A short write-up: https://medium.com/@cruftbox/two-months-with-a-chevy-bolt-82c20c585a01
My first two months with the Bolt
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sgt1372
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Nice review. 
Thought it was good to focus on the range anxiety issue most for those unfamiliar w/EVs and worried about such things. Not sure it will convince people to swtich from PHEVs to EVs but it's a step in the right direction for that.
Thought it was good to focus on the range anxiety issue most for those unfamiliar w/EVs and worried about such things. Not sure it will convince people to swtich from PHEVs to EVs but it's a step in the right direction for that.
SparkE
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Personally, I wasn't impressed by the blog entry. It appears to be written by somebody who has no clue about the reality of charging EVs (but, maybe it was simply written for people who have no clue about charging EVs)... For example, it isn't "220V" charging, it is "240V" charging (and has been for the past 30+ years).
Electricity was too expensive? You are responsible for due diligence. You simply fell into a newbie trap, and paid too much. You didn't need to charge up to 90% SoC in Buellton, for example - complete overkill (and adding to the over-expense of the charge, since part of it was a per-minute cost, not simply a kWh/rate cost). Your hotel didn't have L2 charging? Your fault (guess what: you are responsible for due diligence.) In fact you should be calling the hotels in the area that you are potentially interested in, and telling them that "oh, you don't have EV charging available - what a shame - that's a deal-killer for me!"
But then I over analyze everything. Most I ever paid for charging was $0.32/kWh, and it as earlier this month. It was my THIRD backup (i.e., 4th choice) on a weekend when it was 106 degrees and the other 3 chargers were already occupied.
Electricity was too expensive? You are responsible for due diligence. You simply fell into a newbie trap, and paid too much. You didn't need to charge up to 90% SoC in Buellton, for example - complete overkill (and adding to the over-expense of the charge, since part of it was a per-minute cost, not simply a kWh/rate cost). Your hotel didn't have L2 charging? Your fault (guess what: you are responsible for due diligence.) In fact you should be calling the hotels in the area that you are potentially interested in, and telling them that "oh, you don't have EV charging available - what a shame - that's a deal-killer for me!"
But then I over analyze everything. Most I ever paid for charging was $0.32/kWh, and it as earlier this month. It was my THIRD backup (i.e., 4th choice) on a weekend when it was 106 degrees and the other 3 chargers were already occupied.
WetEV
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And this:
As well as in the USA.
Plugshare shows 28 CHADEMO stations in Puget Sound area of Washington state, and 19 dual headed CHADEMO/CCS stations, and 3 CCS stations. Away from Puget Sound, most of the DCQC stations are CHADEMO or Tesla.
CCS is a newer standard, driven by automakers that were not making cars with DCQC at the time, and is less common. Standard wars are part of business in the USA. If behind in the market, force a standard that makes the market leaders non-standard.
Moving forward, however, I'd expect most future public stations to be dual headed. So you can mostly ignore the standard wars. As a long time EV driver, the continuing standard wars on charging bug me.
As well as in the USA.
Plugshare shows 28 CHADEMO stations in Puget Sound area of Washington state, and 19 dual headed CHADEMO/CCS stations, and 3 CCS stations. Away from Puget Sound, most of the DCQC stations are CHADEMO or Tesla.
CCS is a newer standard, driven by automakers that were not making cars with DCQC at the time, and is less common. Standard wars are part of business in the USA. If behind in the market, force a standard that makes the market leaders non-standard.
Moving forward, however, I'd expect most future public stations to be dual headed. So you can mostly ignore the standard wars. As a long time EV driver, the continuing standard wars on charging bug me.
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Great write up
