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I’m glad you’re happy with the Bolt. I wanted to give the Volt a try before Tesla was more established, but my Honda Civic Hybrid did the job just fine.

300 miles is my floor because of how heavy my usage is. In a year, that 300 miles degrades to ~260 miles in an EV with current battery tech. I put about 70-100k miles/year.

Often times I have to max charge to make it in and out of places. Some places even a max charge doesn’t do it, so I come up with tricky solutions to make it work. I went one way into Big Bend, for example, and talk someone that works there into letting me use a 120 service outlet for 3 days. I hiked for 3 days there; went up to Emory Peak and all the surroundings. Beautiful spot. Returned to a fully charged vehicle.

I’d like vehicles I purchase to last at least 5 years. I think this Tesla will go at least another 100k miles before the battery degrades to the point of not being usable for long distance travel.

If I had started with even a 260 mile battery pack, I would probably already be at the limit by now — and I don’t have any data on battery longevity for any other EV used at the rate and intensity mine has been used. I would be surprised to find this kind of durability to be the norm in vehicles, it just doesn’t make economic sense.