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So......which fuse was it? More interestingly though, I think it would be great if we could make our own pedestrian warning sound. A particular Ludacris song comes to mind :-) I frequently find that my pedestrian noisemaker is TOO quiet, and the horn is too rude. People amble through parking...

OK let's be honest here, a big part of this complaint we have about EVgo is actually about the Bolt and it's VERY early charge rate taper. If it could run 80KW all the way up to 80%, this point would be mostly moot, but that's not the case. The real issue here is that EVgo isn't charging for...

It gets better! Well! I didn't know I was getting charged for all that time my car wasn't charging! This stinks and needs to end.

I dropped them a note too - and this is what I got... So, I dropped a note to the FTC and the CDFA Division of Measurement Standards (they're the people that put those stickers on gas pumps to say that one gallon really means one gallon) so that seems pretty appropriate. We'll see what happens.

Predictably, EVgo responded to the half hour session flat rate pricing policy. Let the good times roll. Thanks Eric, and you're right, the half hour policy sure does keep the lines at the charger short, but I think it's for the same reason that the lines at the station with $8 a gallon gas...

The lighting in cornering seems fine. In my opinion, the spread on the Bolt seems pretty wide. Definitely use high beams in those dark places. The vertical cut-off is so sharp that you really lose distance, especially when driving in to dips in the road, for example, across washes. I can't say...

Hi Sean, you're completely right, it should take less than 2 days at 12 amps. The electric meter sure will suck up 60kwh in that time, but it's not a 100% efficient process (the battery charging part) and then there's an efficiency penalty for the boost converter in the charger that steps the...

I hear you loud and clear, but DO think of it this way - Let us iron out all the bad practices BEFORE they get a chance to become widespread. It's better to fix things now. And yes, I can have a potty mouth, especially when I'm still walking funny from the day before. My apologies.

Oh my god, yes get an L2 charger. And, let me preach my usual preach, don't spend a lot of money on an EVSE with fancy features, spend it on the electrician running some big fat 6 gauge wire out to your garage. Good luck.

As requested by another use, our report: We did a nice road trip this weekend, from LA to the Salton Sea, Salvation Mountain, then back through Palm Desert to Joshua tree, and back to LA via Palm Springs for lunch. All in all, the Bolt performed admirably. A toddler, a four month old, two...

As has been pointed out in another post, EVgo has a policy of turning off their fast chargers after a 30 minute session, regardless of the SOC of the vehicle. Of course, customer service says this is to "protect the battery of the car" which we all know to be some major BS. Nowhere on the...

Hi Amber, Thanks for the well wishes. Things are going great with the car, and the dealership was very professional (save for misplacing the service valve caps, I've done worse things) I was honestly expecting some hiccups. It's a thing with early adopters, and everybody says "Never buy the...

I'm getting about 2.9 miles per kwh, but it's also "winter" and my drive is short, so I blast the cabin heat. The Spark EV used to average about 4.3 m/kwh over the long haul, though I'd have days I'd get 5+ miles per kwh.

Totally just a bolted on piece of plastic. Are you any good with woodworking? It's not a hard part to make. The trouble might be finding the bolt holes blindly through the existing side panel.

:D Come on now, we all know what the manual says and we all know what the lawyers say, and we all know that you'd sue the guy who's car exploded in front of you and probably win, I think this horse has been beaten. Rest assured, everybody respects and had registered your opinion on the matter...

I also want to point out some of the truly terrifying stuff that people do on the regular and get away with. NOT saying it's right, and definitely not saying it's a good idea, but I'm just saying... If this is acceptable, then anybody with half a brain could do just as good a job on the Bolt.

What about putting the boat on the roof rack? I know it's only technically rated for 100 lbs, but that's also probably VERY conservative. To my knowledge, they don't have roof rails yet anyway, so yeah. Don't give up on the dream. I'm also not so sure about the towing thing. I know what the...

Adding some washer fluid today, noticed the technicians left the caps off the AC service valves, but were nice enough to have left them in the wiper tray :-) No harm, no foul.

Got my car back - Supposedly a faulty compressor - and so far so good! I'm not sure if this is the full report, but it's what they handed me. I'm sure I could get everything if I asked, but it was friday night and everybody was trying to go home. So that's that. Gonna try to take it to...

This is funny, since I actually asked the service manager what they paid the technicians. $36 an hour is the going rate, but it's by the hours that the job is supposed to take, so if the AC compressor is a 3 hour job, they get paid for all three hours, even if they do it in an hour (or four)...