Your information on the Bolt recall is wrong! The recall only applies to model years 2017, 2018, and some 2019. Model years 2020 and 2021 are not subject to the recall.
The temporary work around is to only charge to 90%. Ed > On Mar 3, 2021, at 4:55 PM, Steves via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > That’s odd it went up to 100%, did it throttle back to a lower rate? > > Also be aware Bolts have a recall because of potential battery fires. While > they figure out what to do they are changing the programming to only go to > 80% charge. > > -Steve > >> On Mar 3, 2021, at 6:31 PM, Bob Bath via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My 2020 allows me charging options, similar to my 2013 LEAF. We set our >> preferences on the car (home charging option) to give it 80% for long life. >> But if we ever have a long road trip in it, the _away_charging option in the >> car is set for 100%. You need to set it up so that it recognizes where your >> home charger is, though. Please see manual. >> >> Sincerely, >> Bob Bath >> >> Note: any misspellings of the contents of this message are due to 55 y.o. >> vision, hyperactive spell check changing what I typed, or fat fingering— not >> cluelessness. >> >> >>>> On Mar 3, 2021, at 3:19 PM, Mark Hanson via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks >>> >>> With the request for $25k for an affordable EV, the 2021 Bolt comes close >>> at $26k I saw last week in the showroom at Shelor in Christiansburg but I >>> already bought a 20’ model in August for $30k with a $10k “Covid discount”. >>> >>> I drove up today from Roanoke to Columbia Md and stopped at an Electrify >>> America CCS fast charger Woodstock , Md used my credit card easy-peasey And >>> then when it got to 80% it kept going to 100%. I thought they stopped at >>> 80% ? Is it ok to charge the battery on a fast charger to 100% without >>> cooking it? Took an extra 20 minutes while I was reading the EVDL >>> discussion list :-) >>> Best regards >>> Mark >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> _______________________________________________ >>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ >>> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
