# Volt with 259K miles
**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/volt-with-259k-miles/5248
**Category:** Volt
**Created:** [August 31, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/volt-with-259k-miles/5248 "2015-08-31T14:23:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Jljeeper](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Jljeeper)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/volt-with-259k-miles/5248/1 "2015-08-31T14:23:29Z")
[Volt Stats: Details for Volt #2012-07353 (sparkie)](http://www.voltstats.net/Stats/Details/1579)
There is now a Volt with over a quarter million miles and still going strong.
92K miles on the battery alone. Looks like the Volt is a durable car after all.
[Volt Stats: Details for Volt #2012-07353 (sparkie)](http://www.voltstats.net/Stats/Details/1579)
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### Author:  [@tmark938](https://community.electricforum.com/u/tmark938)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/volt-with-259k-miles/5248/2 "2015-09-01T05:25:24Z")
This certainly goes against what critics of the Volt have been saying!
Competition is really hotting up now - great to see.
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### Author:  [@Greendriver](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Greendriver)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/volt-with-259k-miles/5248/3 "2015-09-01T14:11:23Z")
Why do these positive stories never get the same exposure as negative EV stories?
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### Author:  [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/volt-with-259k-miles/5248/4 "2015-09-01T15:04:27Z")
The Volt has taken some abuse over the years - better than many expected?
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### Author:  [@Jljeeper](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Jljeeper)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/volt-with-259k-miles/5248/5 "2016-07-17T14:41:39Z")
UPDATE: This Volt now has 330,000 miles
[Volt Stats: Details for Volt #2012-07353 (sparkie)](http://www.voltstats.net/Stats/Details/1579)
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### Author:  [@Reddevil](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Reddevil)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/volt-with-259k-miles/5248/6 "2017-02-03T06:02:37Z")
We are on our second Volt, a 2017. The second gen has solved the user interface issues of the original and is a very nice ride. Wife gets about 55 miles on electric. Using a 220v clipper creek interface, it charges in about 4 hrs or less. Took it on a road trip to see and even running exclusively on gas obtained about 35 mpg at 75+. Lifetime is over 250 mpg. Car is a game changer.
One thing we learned on the first one was to avoid letting the gas get old, thus forcing the system to run through a couple tanks of gas before it would let you run on electricity. They may have fixed that, not gonna test it.