Originally Posted by
xenole
Yes it was a Solterra.
Weird mileage on it. Switched on the heater for a bit and the range dropped by 50 miles, but eventually went back up when I switched it off.
Makes it difficult to know how far you're going to get.
(Couldn't get a single local charger to work - all required apps that wouldn't find the charger even though i was plugged into it. Had to drive 4 miles to the next town to use a "electrify America" one that takes credit card payments).
Yeah - that sounds like the really bad car the Solterra is. Sorry you’ve had such a poor experience, Bolt/BZ4x/Solterra/Niro/Kona are good models to avoid in the future.
On reasonable EVs (MB, Hyundai Ioniq/EV6, Tesla, BMW, etc) they have an efficient heat pump that only takes 5-10% mileage with A/C or heat.
Local charger wise, Chargepoint’s the only app I have. Need it for the free charging at Amazon buildings in Seattle after hours.
I don’t look on the map for the charger, I just use the ChargePoint card in Apple wallet at the charger