I should have read all of the article I linked to Bloomberg Hyperdrive; it shows that as of the end of last year GM had sold like 275,000 EV's, maybe that includes the discontinued Chevy Volt hybrid.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 11:09 PM Anne Sobol <[email protected]> wrote: > I bought a 2019 Chevy Bolt in September 2018 in California where I then > lived. (I had a perfectly good 13-year old Toyota Prius which I sold to a > friend.) I couldn't resist the subsidies. The list price of the car was > about $40,000, but federal, State of California, Sonoma (County) Clean > Power, & Chevrolet ended up kicking in $16,500, so the bottom line was > about $23,500. > > It was a drag when shortly thereafter Chevrolet started saying one had to > dial back on the amount the car could be charged while they figured out > what the problem was with the batteries. One of the selling points of Bolt > was that it had the reputation of charging for 238 miles. > > I have accepted the numbers that Chevy sold 140,000 Bolts, and four > burned. Once my car got to Mass. in December 2020, the charging capacity > was very much reduced because of the cold (batteries don't like cold). > (The car got to Mass. on a car shipping tractor trailer.) I then had a > long frustrating period while Chevrolet kept saying they would solve the > battery problem, but didn't. I was living in an apartment in West Concord > while I hunted for a house to buy, and was using Colonial Chevrolet in > Acton for service (which means for a Bolt getting the tires rotated). I > finally figured out that Colonial had only done one replacement of > batteries, that they only had one mechanic trained on Bolts, and he was the > same guy that did all the other hightech service work for Colonial. Then I > learned from a friend who also owns a Bolt of similar vintage about a guy > who works at the State level for Chevrolet, a fixer guy who really wants to > help people get their new batteries. A few weeks later this winter, my > batteries were replaced at a Chevrolet dealership in Framingham. Brand new > batteries, reportedly better batteries, and supposedly at a point I will > get warranty documents extending my warranty. As spring is coming on, and > it's not so cold, I'm charging to about "250 miles." > > I figured out that in February, last month, the electricity to run my Bolt > cost a little over $40. You could check my math! > > I read a news email from Bloomberg to follow the EV market: here's a link > to one from March 8: > https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#search/Bloomberg+hyperdrive/FMfcgzGmvLWSHwbSqsjnMJJVVfXBnvzq. > If this link doesn't do it, the newsletter is called Bloomberg Hyperdrive. > > The Bolt has incredible torque which I resist showing off when I move > forward from lights on Rt. 2. It's fun, four electric motors on each of > the four wheels. It has a "gear" called L which is all I ever use, when > you pull your foot off the accelerator the car slows down, just like a golf > cart, so I never use the brake. > > Now that I have my new batteries, I recommend this electric car, but I've > read that Chevrolet may phase out the Bolt when it brings out the Chevy > Equinox. > > I guess I should let the LFD know that I have an EV. >
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