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Leaving the battery fully charged or fully discharged are what harms lithium ion batteries, especially at high temperatures. Also, charging while the battery is below freezing can do some considerable damage to capacity, but the Bolt's liquid thermal management should prevent that. Storing at...

L and the Regen paddle both light up the brake lights during heavy deceleration. The brake lights go out once stopped.

Keeping the 12 volt battery charged has always been the issue with storing EVs. The main drive battery shouldn't lose much of any charge as long as something keeps the 12 volt system charged (this varies by car, but powering 12 volt loads is what drains Tesla batteries). The rule of thumb on...

If I understand it right, PZEV shuts off the fuel when coasting. My work has a PZEV rated Ford Focus, and you can tell when it shuts the fuel off as the engine drags a bit more than normal. Wouldn't the Bolt easily handle a 240-mile trip with one DCQC or destination charging? I've run A/C and...

The MyChevrolet app and keypass will show %SoC on your phone, which will at least tell you when the car will shut down. Keypass is a direct, bluetooth connection to the car (with surprising range. Mine stayed connected through a block wall some 25 feet away from the car). I'm interested in 3rd...

Think of it this way. Imagine wading through water vs. trying to run through water in a swimming pool. You can walk without much effort, but running is almost impossible. If drag was linear, then it would only be twice as hard to double your speed. However, you can feel that resistance increases...

Where did he say that range is linear? The drop in range with increased speed is due almost purely to aerodynamic drag, same as how a gas car gets worse mileage at 80 than it does at 65. Aero drag is definitely not linear. A more aerodynamic car (the EV1 for instance) would experience the same...

I've sat in five Bolts so far, two with leather. I only found one to have uncomfortable seats, but it was just that the bolster was more pronounced than I'd like. Do the seats differ that much between Bolts? What trim level do most complaints stem from? Having driven LEAFs, 2 Teslas, i-MiEVs...

I'm having trouble understanding your point of view. True, all three of my cars have a quick charge port (I refused to buy without it), but wouldn't my use of the port determine whether or not it was a worthwhile investment at least for me? If any specific person can't decide on whether or not...

ChargePoint offers this feature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsG9hF5BeJk I wish they would've jumped at the chance to become the standard back in the day. It would've made things much easier, as stations can be started with a card or with the app. Any paid charging pulls from an account...

Cars with DCQC already have the capability. Those two big pins run through a contactor straight to the battery. The only thing they might need is a firmware update so the car can recognize V2G/V2H connections. An off-board inverter/charger could handle both charging the car and running the...

I've gotten some of my best range estimates in my i-MiEV by running in rush hour traffic. Around here, that means heavy traffic moving about 5 over the speed limit (a welcome break from the usual 15-20 over everyone else runs). With that many cars moving air, they more or less pull you along...

V2G is one of the things that get talked about endlessly, but I'm not sure we'll ever see it in the US. Mitsubishi's M-tech Labo has a rather neat setup of wind, solar, stationary, 2nd life EV batteries, and a fleet of i-MiEVs. The system favors the stationary batteries to try and keep the cars...

What I find amusing about EVs in general is that everyone has to find something negative to say about them. "Oh, well the Model S can only go 300 miles before needing a charge." Really? :| The Bolt is a substantial vehicle that opens up electric transportation to a LOT of people. It's roomy...

Just to clear up confusion on my part, is the DIC the gauge display or the central radio display? When in CarPlay, I have a clock on the left hand side of the radio display, in the banner that has the CarPlay home button. I've never seen a clock on the display behind the steering wheel. The...

I'm pretty involved with the guys that do the NDEW events in my area (I noticed there is one other Bolt signed up) as it is. However, the Mother Earth News Festival is the same day as the events and I'll be going to that instead. I was just curious if there are any Pittsburgh Bolt owners on this...

That's great to hear. My 238-mile EV might turn out to be a 280-290 mile EV (as my i-MiEV has accustomed me to conservative driving on longer stretches). In regards to the A/C, the i-MiEV has a manual temperature dial. Fan only operation is indicated by a green dot position between heat and...

That would be nice, but opening up the Superchargers isn't what I was hinting at. Using the network with a Tesla vehicle is what I meant. Going across Nevada, Tesla is about the only infrastructure out there except for campgrounds. Cross country is still possible in a Bolt using non-Tesla...

That is true :ugeek: .

Isn't this whole 1,000 mile thing hypothetical? Anyway, modern EVs have still only been on the market for 6 years (excluding the limited production Tesla Roadster). The fact that they are so competitive with technology that's had a solid 100+ years of work and innovation is astounding. On...