Well I said it could be done after I managed 56 miles on my first long run. Its taken a while as the right weather conditions haven't come along till now i.e. summer didn't arrive. Half the trip was with eco air con on and the return trip was with fan only, tyre pressure was 39, car was left on for half hour before trip with the car plugged in and air con on auto to cool the car and warm the batteries, 113 miles range left in the petrol tank, two passengers, windows up, mostly under 50 mph in L drive all the way.
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WOW!
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A very lonely club this one !
Has your ampera gotten better with age ?
Has your ampera gotten better with age ?
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It wasn't by any chance downhill 90% of the way, was it? ;-)
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That's pretty impressive!
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Did this last year on a trip to Verdun, the run was on a very warm day and the roads were quite flat with no hills to mention.
Whilst not "hypermiling" I was aiming to to get a good milage from the charge, however whilst I got a good result thought the 1.40 gallons used did not make it a "pure" result...
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Whilst not "hypermiling" I was aiming to to get a good milage from the charge, however whilst I got a good result thought the 1.40 gallons used did not make it a "pure" result...
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Even with a bit of fuel used, that is stonkingly good !
Perhaps more so as the petrol usage is nearly 60mpg !
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I used think that 60 miles was a hope too far on a single charge. That was before I made it happen today in my 2012 Ampera. My max speed was 40 mph - that's all it took, including hills like up and over the hogs back near Guildford. I had to go to Wimbledon to my dealer to collect replacement wall charger.
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Not bad for a two and a half year old car with the smaller battery capacity availability. It must be run in now!
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I have never got more than 9.7kWh out of my 2012 Volt
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Oh yes, I used the aircon on Eco mode as usual throughout, as well. Speed was the only compromise to avoid burning petrol today.
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You should take that up with the dealer and the "My Ampera" people - it is incorrect and sub-specification, and probably indicating a faulty cell.I have never got more than 9.7kWh out of my 2012 Volt
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I suspect that although the number plate say 2012 it is actually a 2011 model, although it has hold mode wich the American 2011 doesn't
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Amperas started in 2012 - mine was part of the first production run and I took delivery the day before the official launch
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As for volts, I would be surprised if any right hand drive with uk spec were made before that batch.
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How many miles, mine is now at 25000ish
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14k
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Mine was an ex demo that had almost never been charged. I bought at 10k miles and the limetime milage was at 50mpg, I hope that has not broken something in the battery deptment.
Anyone else with a 2012 what kWh are you using before the ICE kicks in?
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I have a 2012 Volt, and I when the charge-sustaining mode kicks-in I can see anything between 9.8 kWh and 10.2 kWh. The meaningful variable seems to be how gentle I was on the speed and accelerator toward the end of the battery usage and how significant regenerative braking was used at that time, too. If you drive slowly and gently and brake rarely but use regen aggressively (as in with "L") then you can get a long drive out of the battery.
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