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OP, just because I'm seriously considering it - how would you compare a used 2013 Tesla S 85 with 27,000 miles, a 50,000 mile warranty, free supercharging for life, and a price of $46K to a new Bolt? I'm genuinely interested in your opinion as a Model S owner...

https://electrek.co/2017/06/30/nissan-leaf-2018-next-gen-2/ So we have a fixed date for the Leaf 2 - 5 September. And Nissan has a strong record of having the car stocked in dealerships right around the time it's released. The thing that makes me think the Leaf 2 might soar is that Nissan is...

There are two types of changes that happen in any manufacturing plant. Those that are marketed as new features, and those that are quietly rolled into production as invisible engineering changes. I'd be really shocked if the latter weren't already happening on a monthly basis. The former, I'd...

Cool, BMW is showing a pure EV 3-Series in September. Not quite official, but we can hope. https://electrek.co/2017/06/28/bmw-3-series-electric-tesla-model-3/

Over on the other Chevy Bolt forum site, there is a guy putting Jetta seats into his Bolt. It made me wonder - has anyone unhappy with the seats given a thought to checking the Sonic seats to see if they fit? I imagine you can get a Sonic seat cheap at a salvage shop. I bet they'd even let you...

The Bolt, with a 102" wheelbase, is a relative softy. I owned a late-90's Toyota RAV4 2-door with an 86 inch wheelbase. I routinely ate my own teeth. And in Army Recon in the 70s, I drove WW2 jeeps. You'd get whiplash enough over a bump to snap your neck.

I know it's not Bolt-specific, but there is a Tesla parts maker who did a wonderful video on EV drive trains. I found it really educational in general. Parts certainly don't apply to the Bolt. https://evannex.com/blogs/news/how-does-an-electric-car-work

Can't really argue with that last observation. How does it go? You can please some people all the time...

I totally don't buy the "customers would hate it" argument. Especially since GM itself sells the Tahoe with a console mounted gear shift. And that vehicle actually makes money and matters to GM. And we're not talking about something you're shifting anyway IT DOESN'T HAVE GEARS. Well, if it's a...

As a software GUI engineer, I'm not sure I'd call this a skeuomorphic issue. A good example of skeuomorphism in a car would be software replicating a physical speedometer dial on an OLED display panel. In the case of the shift lever, we're talking about physical object being moved to a new...

Here's at least one Bolt owner who will trade you his lease with 32 months remaining. Zero down. $445 a month. Usually these things are negotiable. http://www.leasetrader.com/2017_Chevrolet_Bolt_EV_LT_275787.xhtml

I'm just wondering? Why? And a confusing one at that. I started wondering about this when I seriously started looking at used Tesla Model S and Model 3. They have really simple, intuitive stalks on the steering column - which means you can have a really clean center console. In fact, I hope the...

>> http://www.chevrolet.com/bolt-ev-electric-vehicle-2 under "LOCATION-BASED CHARGING" I see the reference you're pointing to. I was hoping to see a parts manual reference. Is there an online Bolt parts manual? That would be a cool thing to look at! Has anybody identified the GPS antennae...

That's one of several reasons not to buy a used Tesla. Others include you lose the latest fixes and hardware. You don't know how the first owner may have mistreated the battery. And so on. And it's really hard to buy a used S when the Model 3 is so close and is so much more "right-sized" for...

Tesla is now offering warrantied and fully reconditioned model S that have come off lease, and lots of them, for about the same as a Bolt Premium. Tesla is dropping prices aggressively. If the Model S isn't too big for your needs (too big for me), I'd offer that you should seriously consider...

http://www.bmwsf.com/bmw-specials#bmwi I checked their website, and I didn't see anything about a $10,000 purchase. I saw an option to pay your total lease cost of $10,000 upfront and not make any payments or spend any money for two years. Could it be you misinterpreted that as a purchase?

>> Space 1999 Um, now that you mention it...

>> The GPS for the Bolt is solely used by the "home charger" and OnStar functions with the car. Is there actually a GPS receiver in the Bolt? I assumed they were just using cell-tower triangulation for On-Star. I'm not saying, I'm asking. Is there a physical GPS receiver in the Bolt?

September 5 is the Leaf 2 reveal. September is the Frankfurt Auto Show, and there are indications that there will be tons of EVs revealed. And by September, we should be seeing Tesla 3 in the hands of somebody other than Tesla employees. I wonder if we might see the 2018 Bolt? Or maybe another...

I should have said, make it a 2-door, 2-seat CUV. Believe it or not, there are lots of us who would just rather have no seats back there, and nicer cargo space.