How To Maximize Charging And Regeneration On Your 2018 Chevy Volt!

[@jackanddan]

#chevy #volt #electriccar Stay tuned to find out how our upcoming 400 mile road trip experiment results will go in an upcoming video, where we will be testing one way in DRIVE and one way in LOW gear. Here Is A Playlist On All Of Our Solar Powered Electric Home, Cars, Mower, Tools, And Woodburners.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ7OkHh4f5KVZ7c Be sure to SUBSCRIBE and hit the BELL so you don't miss any upcoming videos, and if you'd like to buy us a cup of coffee, we'd really appreciate that.... www.buymeacoffee.com/JackandDan If you'd like to paypal us, we'd really appreciate that too.... paypal.me/JackandDan?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US

[@danno180]

The “L” on GM’s electric vehicles is a stronger regeneration mode so you don’t have to use the paddles as much. You probably notice the car slowing down faster in “L” mode because the electric motor, acting as a generator during deceleration, converts more kinetic (motion) energy back into potential (battery) energy than when not in “L” mode. The paddles do the same thing, so when you use both the paddles and “L” mode, you get the highest regeneration. It takes power to spin the electric motor as a generator which is why you feel the car slowing down. The electric motor/generator is now braking your car instead of your rotors and brake pads. Regeneration works best in town or on hills where other cars have to use the brake pedal more. On highways, it doesn’t do all that much. Fully electric cars I would assume have more regen braking power due to bigger electric motors/generators which is where you get the phrase, “one pedal driving”.

[@jackanddan]

@@danno180 we’ll be interested to see how our experiment goes and we will share the results in a couple weeks….

[@marcintv2523]

Thank you for great sharing :) Like for you :) I wish you a wonderful weekend : Greetings from Poland

[@CelineFerocious]

This is like a whole drive with me! Love the scenery change 😊

[@jackanddan]

You need a Volt Celine!! hahaha we'll be posting the results of our experiment after our trip and also some fun stuff from our trip as well.....have a great day Celine!!

[@lifeincanadabylusy5743]

Great! Was very interesting!!! BIG LIKE!!!

[@s10aboomar68]

You will see me and my son soon I love electric cars this is a future ❤

[@MyDecorDiary01]

So lovely scenery and view along the road. Great driving infos my friend. 🥰

[@r10aboomar9]

So beautiful my dear friend love to see you again ❤

[@carbuff81]

When I had my 2011 model year Chevy Volt, I would get around 40 miles of electric driving range, my work commute was only 2 miles each way, 6 days a week, and on Sundays I would drive just about the 40 miles running errands on my day off. It came down to the point where months would go by where I was not using my gas at all, and the car actually would automatically run a 10 minute maintenance cycle running engine and burning off the stale gas in the fuel lines, in the 3 years I owned the car, I think it did that maintenance cycle around 3 or 4 times, and in the 3 years I only managed to burn a total of 56 gallons of fuel for a little over 17,000 miles of driving, which averaged around 300 miles per gallon roughly which is very very impressive, I would definitely get another Volt, but you are right, I am seeing ones that have around 100,000 miles with asking prices of 10-15,000, which is crazy. My 2011 Volt was brand new, and the sticker price was 45,000!

[@jackanddan]

That's awesome man.....we are very interested to see how the experiment comes out.....we leave in a few days so we'll probably not post it until we get back and edit it and all that.....time will tell if this LOW gear method really has an impact because its about 388 miles one way and it's very hilly terrane so it'll be a good test!

[@carbuff81]

@@jackanddan interested to find out the results, have a safe trip. Talk soon.

[@MrFastFox666]

6:07 Actually, you DO have your brake lights on (and that's a good thing). Most cars with regen, including GM cars, will illuminate the brake lights in some way when slowing down with regen braking only. From what I've heard, GM cars illuminate them when you cross a deceleration threshold. If I understand correctly, if your speed is decreasing by a certain amount, your brake lights illuminate. Say you're going downhill and regen isn't really slowing you down, no brake lights. But if you're on flat ground or going uphill and your speed decreases rapidly, you get brake lights.

[@jackanddan]

cool....we have an experiment we are doing right now ust doing city driving versus the one we did on a long trip with LOW for a few days and then DRIVE for a few days......we'll see how it turns out

[@BritishPakFamily]

You guys have given such great and interesting information about the new electric cars and your guys car specifically electric cars are definitely the future 👏

[@jackanddan]

Thanks so much guys we leave tomorrow for our little spring break trip. We will post the results of the experiment as soon as we can after we get back.

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Very nice searing 👍

[@bachkhoadialy]

This is like a whole drive with me! Love the scenery change

[@s10aboomar68]

Nice video my friend ❤keep going. New friends are here for you 😘🆕💟😉❤️

[@audio_tron]

Have a 2014 Volt Premier. I’ve found that Low gear tends to be best for coming down a hill or stop and go slow traffic. Otherwise, my range is preserved best when I coast in D and feather the regen section of my brakes. I experimented with only Low gear use during normal city driving and my range went way down. Live in a temperate climate most of the year. Charge on 8 amp or 12 amp depending on when I need the car fully charged.

[@jackanddan]

yes....we did a similar experiment as the one we did on our trip to Penn and the low did may more electric miles although not much, but still more and honestly we dig the one foot driving because we have gotten so used to it. Here in Cleveland the weather has a huge effect on our mileage so we just try to get the most we can without getting too technical and this seems to work very well....thanks for watching

[@audio_tron]

@@jackanddan It’s a great car; thanks for educating people on it. I get the allure of one pedal driving; it is pretty nice. I would be very psyched to inherit a Volt from my Dad. Too bad GM discontinued it. Maybe they’ll reincarnate it as a plug-in hydrogen car way way way down the road.

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[@turquitaymoncho4214]

Excelente para aprender más sobre el vehículo avanzado. Dios te bendiga a ti y a tu familia siempre. Saludos desde Argentina

[@CityViewtours]

*Extremely cool, excellent details on the advantages of using electric cars regularly.🥰🥰🥰*

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great tips and review ~

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[@FeinDining]

That was awesome! And can't wait for the experiment -- fingers crossed it all works out 🤞

[@jackanddan]

we'll find out in a cople weeks!

[@paolacollura58]

Interesting video. Useful information on the advantages of electric cars!

[@DS-mz7dy]

Good stuff! We have a 2017 Volt and I used to play around with low and the regen paddle on the back of the steering wheel, but honestly, using the brake pedal works almost better because it gives you variable amounts of regen up until it has to use the friction brakes, if at all. Also, some Volts have that "shift to park" issue with a switch inside the gear selector, so I figure, the less I'm moving that gear shift from drive to low, back to drive and then park the better.

[@jackanddan]

Very cool! We just posted an experiment on a road trip we took and it help gain 1 mpg in low and also hardly had to use the brakes at all so we are sold on it and we will be doing another city driving experiment as well soon. Even though 1 mpg on a road isn't much the saving of the brakes is nice and so is the one foot driving. We have had some instances only in hot weather with the "not in park indicator" and next time we take it in this summer for it's annual check up/oil change we are going to have them check it out....We posted the road trip video a few hours ago and we're going to take a few weeks to do the city one because its going to be over the course of a few weeks....thanks for watching and have a great day!

[@thefoos8086]

I have a 2017, driving it 65k miles in the past 3 years. Two points.... I always drive in low. My preference. Max regen. The park switch issue; ive dealt with this one. The switch is only in park. You dont exercise the switch in any other gear.

[@phookie1626]

Great job on the video guys! Nicely done! Thank you for the awesome tip! I love it! 13:42 Love!

[@qwertylife]

I enjoy seeing how other people drive the same car that I do! Informative thank you

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this was wonderful video. watched and enjoyed to the brim.

[@TheNorma]

I'm glad you're taking good care of Jacks future car

[@jackanddan]

hahaha so is he!!

[@JonVlogs123]

Very cool, great information on the benefits of electric vehicles for everyday use. 😎👍

[@jackanddan]

We’ll see how the experiment comes out…..we leave in a couple days👍👍

[@RITABALCONYGARDEN]

So nice video my friend great sharing 👌🙏❤️

[@angelab0ss]

LOL at the Cleveland weather. Great review guys!

[@jackanddan]

Thanks Angela.......we just got back from Spring Break and we are editing the experiment we said we would be doing......stay tuned for the results!

[@MelbourneTravel]

Nice sharing for your tips on electric electric vehicles, Have a lovely night, Jack and Dan

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lovely sharing this great maximize charging and regeneration keep up the good work keep safe as well

[@variousvariety12]

Thanks my dear friend for another fantastic upload share! This is interesting! Enjoy your beautiful day! Great share!

[@JackieNaturals]

Hey guys, that is good mileage on a full charge. That is cool how it does the regeneration to push energy back to the battery. Also, I love all the blue accents in the interior. Wow!!! 3 months!!!! Last time it was full was Christmas. That is outstanding. LOL at the charge being annoying. 7% gas is awesome. FW and have a great day.

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Chevy Volt beautiful car Enjoy driving and take care great sharing

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This is the best investment I ever made ❤❤

[@anydaynow01]

Yep the first car I purchased that has actually gone up in value since I bought it, even after all the km I put on it. Not to mention I might put fuel in it once a year outside of a random road trip. Yep the annual fill up and oil change is all I really do for it!

[@nevlonduguid4093]

@@anydaynow01 I just got an oil change yesterday after 3 years lol no gas life

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Wow what an awesome capture!!

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This is like an episode of Top Gear!! Like :)

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Dear my friend. nice beautiful driving scenery sharing video. full watch😊👍 I hope you have a nice day tomorrow.

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Very cool, great information on the benefits of electric vehicles for everyday

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Have a good day driving thanks for the good information.

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Wow awesome car, good drive test experiment.

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[@madcat61207]

nice to see y'all and your 2018 chevy volt!

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[@isabellecalvez3896]

this great tasting drive went out 400mile so really good car Chevy volt

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[@kickoran]

This is really a cool automatic car Glad to hear your great review

[@ShenRC]

Cool! It's like a big RC car! charge it up!

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Cool 😎 have a fun road trip, sounds fun!

[@Wansutv]

incredibly sophisticated charging system the best ❤❤❤

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Wonderful ottimo informazioni I wish you a good weekend and a happy Easter, your family too 😊

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[@NicoleHikesalot]

Good morning guys very nice informative and great to learn more about this advanced vehicle. Sure is a great vehicle to have with the higher prices. When you said you filled it before Christmas. 😮that really made a statement. I also love that you have solar panels at the house. The jeep sounds awesome too. Nice to hear about the extra charge update too. ❤ great video

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Interesting drive video 😊 Yeah driving is a kind of experiment

[@tomepic]

wow man this is impressive vehicle. fuel has become super expensive where I stay Awesome trip love the car

[@jackanddan]

Thanks.......we love it.....we just got back from our spring break vacation and we did a little experiment that we talked about in this video so we will share it soon....

[@tomepic]

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[@jackanddan]

Thanks so much we leave tomorrow so the experiment begins. We will probably load it in about a couple of weeks.

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Sending support for your channel here. Drive safely and God bless always. See you on next blog.

[@Bootsz2010]

Hi, I just bought a 2017 premier in November here in Northern California with 35K miles on it, and I'm learning how to drive it. At first I was very disappointed because when I thought was a close charging station didn't have compatibility for a volt. Then I decided to just charge it at home. I live on a hill and can't get it down my driveway so I'm using an extension cord that I use for portable air conditioner in summer for my bedroom and it seems to be working fine. My question is about using mountain mode. I drive a lot down in the Sacramento Valley but I live in the mountains at about 1400 ft. I see it says to drive the car for 20 minutes in mountain mode before you start going out mountains but I'm already going up mountains. And it seems like mountain mode eats up the EV battery. In spring and summer I go to Lake Tahoe which is 79 mi from me. I have to go over the 8, 400 ft Donner Pass sunmit to get there, which is 58 mi.from me. Is there anything in particular I need to know about driving that far uphill?

[@jackanddan]

mountain mode seems to be more about the added energy to get up a hill then it is about regeneration going down......we just use LOW all the time....and we have done many trips through mountains and MOUNTAIN vs LOW seemed to regenerate less for us so we just stick to LOW all the time. It seems to save brakes and save energy more. We just passed 60k and still breaks are good and we regenerate well and also use the paddle instead of the brakes whenever possible. Good luck.....we will continue to post updates every year or 6 months on this car because we absolutely love it

[@dheoh994]

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[@AlphaTraveler1]

Been meaning to ask you, had the batter degraded any? I am looking in to one but heard they are not as reliable yet. Left you a LIKE. 👍👍👍

[@jackanddan]

Not at all.....100% we will do another update after our trip on the experiment of low versus drive and of course a city one after that and another at it's 5 year check up this summer

[@DaJuan94]

Nice drive my friend, thank you for the information!

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[@jackanddan]

we did the experiment on our trip and will be sharing it soon

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[@TheStephensonGrechFamily]

Really think that electric cars will be the future

[@joyofeverything]

Great video, I just traded in my Honda clarity for the Chevy volt. I was able to charge my clarity battery to 60% while driving. Can I do that on the Volt? And how to do I save battery and switch to just gas while on the freeway?

[@jackanddan]

pretty much just put it in hold and it'll use gas and save the battery and regenerate especially on hills. We have done other video on trips showing this more, but will be doing an experiment in the city soon with Low vs Drive and we did get more miles in Low.....not much but the one foot driving is nicer and you don't have to bother with the pedal either......we just think it's easier.....it'll be out soon

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