[H-Man]

I've been chipping away at my volt, getting the efficiency up. The goal is to stretch my 75MPH range circle enough to make trips downtown and back not need gas. I could just slow down but what where's the challenge there?


Stuff I've done so far:

Tinted every window on the volt with 3M crystalline to cut down on air conditioning load. (I live in arizona. I run the AC 50 weeks out of the year out of necessity.)

Figured out the sweet spot for tire PSI ( stock pressure tears through tires fast, too high and the tires won't grip, I like to be able to do evasive manuvers)-- later

Stuff on the block:

do PM and clean the EGR cooler *before* the walk home fuse blows.
Fix the torn up underbelly panels.
Expand underbelly panels.
Replace existing tires with EV tires once I wear the tires out.
Reduce heat load coming in from roof.
Put more soundproofing into the car since NVH makes me go faster.
Put on side skirts on the real wheels.
Maybes:
Hitch mount boat tail. Caveat: Must be removable since I have a trailer.

Rebuild the trailer to ride lower, add a cover to the trailer bed.

Better nose. (do an aerocivic style intake ducting. ) Caveat: Must be able to provide enough cooling air to handle 4000 ft climbs at 75 MPH while pulling a trailer with 105F ambients. Yes, I'm crazy but this is an actual design case.