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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
ALL the EPA testing is done by the manufacturers, on the honor system.
In warmer weather, I have greatly exceeded the EPA rating - and I am measuring it at the plug. Initially, I used a Kill-A-Watt on the factory Level 1 EVSE, and now I am using the JuiceBox Premium. And I am correcting for the known odometer inaccuracy, too.
I think you can trust the EPA Combined rating on EV's to be almost a minimum.
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The volt is arguably not very impressive when the temperature creeps below 25 degrees F.
The battery heater chips away at the range quite massively.
Generally 40 degrees out I get 50 miles on a charge
Below 25 it creeps toward 31 miles (but I can usually eek 40 if its not too cold and if I can avoid erdtt)