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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton
It's a 2017, so gen 2. The lease payment was peanuts for a $37K car and I won't burn much gas and stay out of the mileage penalty on my Volvo lease. Try "L" around town and the regen braking is much stronger, whereas the paddle is more severe and cannot be moderated. I'd say "D" for the highway, though. It's a pretty impressive car! Chevy should make the charger cable Level 1 and 2, IMO.
I commute 110 miles/day, but have a Level 2 charger at work. Driving 75-80 mph most of the way, the gas engine comes on for the last 15 miles each way. I could probably make it all electric with some reduced speeds. I was reading on a forum there's a desire to not burn any gas, called "gas anxiety." I feel it and think it's pretty funny. I think it's an excellent commuter.
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There are some extreme range guys out there who think its some kind of sin to use the ICE. One guy had been driving around with the same gas in the tank for 2 years! He was advised to have the tank drained and put fresh gas in it and USE it once in awhile.
There are several trains of thought about using "L." There are lots of opinions on the Volt forums.
I don't use L. L switches to strong regen as soon as you take your foot of the pedal, so to travel a city block light to light you have to stay on it and keep burning amps until you are close to the stop light. In D you can take your foot off the pedal and coast with minimal regen a little before hitting the brakes or the paddle. To each his own.