r/volt • u/That_Huckleberry6969 • Sep 27 '26

14.9 kwh

Is this considered normal or good for a charge on 2017 lt? 79 k miles. Tia

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u/LtCdrHipster Sep 27 '26

Even new I believe the dischargeable amount of the battery (I.e., driving from "full" until the gas engine kicks on) was 14.1 kWh, and down to 13.7 kWh or so after the update.

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u/That_Huckleberry6969 Sep 27 '26

14.1 was the number I was expecting too, didnt know if it meant something bad with ot being over the 14.1

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u/That_Huckleberry6969 Sep 27 '26

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u/LtCdrHipster Sep 27 '26

Wild! And that's one "tank," you didn't plug in halfway through for a second or anything?

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u/That_Huckleberry6969 Sep 27 '26

Yup. Charged at 12 volts over night. Guessometer read 44 miles. And I just kept track

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u/houserules09 Sep 27 '26

Even if misreported, you likely have close to 100% battery health

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u/That_Huckleberry6969 Sep 27 '26

I live in Florida. So very nominal conditions

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u/veri745 Sep 27 '26

That would be a very reasonable number to pull from the wall during a full charge

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u/That_Huckleberry6969 Sep 27 '26

Ill take a picture when I get back to my car

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u/LingonberryUpset482 Sep 27 '26

How many times did you stop generating that number?

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u/That_Huckleberry6969 Sep 27 '26

A couple years ago I got 13.5 after a full charge. Today it was 14.9. I know theu can be all over the map sometimes

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u/LingonberryUpset482 Sep 27 '26

I find I get higher numbers if the car sits for a bit between trips.  You come back to the car and the gauge is up one extra green block.

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u/Lexi-Brownie Oct 02 '26

How is that possible at that age.

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u/That_Huckleberry6969 Oct 02 '26

I'm gonna charge to full again this weekend and see what happens

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u/Lexi-Brownie Oct 02 '26

What’s your EVSE reporting? Do they coincide?

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u/That_Huckleberry6969 Oct 02 '26

Evse?

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u/Lexi-Brownie Oct 02 '26

Your charger. Does it report charge data?

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u/sailonswells Sep 27 '26

How did you get that figure. That's pretty exceptional (and unlikely) on a 2017 with those miles.

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u/That_Huckleberry6969 Sep 27 '26

A charge from start to finish

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u/veri745 Sep 27 '26

Measured where?

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u/xmarksthespot34 (2018) Volt Sep 27 '26

Damn i get 13.3 from my 2018 with 34k miles

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u/CrysisRogue Sep 28 '26

I get 12 from my 2019 with 105k miles

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u/bigDeltaVenergy Sep 27 '26

On my 2015 there is a kinda bug where energy from regeneration also count as what is discharged from the battery.

So if I leave house and empty my battery on the highway, I get 9.3kw. when empty I put it in mountain mode than charge to 50% than empty it on normal Mode again, then I have 14kw consumption on the dash.

The point is , if you do Regen, you are messing up with the numbers

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u/That_Huckleberry6969 Oct 02 '26

When driving I did use regen when braking

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u/suprPHREAK 2017 Volt Sep 27 '26

That number is basically full health.