Queen of the Hyper-mile

I don't often blog two days in a row, but alas, right after I stated yesterday that I had not yet reached top 100 on VoltStats, of course today I have broken the barrier.

I just knew you'd want to know.

I had a great day in regards to hyper-miling. It all started with my morning commute. Here is what I started with on my guess-o-meter:

Here is what I ended with:

So, I used 18 miles... to go this many miles on the road:

This was a great start, considering that I was on the phone for part of the commute and thus running my air. It doesn't help that central Florida is very flat and thus the opportunities for regenerative braking are few, other than pulling up to red lights and taking corners.

The highlight of my day was that, when I posted these photos on the Chevy Volt Owners Facebook page, famous hyper-miler Ari Colin commented that my 5.37 average mi/kWh was "really good." That's equivalent to being told by Slash that your guitar riff is "not too shabby."

Usually, my commute back home is not as productive in terms of hyper-miling. This is mainly because the afternoons in Florida are brutally hot and I have to run the air. In addition, the traffic is nightmarish eastbound and I typically hop on a highway, burning through some EV miles, in order to avoid avoid sitting at red lights.

Today was typical, except that due to some afternoon cloud cover, it was only about 86 degrees out. I did hop on the 408 for about 8 miles and then exited downtown, with a 2 mile deficit off the 53 miles I started with.

Then I rolled down the windows and made up for it, using only 21 miles EV:

Covering a road distance just shy of 24 miles:

It would have been only 20, but I had to make a fast stop when I decided to not blow through a slightly red light 3 blocks from my house. It was a good decision, but it did come at a cost.

I fully expect to see 54 on my guess-o-meter in the morning, which will be the highest number I've ever seen, having gotten 53 only a handful of times. 

The slow creep to 60 continues! I probably won't achieve that limit until the temperatures cool down to the seventies in November or December. But I'm bound and determined and it's going to happen.