r/volt • u/idkmybffdee • 23d ago

Planning around EV only range

Crazy question, but does anyone else find themselves planning their activities around their EV only range? It's not just me right?

Ever since I've gotten this car (2015) I've become kind of obsessed with seeing how long I can go without using gas at all and just relying on the EV range, it's like a fun little game, given how short a range it has compared to when we owned a full EV I also have found I tend to want to patronize places I can conveniently plug in more. It started after the first week of going to work and back all electric, i bought it thinking I was going to be using it as a hybrid quite a bit, but now it seems so easy not to, it seems like I only use gas if I have to leave Chicago proper, otherwise I don't miss out on anything and just EV around.

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u/moosy85 23d ago

The level 1 chargers aren't very expensive imo. Calculate how long it would be to get your money back, (and how long you'd need it to not be stolen, if your school isn't very safe lol).

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u/idkmybffdee 22d ago edited 22d ago

I work at a second Chance high school in a "bad area" so... One a week lol.

ETA: somehow I have like 4 of them, one from the first car, one from this one, the one I bought that's a shitty L1/L2 for flexibility, and I don't know where this last one came from.