> https://geekdad.com/2020/04/chevy-bolt-2020-tech-10-things > 10 Things to Know About the 2020 Chevy Bolt EV > April 7, 2020 ... Bolt EV 2020 batteries are certified for 259 miles on one > charge but factors that can affect the range ... > https://youtu.be/YUVvBxe9kjU >
Going to disagree with Geekdad about a couple things. 1) You don't need to buy (another) portable charging cord for trips, as far as I know EVERY EV sold comes with a portable charge cord, both my Bolt and my Volt came with one. Besides that, if you're traveling you're probably going to be using Lvl-2 chargers anyway. It takes over 2 days to fully charge a Bolt using the portable EVSE. 2) Driver Confidence II package seems like a waste of money to me. If it had adaptive cruise control (technology that's only been available for 3 decades) I'd probably think differently. But "low speed collision avoidance"? Meh. The 'Lane Keep Assist" is better than many car's I've driven, but it's not autopilot. If you take your hands off the wheel, it doesn't try to keep you in the center of the lane, but rather waits until you are almost out of the lane and then turns you back, but it tends to over correct, which sends it to the other side of the lane, where it repeats and over corrects even more and you start bouncing back and forth between sides of the lane. I've driven other vehicles that do a better job, but so far all of them will kick out of lane keeping mode after a minute of hands free driving. The "Side Blind Zone Alert" is almost useless. The bolt has a wonderful view with almost zero obstructions. It has basically zero blind spot. Just before a passing car disappears from the mirror view I can see it out of the corner of my eye. So a light on the mirror, that comes on to indicate that there is a car that you can see in the mirror, is kind of pointless. I do like the rear cross traffic alert and the automatic high beams, I'm just not sure they are worth the $1500 extra. 3) Geekdad must be huge. I'm 6'2" and 240lbs and I feel like there is plenty of room in the drivers seat, and even a decent amount of room in the back seat. This is one of the roomiest vehicles I've been in in a long time. Personally I don't see any value in the built in 4G hotspot. It costs $20 a month and only works when the vehicle is on. I don't usually surf the web while I'm driving, and as far as your passengers are concerned, how many people don't have internet access on their phones these days? Probably already have a free hotspot on their phone as well. Overall I like the Bolt, but it does have a few issues. Keypass is a train wreck, while on-star remote status is 1/2 a train wreck. About 1/2 the time when I'm away on business and check to see if the Bolt is charging properly I get a message "Can not connect to vehicle, please drive the vehicle and try again." WTF? If I was close enough to drive the vehicle why would I be trying to check the charge status remotely? _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
