That very well may be. I got my 2013 at 222 lifetime mpg at 27k miles. Maybe the electric water pump for the electric heat circuit wasn’t run much? I do live in California and it rarely gets too cold. This year has been the coldest almost ever and its never dropped below freezing. Currently at ~71k miles myself (averag…

That’s great to hear! I’ve been keeping an eye out for 2nd Gen Volts with ACC and they’re hard to come by!

Besides being GM, no excuse otherwise, lol.

Only worth it IF its in the 4 digit price range. Battery degradation is a real problem on those. A new healthy battery has 12-bars on the battery health meter. Optimistically, you can get 73-80 miles on the 1st gen leaf with the 24kWh pack. But I’ve seen batteries on them degrade to 5-bars and with a range of less…

I’ve managed to get 4500 miles out of 8 gallons of gas once and routinely get over 2500 miles per tank. I change twice a day, once at work and then at home. And yes, it does seem that GM actually wanted the Volt to succeed! They just were bad at marketing it in the depths of the 2009 Recession.

The only big downside to the 1st Gen compared to the 2nd gen Volt is:

And all that torque helps going up mountain passes and makes it a breeze! I go up through Mission Pass (8% grade for a mile or so) and back daily for work (55 mile round trip) and do it going 75mph without breaking a sweat. The Volt goes like a Freight Train when its on EV-only and cruise control :)

Dang! I had free Onstar for the first year after my CPO purchase and thought I needed that for Onstar Remote. Currently paying $10/month (I talked them down from $20/mo) so not too bummed. Can send GPS coordinates to my in-dash GPS, locate my car anytime (kinda like LoJack so lower insurance) can get Check Engine…

Here’s a real fun project, if he can get a hold of a 2016+ model with Adaptive Cruise Control, he can run an open source auto-pilot-like-software like Comma.ai and have his own custom “autopilot” and watch that 80 mile-a-day commute dissappear while driving full EV. :)

The right answer is a 1st Gen Chevy Volt!

DIESEL WAGONEER!!

Here’s the thing with the 12kW charging capability. Its STILL a Level 2 AC charger and most, if not all, public chargers are 6.6kW chargers at 240Volts and 32 amps. Only way this could work is if:

Its a Ferrari 512M. The not so pretty successor of the 512 TR and the Testarossa.

For the Leaf, the price drop may be flawed. You get the $7500 fed tax credit when you purchase it new. Has that been factored in? 1st gen Leaf’s on the other hand, depreciate faster than a concrete cinder block because 40 mile range left because air-cooled batteries, lol 

Think of it this way: the S58 is the 2JZ of our times (hopefully).

Toshiba (yes, that Toshiba) used to make the 4S Micro nuclear reactor. I think they stopped production of it because no one was really buying them. Also, it was still 70 feet tall/long. Think of it as a nuclear cigar.

Just the charge rate answer I was looking for. Thanks! 75kW is pretty good for a budget EV. In real world testing, charge rate tapers off so that data from Justin would be nice :)

So what’s the DC Fast Charge Rate in kW? The 100 miles in 30 minutes seems a bit meh and probably closer to the charge rate of the Air-cooled (yes, I just did that) Nissan Leaf

Can be Cable or Vacuum Actuated, but yes.

What kind of transfer case does it have? Is it electronic or Manual lever activated like a NP231? What Ratio, power take-off? Would be fun to turn it into a flying helicopter Willies replica!