Six months after buying my buying my first EV (See My First EV – Part I), the time has come for the first long trip. 420 miles each way.
), the time has come for the first long trip — Cupertino to Huntington Beach, about 420 miles each way. We decided to go on Highway 101 rather than 5, about 20 miles longer, but a prettier drive. We took two days to get to the destination, with one overnight stop in Santa Maria and one day to get back home.We drove 931 miles, including a few trips to the beach. We charged on the road six times at fast charging stations, paying an average of $0.47/kWh.
In Ventura, we tried charging at PowerFlex. It had many charging stations, and after spending about half an hour there and on the phone, I gave up. Zero stars. I will never ever use PowerFlex again. I drove all the time with the cruise control set at 65 mph. The Bolt averaged 4.1 miles/kWh, or about $0.12/mile. The A/C was on for most of the trip — it had about 4% impact on the energy consumption.It seems contradictory, but in an EV, it might be true. Those readers mathematically inclined know that E=mV2. “E” is energy, “m” is the weight of the car , “V” is the speed. There’s not much you can do about the weight. The empty Bolt weighs 3,700 lb, about 4,000 lb loaded.
At 60 mph, the Bolt goes about 4.2 miles/kWh. This is not only my empirical observation, but after my 900-mile trip on cruise control set at 65 mph, the dashboard displayed an average of 4.1 miles/kWh. To find the ideal speed, I need the reverse number, 1/4.2=0.24 kWh/mile. To find the energy spent per hour, I multiply 60 mph by 0.24 kWh/mile and I get 14.4 kWh/hour.
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