, darn it, the time I just spent typing that response also prevents malaria from being cured. {edited by mod. If you are going to quote an earlier post, make...

According to this detailed thread, no internal modification needed: http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?218442-2016-Volt-120v-EVSE-is-L1-L2-Conversion-Capable

BTW you can charge at 240V 12A using the OEM cord with an adapter.

I guess most people know this but keep in mind when comparing deals from different states that the various state credits vary widely, from zero to as much as $5000.

Yes. I had a typo above, our deal was $2500 down + $270/month for 36k miles, not $280/month as I wrote.

We've had our Bolt for 3 weeks and have charged it twice, both charges when about 50 miles of range were remaining. Adding up the miles driven per charge and the estimated remaining range, we got 270-280 miles out of each charge. That is in completely "normal" driving, using the A/C when hot...