How Many EV Miles Have I Driven in Almost 7 Years

[@DS-mz7dy]

I always learn something new about spreadsheets from your videos, thanks! I currently own 2 Volts a 2011, 142,000 miles (which my son drives) and a 2017, so far total electric miles on the 2017: 88,245 out of 123,270 miles. It has been a great EV and I plan on driving it till it drops!

[@ArkansasEV]

Hopefully you won't get the 'shift to park' issue on your 17 like I did. The Volt is probably the best car I've ever owned as far as handling on curvy roads. It clung to the road extremely well and was a ton of fun to drive on those type of roads. When I had Voltamort (17 or 18, can't remember) the route I took to work was a 2 lane highway with lots of curves. It did excellent.

[@DS-mz7dy]

@@ArkansasEV I did get the "shift to park" issue, had it repaired for just over $500 at my local dealer even though it should have been covered under the extended warranty that Chevy put on Volts. However, I did try calling Chevy to see if I could get my money back on that repair and they basically said no. He tried to tell me that the warranty only covers certain Volts built at specific plants. Pretty sure that is just BS but whatever. I still love the car and other than that issue I've had almost zero issues with it. The only thing I've had to do to it is flush the coolant at 5 years and tires. It is still on the original brakes and they may never need to be changed.

[@jimsEVadventures]

It was me - approaching 120,000 miles in three cars...all 100% BEV. 2017 Bolt with ~63,000 miles driven when I traded it. ~52,000 miles on my current Bolt. And a couple of thousand on my wife's IONIQ 5. I jumped straight out of the ICE house into the BEV house after watching people struggle with issues on the hybrids they owned! In my opinion, hybrids, including the PHEV, are still fossil fuel. If you can drive without plugging in and you are burning stuff, that ain't "electric!" Not to mention, you double your problems. You have an internal combustion engine and the stuff that goes with the BEV, too! That doubles your chances of trouble. ALSO, the fire dangers are 130 times greater in a hybrid than in a pure BEV. 65 times greater in a pure ICE (gas or diesel) car than a BEV, too! So...all BEV for me! I will only drive (or rent) an ICE or Hybrid car if there are no other options. Call me sold-out on Driving Electric...🤣

[@ArkansasEV]

Yeah some say a PHEV is the best of both worlds but in my review of the Clarity I asked 'is it the best of both worlds or the worst of both worlds?' They usually have very little range and you have the problems that a gas car could have. Yes, the Clarity gets about 45 miles in summer which is enough for almost everyone but you still have to get oil changes and worry about the internal combustion stuff.