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The EVSE delivered with the Bolt is reported to be the same world-wide (except plug differences) and accepts both 120V and 240V, and will work on both. YMMV, don't believe me, it ain't my fault if it fries your house.

A 'pigtail' is a "very short extension cord that does socket conversion" (say, plugs into a NEMA 10-30 socket {it has a 10-30 plug} and offers a 14-30 socket). In this case (standard EVSE delivered with the Bolt), the pigtail plugs into {some form of 240V socket} and offers a NEMA 5-15 socket...

1) use defroster + heater BEFORE YOU LEAVE (while still plugged in) to warm the windshield. (15 mins of "preconditioning") 2) use anti-freeze windshield washer fluid mixed/diluted for the appropriate temps. Squirting that on the windshield will de-ize it.

There are actually quite a few dealerships in the greater San Jose area that are offering about $8000 of MSRP recently. They are the base model, with DCFC, and about no other package. Still, as stated, $30-$31K before subtracting tax credit and CA rebate is still a pretty good deal.

If you live in CA you must own/drive the vehicle for a certain amount of time to get the rebate. (It used to be 30 months.) If you sell/return the car before that time, you have to tell CARB and give the rebate back. Now, if you didn't know that you could get the CA rebate for a lease, so you...

October 2018 was wildly optimistic , however I-5 is now, finally, fully drivable from the L.A. basin up to the Bay Area, and Sacramento, and beyond what with the latest openings of ChargePoint sites in Coalinga and Gustine. There are multi-DCFC sites at : - Coalinga (ChargePoint) - ~100 miles...

Absolutely. As I mentioned elsewhere a month or so ago, even though EA is gaining a rather dominant position (by being forced to dispense billions and billions for infrastructure) and charges way too much, at least it *will* allow coast-to-coast traveling, and access between the vast majority of...

So you bought a map option for less than Chevy would have offered it (if they offered it at the same price as the Volt nav), which can be carried with you into any car you want, with free map upgrades.

You, too, should all be able to pay through the nose to DCFC at 150A, via an EA station coming soon near you to rip you off !! :mrgreen:

Yup. Look at the prices of 4-year-old used LEAFs. The 2015 LEAF sold for around $33K and those cars are now easily found for under $11K on the used market - AT DEALERS (less from private party). I imagine that a 2021 model-year "equivalent of a Bolt" (a 200+ mile EV from a competitor for around...

The *car* can do it in Software (the car controls the AC 120V/240V {i.e., J1772} charging, as just stated). Tesla did implement this in their implementation. The 2019 Bolt also allows one to do this. But it isn't the EVSE (exterior charging cord) that does it. On an older Bolt, you can "fake"...

Funny, I did the same (it was "national EV week" or some such, and they gave out membership/cards for free at that time). I've still never used it. (The EVgo DCFCs are neither the cheapest nor the closest - for me. I have the card (and many other vendors) simply "just in case". If I drove to...

It was only applicable for the pay-as-you-go plan (not if one was subscribed). It was either $10 for 30 mins, or $5 connection fee ($4.95) and XXX per kWh (I don't remember exactly how much per kWh). . That was pricing up until about a year ago - around May 2018, when the prices of all the...

By "Hillsdale ChargePoint" (CP), do you mean the one at "Park Place shopping" on Hillsdale ave? That one is nice (4 125A DCFC units, underground so protected from the elements, and only $0.25/kWh). I imaging that will (once again) become your go-to charge place, since EVgo just raised their...

Yes, I have edited that post. Sigh. EVgo doesn't play the fee game that EA is wont to do Well, they certainly used to do so , when they were pretty much the only game in town, and it was a doozy : $5 connection fee !!

https://insideevs.com/chevrolet-bolt-requires-almost-no-maintenance-for-first-150000-miles/ " Oh, brake fluid replacement is recommended every 5 years, regardless of mileage " http://www.electric-vehiclenews.com/2016/12/the-chevy-bolt-ev-requires-zero_12.html Chevrolet does recommend a...

Oh my! EVgo's prices going UP to pretty closely match the competition, basically. Unless one travels a lot (guaranteed to use $8 of FCging every month), it looks like the utility of the "subscription" rate just tanked - if you're sure you will use DCFC for $8/mo (28 mins), every month, then why...

If only they worked! (many, many reports of their DCFCs not working, having to call to get them rebooted, etc. - across the nation)

I don't know about that. VW (for example) is going pretty whole-hog into electric (or so they say), but haven't really been serious up until now - they have less than 15K e-cars sold (in the US). Kia and Hyundai have also sold very few electrics (because *up until now* they haven't really been...

True. However, in the context of "are we all going to end up buying our cars after our leases are up?", there WILL be multiple choices available (depending on where you live) and that *should* drive down the price of used electrics of a similar class (around $38K, 200-ish miles of range). Thus...