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I have a 2016 Volt and have been reading a little bit on techniques to extend EV range. The question I have is on acceleration. Should we reach our top speed accelerating as slow as possible, Fast as possible, or somewhere in between? I had always assumed slow acceleration from a stop. One...

The last couple of weekends I have had a lot of errands to run around town. I easily get over 50 miles on a single full charge. I am returning to my house at the end of the drive so no long downhill regen sections to inflate the range. How is this possible? I can repeat the results at will. The...

I know the World Smallest Violin is playing for me here, but I'm wondering what's going on as my estimated range gauge sees "stuck" at 50 miles. I noticed this about 1000 miles ago (I just hit 5k EV miles, out of 5.3k total) When I first got the Volt 3 months ago, I'd swear the ER gauge hit 52...