My mi/kWh has been awful the past month, LOL
I feel like I’m driving like a grandma when I get 3.8 mi/kWh. At first, I was shocked your range was so low, then I remembered 60kWh batteries are still around.
Hartley said:
I feel like I’m driving like a grandma when I get 3.8 mi/kWh. At first, I was shocked your range was so low, then I remembered 60kWh batteries are still around.
This is the new 66kWh battery. My job now has me driving 250 miles a day, and I’ve been using a free level 2 charger at work, so I’ve been doing 80mph on the highway.
@Washington
That’s awesome! I drive about 600 miles a week for work and just found out my local power company has free chargers near my house. Combined with chargers at work, I don’t have to worry about fuel costs unless I take a long road trip. I used to spend $240 a month on gas for my old car, so this is a huge improvement.
@Tyler
Funny enough, I actually spend more on fuel now than I did with my gas car. My employer used to give me a gas card, but now they give me a small electricity stipend that barely covers it. If I need to use a public charger, that’s out of my pocket. But I save a ton on maintenance driving 6,000 miles a month.
@Washington
That’s wild. 3.8 times 66 should give you around 250 miles. Guess that’s why they call it a ‘guess-o-meter.’
Hartley said:
@Washington
That’s wild. 3.8 times 66 should give you around 250 miles. Guess that’s why they call it a ‘guess-o-meter.’
At the end of the drive, I was hovering around 3.0.
@Washington
Oh, I get it now. The 3.8 is an average from before you started driving faster. I reset my trip meter after each charge, so that threw me off.
Hartley said:
@Washington
Oh, I get it now. The 3.8 is an average from before you started driving faster. I reset my trip meter after each charge, so that threw me off.
Haha, no, the 3.8 is over 11,000 miles.
Hartley said:
@Washington
That’s wild. 3.8 times 66 should give you around 250 miles. Guess that’s why they call it a ‘guess-o-meter.’
The 3.8 is an average over 11k miles. The guess-o-meter probably gave you 3.0 or lower based on your last drive.
Hartley said:
@Washington
That’s wild. 3.8 times 66 should give you around 250 miles. Guess that’s why they call it a ‘guess-o-meter.’
There aren’t any true 66kWh batteries. GM just uses those numbers for marketing. The real value is 64kWh, and earlier models were 57kWh.
@North
That’s my mistake, it’s actually the 64kWh battery.
Hartley said:
@Washington
That’s wild. 3.8 times 66 should give you around 250 miles. Guess that’s why they call it a ‘guess-o-meter.’
Yeah, the actual capacity is 64kWh. The 66 is just marketing. You can check the sticker on the pack to confirm.
@Washington
That much driving has got to be tough on your health!
I’m just happy if I get over 200 miles, haha!
I average 3.8 after switching tires. I used to get 4.2 with my OEM tires, so I’m not too happy about that. If I drive like I used to, I only get 3.6 now. I shouldn’t have to drive super carefully just to hit 3.8.
But hey, at least I can corner faster now.
@Stevie
Check your tire pressure. Under-inflated tires can really hurt your efficiency.
It’s more like smiles per kWh, haha.
I’m averaging around 3.6 mi/kWh. I think it’s because my EUV came with winter tires, and I don’t feel like swapping them out.
I do about 1,000 miles a week and get around 212 miles per full charge, driving between 75 to 80 mph.