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.
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...
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...
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.
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?
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.
I have a recurring fault on my volt. The car charges and then I get an error on the dash saying Service high voltage charging system. I have spoken to my local volt dealership (200 miles away) and they said it could be the battery coolant level. I have checked this and it's where it should...
Hi all.
After having a new high voltage voltec battery a few months back to fix the dreaded reduced propulsion power error, my Ampera was now bricked with the service steering column notification.
Couldn’t do anything for about half an hour then turned the car off and on again.
Vauxhall...
Still looking after a year, but all the ideal sounding examples are hundreds of miles away. New one on Autotrader though, a bit closer to home, poor pictures with the number plate blanked out. Is there really any reason to do that? The seller says it's a 14 but I use it for looking into MoT history
Got home last night with 30 miles showing,plugged her in and waked away.
Didn’t hear the beep from so I went back and no lights on the dash,green light on the charger though.
Unplugged everything and tried again and it worked,green solid light and the beep,
Been having a few glitches with her so...
Received the recall notice for the tail gate strut replacement. My local Vauhall dealer - Who is not an Ampera specialist is listed as the nearest place to have the work done. Hope this is true as it will save a much longer trip to the nearest Ampera dealer. Will call them on Monday to confirm...
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