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I do not think a realistically full discharge cycle is needed before your long trip. Just take it off hilltop reserve and do a “complete” charge the night before. Let it go until it says “complete” in the app. Which is slightly more than “full”. You get a message of “Full” at about 98%. The...

I recommend charging to 100% once a month as a Bolt Owner for 16 months and 16,000 miles. I monitor this thing very closely tabulating every watt-hour. While I have no proof regarding the “health” of the battery, I have proof the range gauge, the “guess-o-meter” gets worse and worse the...

Hilltop reserve stops charging the car in the 88-90% range.

I have noticed if my key fob is in the car, I can’t open the rear hatch.

Probably not illegal but watch out for poles and signs and people going around sharp curves!

My case was worse. I was told I “had a new battery reserved in my name. I needed to make a service appt. “right away” becuase they would only hold such battery for 14 days before giving it to someone else.” I asked (On a Friday) “When is the soonest I could bring it it?” They said “Next...

Sometimes after I DCFC with the car “on” while I’m sitting in it, then drive away, my miles per kWh climbs exponentially. Like into the many hundreds of miles per kWh. It’s as if the car views the DCFC as going down a steep hill with regen. But it does not occur every time. Just once in a...

It’s a feature in the Volt. Not Bolt. Probably a typo.

In a nutshell, yes.

So the really good question is: If you already had your whole battery replaced, can you ignore this software update?

Whoa whoa whoa.... back er up there a minute. #1 your car does not need 12 volt cold cranking amps, or any cranking for that matter. #2 I took my Bolt to the dealership and they replaced the 400 volt traction battery. #3 there is recall on the early 2017 400 volt battery pack. The entire...

After getting my car back from the battery replacement I now detect a burning plastic smell or that hot electronics smell. Under the hood I can’t detect anything hot. (Or even warm). And it does NOT smell worse after several full throttle accelerations. So I don’t think it is worstend by...

While true, that is not the “problem”. We want to dump heat into the battery when it is below 60’F.

Parts arrived on the 13th day at the dealership. And much to my surprise, they were able to do the entire recall service in 1 day. I picked up my bolt (with 100% charge) at 5:30 pm the same day. Funny, as they were working on it mid-day, OnStar automatically emailed me there was a problem...

No. That wasn’t the case at all. I’m afriad you missed my point. On the drive TO the 125A DCFC my Bolt would regen at 70 kw. Once I got to the DCFC and hooked up, with a low to medium low SOC (right in the sweet spot) it would only take 32kw to 38kw. The same charge station a day or two...

So what I thought. Not very many when you zoom in. And 8 out of 10 are hotels that say “for guest use only”. While this is a neat adapter, it is way too expensive. And there are hardly any places to put it to use.

I like this but I don’t need this. Where are there 240 VAC Tesla Chargers in public? I have never looked since they have never been of any use to me. Be careful, some are 277 VAC which Tesla cars can accept. Chevy cars, including the Bolt have a 264 VAC upper limit. They will refuse to...

Posted elsewhere also. When you exit carPlay to look at something else on the screen, pressing and holding the home key takes you back to carPlay.

Salinas & Buellton.

Very good point. I both love and hate that Apple keeps pretty tight control over 3rd party developers. There’s less variety, but much more reliability. I think I mostly love that model.