Just got a 2017 with a 2yr old battery for 12k, no complaints in general, retired here and just do not do a ton of driving. Put up a 3kw solar gas station to trickle dharge it....got 240v 16amp charger ordered for next week, 120v 12amp is pretty slow, same rate my solar will use.
Ive had the same car for years. Excellent summation of it. If you're gonna road trip all the time, ya, it's not the best out there. But for the price of them, they're incredible. What I used to spend on gas in my gti (which had an identical 0-60) will be more than I spent on my 3yr old used one.
I have had my 2020 bolt for five months now. love it! its my first EV. My daily drive is like 8 miles a day its purfect. I can change the radio station on the left side of the steeringwheel volume on the right
I agree with everything. I test drove a '18 Leaf, then a few weeks later a '17 Bolt and a '22 Bolt EV, and the same day sealed the deal on the '22. That was a month ago, and this is now our workhorse. Mostly it's just me or my wife, sometimes with a kid for a school run, but we're comfortably fitted all four of us in with four recyclable bags of shopping in the trunk. Our old workhorse was a 2010 Honda Odyssey minivan, and I had an '07 Mazda 3 as an alternate, which we traded in for a tiny $700 discount on the Bolt. My wife refused to drive or most times ride in the Mazda except in dire need, it was noisy and she had a knack of stalling it one Summer which put her off. We still have the Honda as our second vehicle, but it only gets a run once a week. You didn't mention how quiet it is, maybe because you're had an EV before, but they had to add a spaceship sound to it at lower speeds to alert pedestrians. If my wife is asleep and I want to go for an early drive I can take this out and come back, and not wake her. If they just put faster charging in this it would be all the car most people need, but I think they deliberately kept it low or nobody would be buying their Equinox and Blazer EVs. We have solar panels, and grid electricity costs 10c all day and night for us, so it's very cheap to run at 4 miles/kWh on average. I reckon I'll get that a lot higher in warmer weather. In comparison our van gets 19 mph around town on a good day.
Bought a 2020 Premier in July. Although I'm still in 80% jail today, it's been totally sufficient for what I need. Being a used car, it comes with some scratches on the cheap interior panels and there's a door ding or two on the passenger side, but still looks pretty good overall. Hoping it survives the next few years without any issues.
@@mitttoille battery pack replaced at 89,000 miles under recall. Exclusively use public fast charge and only to 80%. Occasionally 100% on level 2. Didn't skip any scheduled maintenance.
@tonyLee-rw3cv Ok. My Bolt had just over 50k miles when I bought it a few months back. Original battery. Still in 80% jail for another 600ish miles. I'm wondering once the software update is lifted if I charge more than 90% whether I'll get a reduced propulsion message, etc. Time will tell, I suppose.
We've had a 2023 EUV for a few months here, and just added a 2020 EV to our household, and I need to get used to the differences. Only problem I've had with L mode is it doesn't like to go very fast, we picked it up in the KCMO area, and the freeways over there are 70MPH, and it really didn't want to go that fast in L, but I expect it'll be fine for me doing deliveries as that's all 25 to 40MPH driving. Oh, and one pedal is easy to use if'n you're experienced with stick, it's not quite the same, but the learning curve from engine braking to one pedal driving is very small.
@@WanderingCactus really? On mine L mode does not affect speed at all, it only moves the throttle coast point ahead. I’ve done 80+ mph in L on a pass no problem.
@@that_jamesguy Interesting, I found it felt very resistant to acceleration, much more so than my hubb's 2023 EUV, though that doesn't bother me as I can't imagine I'd get much use out of it on the highway.
Just bought one yesterday. Waiting for it to arrive. I can't wait. It will be my 1st EV.
Well done. I have a 2023 EUV--totally agree with your assessment.
Just got a 2017 with a 2yr old battery for 12k, no complaints in general, retired here and just do not do a ton of driving. Put up a 3kw solar gas station to trickle dharge it....got 240v 16amp charger ordered for next week, 120v 12amp is pretty slow, same rate my solar will use.
Ive had the same car for years. Excellent summation of it. If you're gonna road trip all the time, ya, it's not the best out there. But for the price of them, they're incredible. What I used to spend on gas in my gti (which had an identical 0-60) will be more than I spent on my 3yr old used one.
I have had my 2020 bolt for five months now. love it! its my first EV. My daily drive is like 8 miles a day its purfect. I can change the radio station on the left side of the steeringwheel volume on the right
I agree with everything. I test drove a '18 Leaf, then a few weeks later a '17 Bolt and a '22 Bolt EV, and the same day sealed the deal on the '22. That was a month ago, and this is now our workhorse.
Mostly it's just me or my wife, sometimes with a kid for a school run, but we're comfortably fitted all four of us in with four recyclable bags of shopping in the trunk.
Our old workhorse was a 2010 Honda Odyssey minivan, and I had an '07 Mazda 3 as an alternate, which we traded in for a tiny $700 discount on the Bolt. My wife refused to drive or most times ride in the Mazda except in dire need, it was noisy and she had a knack of stalling it one Summer which put her off. We still have the Honda as our second vehicle, but it only gets a run once a week.
You didn't mention how quiet it is, maybe because you're had an EV before, but they had to add a spaceship sound to it at lower speeds to alert pedestrians. If my wife is asleep and I want to go for an early drive I can take this out and come back, and not wake her.
If they just put faster charging in this it would be all the car most people need, but I think they deliberately kept it low or nobody would be buying their Equinox and Blazer EVs.
We have solar panels, and grid electricity costs 10c all day and night for us, so it's very cheap to run at 4 miles/kWh on average. I reckon I'll get that a lot higher in warmer weather.
In comparison our van gets 19 mph around town on a good day.
Bought a 2020 Premier in July. Although I'm still in 80% jail today, it's been totally sufficient for what I need. Being a used car, it comes with some scratches on the cheap interior panels and there's a door ding or two on the passenger side, but still looks pretty good overall. Hoping it survives the next few years without any issues.
I've owned my bolt premier oasis blue since Oct 2020 and 140,900 miles later zipping along better than day 1.
@tonyLee-rw3cv Original battery? Do you ever charge it to 100%
@@mitttoille battery pack replaced at 89,000 miles under recall. Exclusively use public fast charge and only to 80%. Occasionally 100% on level 2. Didn't skip any scheduled maintenance.
@tonyLee-rw3cv Ok. My Bolt had just over 50k miles when I bought it a few months back. Original battery. Still in 80% jail for another 600ish miles. I'm wondering once the software update is lifted if I charge more than 90% whether I'll get a reduced propulsion message, etc. Time will tell, I suppose.
@@mitttoille you should be able to charge to 100%. If you have issues then something wrong with the battery pack or software
We've had a 2023 EUV for a few months here, and just added a 2020 EV to our household, and I need to get used to the differences. Only problem I've had with L mode is it doesn't like to go very fast, we picked it up in the KCMO area, and the freeways over there are 70MPH, and it really didn't want to go that fast in L, but I expect it'll be fine for me doing deliveries as that's all 25 to 40MPH driving. Oh, and one pedal is easy to use if'n you're experienced with stick, it's not quite the same, but the learning curve from engine braking to one pedal driving is very small.
@@WanderingCactus really? On mine L mode does not affect speed at all, it only moves the throttle coast point ahead. I’ve done 80+ mph in L on a pass no problem.
@@that_jamesguy Interesting, I found it felt very resistant to acceleration, much more so than my hubb's 2023 EUV, though that doesn't bother me as I can't imagine I'd get much use out of it on the highway.
EV1... Back in the 1990s was Chevy's first EV....
@@stevenfellows8945 yup it’s true. I think I flashed that on the screen.
It would be funnier if you named it White Thunder.
First actual EV since Chevy Spark EV