2019 Volt Premier - 1st Fillup

[MikeyLikesIt]

fuelly.com is struggling on displaying it. But 63xx miles and put in 6.5 gallons gets you 970mpg.
Not the best built car by far, but it has a great plug-in hybrid drive train if used as an around town car.

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[Stink Star]

I had mine for over 3 years and only used 63 gallons of gasoline

 

[EmersonHart13]

I am at 31,000 miles driven by me and about 315 gallons of gas.

I don't like the mpg meter because its not factoring in the kwh you use. Those miles are not usually free so they should be factored in.

 

[Bru]

Do you guys track kWh?

 

[EmersonHart13]

You can per tank but I don't believe there is a lifetime tracking of that... And I don't write it down each fill up.

 

[Stink Star]

There is, but you need to use a 3rd party app like voltstats.com to get the info

 

[EmersonHart13]

There is, but you need to use a 3rd party app like voltstats.com to get the info

Looks to be dead

 

[EmersonHart13]

NM I think I found it?

Volt Stats! Tracking real world usage of Chevy Volts in the wild...

Volt Stats polls real world Volts multiple times daily through OnStar, tracking interesting stats like MPG and EV miles driven.

www.voltstats.net

 

[MikeyLikesIt]

Do you guys track kWh?

Not at the moment. I'm a total numbers guy but I have a hard time tracking this seriously based on how much goes towards the heat/AC.
In spring and fall, kWh is nearly 100% towards driving. In the winter, the heat is roughly 30 - 40% of the consumption of kWh. The A/C is far more efficient and is usually around 10 - 20%.

So as you go through the year, it won't be an apples to apples comparison.

I also use the ComEd app to track charging times and kWh pricing per hour and I schedule it at the right times. With two plug-in hybrids are electric bill only went up about $20 to $25 a month.

 

[MikeyLikesIt]

Double-post

 

[EmersonHart13]

I had a buddy that switched to real time and then switched back because he was getting raped during the day.

I signed up for Volt Stats that Stink Star Linked, Waiting for it to sync up which is twice a day, will report back afterwards.

I also track my home charging which is nearly all of my charging. Per this meter I have put 6357 kwh through my volt in 25 months. The cost is set at 0.11229 in the app which I haven't checked in a while but would guess is still reasonably accurate. The Volt pulls around 10 per charge so that seems about right as that is 635 fill ups at 10 per.

 

[95SC]

Bolt , Volt , Prius don't even need rainbow stickers . Limo tint and park a block away when you arrive at your destination

 

[EmersonHart13]

Bolt , Volt , Prius don't even need rainbow stickers . Limo tint and park a block away when you arrive at your destination

 

[EmersonHart13]

Info from volt stats

CS is Charge Sustaining Mode

 

[EmersonHart13]

Since I purchased

Since new, original was a lease

So first owner did 46,605.5 miles, used 837.7 gallons of gas and got 55.64 mpg.... Aka they didn't plug in very much

 

[Mike K]

I convinced my girlfriend to buy a 2017 Premier and she loves it. She drives 50 miles a day so she dips into gas frequently but still pays less for the car per month than she was paying just in gas for her Ford Escape.

My only beef with the Volt is the GIANT front overhang. Going from the Model 3 that has basically no overhang to the Volt is a challenge because there’s so much car in front of the windshield and the windshield itself goes on forever. I feel like there’s a mile of real estate between the instrument cluster and the front of the windshield and another mile between the front of the windshield and the front of the car.

Also the car handles like hot trash. Pros: It’s much quieter than the Tesla at highway speeds.

 

[EmersonHart13]

No, your biggest gripe is 8 amp charging that it defaults to on level 1.

 

[Mike K]

OMG you’re right.

 

[Stink Star]

Agree about the overhang. I would scrape my 15 every day backing into the garage at a 45* angle going 1 mph. And I didn’t have a steep driveway.

here’s mine right around when I turned her in. The highest it’ll read is 250mpg

 

[EmersonHart13]

Scrape everyday, oh well