[Flakbadger]

Hey everyone, been ages since I posted here. I traded in the Leaf for a brand new Chevy Bolt. About $21,000 after trade-in and incentives. My wife and I drive it everywhere, commuting, the coast, to my parents' house (about 70 miles away). In about a year and a half we've put 25,000 miles on it.

Holy cow I'm glad we bought it.

I keep it 75% charged except for those longer trips, following advice I've seen online to keep the battery between 80% and 50% instead of fully charging for more charge cycles with less battery degredation.

So far it only averages 3.7 mi/kWh, but that includes abysmal winter performance with heaters blasting, and a 17-mile-each-way daily commute that is 65 mph on the interstate.

Anyway this seemed like a good sort of place to post. With the cheap electricity here, it's about $0.03/mi, so about 750 bucks in electricity. Versus gas for my wife's Honda Fit, which would have been ~$1,900 for the same mileage driven, according to my calculations.

I don't have time to ecomod any more. I bought a house, and now I'm all in on native gardening, and growing a lot of my own food.

Side note, plant some natives in your yard. Nature needs our help

~Matt