Would you consider going back to a Bolt EUV? If not, why not? Very curious what you think here.We are extremely frustrated and upset. We just bought a '21 Model Y, with 6000 miles on it. We traded in our '23 Bolt EUV which consistently charged to 247 miles overnight. The Y does not. Sometimes 211, 213, 186, 240. The driven miles do not match the battery miles. One example is We charged overnight and charging said full at 213. We had a 158 miles trip we regularly made with the Bolt. After 50 miles with the Y, the battery miles were down to 129 (84 mile decrease for only driving 50 miles) and navigation said we did not have enough to make it to our destination, only 108 miles away. This was 50 miles on a straight, boring road. We set the cruise at 67, the inside temp set at 68' and the outside temp was 43'.
Why does it not consistently fully charge overnight to 240 miles available?
Why can I not expect to drive at least 200 miles before needing to charge?
We want to love this car, but so far when asked how we like it our answer is We Don't. We got a Tesla because of the infrastructure. We are newly retired and enjoy driving and sightseeing. But we have our doubts that we will be able to continue to do that.
Sadly, I continue to be disappointed with this mileage aspect of ownership, and it's quite significant to me. Many others don't seem bothered by it, but the fact remains that if Tesla didn't have a charging network to help its owners and we owners had to rely on the charging infrastructure that other EVs have historically been relegated to, this issue would be HUGE. Teslas would be in need of charging up on trips FAR MORE than other EVs like the Bolt, Polestar 2, etc. I agree that it's incredibly frustrating to need a significant charge just to make routine trips in a MY that are <200 miles long when the advertised distance is 330 miles, especially when other EVs require comparatively fewer stops to charge, all things being equal.
I'm ready to get rid of the MY and am looking to test drive the Polestar and a couple others now. I've never been a Chevy fan, but at this point I'd just like an EV that can reliably get me to and from Boston so I can just charge at my destination, not spend an extra 25 minutes charging halfway there when that isn't required for friends driving the Bolt and the Polestar 2.