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To put a postscript on my original question, I just posted a trip report for my first round trip to work http://www.mychevybolt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6173. Thanks everyone for your feedback and help. My electrician is coming next week to install a 240V 50 Amp circuit for the Juicebox...

I work from home 3-days a week and drive to Carlsbad, 125 miles away for my in-office days. I stay overnight. It's a 250-mile roundtrip. Originally I had posted my questions in the thread I created http://www.mychevybolt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6049 because I was trying to figure out...

In the stuff that came with the car was a ChargePoint card that I activated today as well.

Definitely! Today, I did a "dress rehearsal" with an EVgo fast charging station, in preparation for my trip to Carlsbad this week on Wednesday. Since I've never used a charging station, I wanted to see how they work and get familiar with it. I didn't want to end up in Carlsbad and then be...

Picked up my Chevy Bolt today.

I appreciate the explanation. I did know that 220 could kill but had though that if it works for a dryer, what's the problem. I'd rather get an electrician in to change the socket than risk it. I never thought that one little test drive, the result of going solar had such a cascading effect...

I'm definitely WAY out of my depth. I saw that the Juicebox charger has an adapter. Is there something wrong with this method? The following was in the product description as an option that can be ordered: Regular Dryer (NEMA 10-30) Plug into common dryer outlets! - standard 3 prong 30 amp...

Until now I didn't know what type of dryer plug I had since for the past bizillion years I've only had gas dryers. Why can't a NEMA 10-30 be used?

The pictures helped. The house was built in 1989 and the outlet is a NEMA 10-30.

Took some advice here and started shopping for a lease. I've never leased a car before. I've also typically owned a car on average for 10 years. I think I found a "good" leasing price for a 15,000 per year lease. On an LT orange with DC fast charging and the comfort package. I really wanted the...

Thank you! I will study the thread on leasing. I have never leased a car before and obviously need to educate myself. Sadly, there are no options to charge either while at my hotel or at work. My only option is to use a charging station, at least for now. I do intend to write to the management...

After the 125 mile drive I'll need to charge enough to get home. I'd like to charge it to get an additional 50 miles or so. Is this possible in 30 to 45 minutes?

Rethinking this (again). Yesterday, after work, I visited the charging location a few miles from my hotel that is a EVgo with two chargers. I believe they are 50 amp? I drove by yesterday after work and is part of an outdoor discount mall located near Starbucks, and several eateries. Although...

Consumer reports rated it as 30 mpg overall. The 33.4 I'm getting is based on about 20 to 40 miles a week city driving and 250 a week for the weekly drive to work.

Yes, I've decided to just wait. I am positive that the infrastructure will change. Batteries are batteries and as I understand it, there is only just so far physics and chemistry can be stretched. However, I think the infrastructure will grow. How nice it would be to just be able to pull into a...

So, I did my weekly 250 mile roundtrip to Carlsbad this week in my little economy car and got 33.4 mpg, driving through a wind farm with strong head and side winds, up hills and up and over 2 mountain passes, my little car huffing and puffing on the extremely steep mountain passes. Not yet...

Thank you. I am indeed trying to understand and figure it all out before I make such an expensive leap. No doubts, I fell in love with the Bolt, but sometimes, one has to be grown-up and not allow emotions to take the helm. The drive is hills and mountains. I know that there will be a toll to...

Yes, that's the hotel where I stay overnight week in, week out. Nice hotel and they give me an extremely reasonable corporate rate., but then I do give them about 48 room nights a year. The Hilton Gardens is not far away. Just a bummer to have to stop to charge after work. Now if only the La...

The model I test drove was a premier. Living where we do, the heated seats and steering wheel are waste, and leather can be uncomfortable. The car we shipped from Chicago when we moved has all of these and I've burnt my legs more than one when it been parked outside. I loved the car and features...

Good question, let me clarify. My weekly routine is Palm Springs => work => hotel => work => home. I stay weekly at a hotel, a La Quinta a few miles away from the Hilton Garden. I've never been to the property, so I will check it out tomorrow. Looking at the map, there's really nothing around...