Please list your Bolt EV dealership CCS charging experiences here

[user 667]

Now that the Bolt EV dealerships are installing their CCS, Bolt EV and Spark EV owners now have the opportunity to CCS fast charge at these Bolt EV dealerships, but there are may questions regarding dealership CCS charging. Bolt EV and Spark EV please list your dealership CCS charging experiences here. Please list information such as;

Were you allowed to CCS charge at all?

If you were allowed to charge, is the CCS charger available to the general public or only GM vehicle owners?

What was the attitude of the dealership service department towards allowing customers to CCS charge, were they willing or reluctant to let you charge?

Were you allowed to CCS charge the car yourself or were you treated just like any other service customer with you waiting in the waiting room while your car CCS charged?

Were you charged a fee to charge or was the charging free?

Did the CCS charger required a RFID or credit card to charge?

If the CCS charger did require a card did you use your card or the dealerships card?

Was the charger available 24 hours or only during dealership business hours?

How long did it take to CCS charge your car?

Attach a picture of the CCS charger if possible.

Please list any other information regarding you CCS charging experience at the Bolt EV dealership that you think important to other GM EV owners. Listing the name and city of the dealership is optional but may be use full. If you are able to CCS charge and the dealership gives you permission please list the dealership in PlugShare.com so others attempting to CCS charge at the dealership can learn from your experience.

 

[user 667]

Here is a report provided by a Spark EV owner that charged using a CCS charger at a Bolt EV dealership;

Were you allowed to CCS charge at all? Yes.

If you were allowed to charge, is the CCS charger available to the general public or only GM vehicle owners? Appeared to be available to general public but it was 5:30 am.

What was the attitude of the dealership service department towards allowing customers to CCS charge, were they willing or reluctant to let you charge? Not mentioned by EV owner.

Were you allowed to CCS charge the car yourself or were you treated just like any other service customer with you waiting in the waiting room while your car CCS charged? Self service

Were you charged a fee to charge or was the charging free? No fee charged.

Did the CCS charger required a RFID or credit card to charge? ChargePoint RFID

If the CCS charger did require a card did you use your card or the dealerships card? Personal card.

Was the charger available 24 hours or only during dealership business hours? 24 hours.

How long did it take to CCS charge your car? 8 minutes for 1.5 kWh (11.25 kW?)

Attach a picture of the CCS charger if possible.

Connell Chevrolet, Costa Mesa, CA

 

[user 667]

Here is a report provided by a Bolt EV owner that charged using a CCS charger at a Bolt EV dealership;

Were you allowed to CCS charge at all? Yes.

If you were allowed to charge, is the CCS charger available to the general public or only GM vehicle owners? GM vehicle owners only.

What was the attitude of the dealership service department towards allowing customers to CCS charge, were they willing or reluctant to let you charge? Not mentioned by EV owner.

Were you allowed to CCS charge the car yourself or were you treated just like any other service customer with you waiting in the waiting room while your car CCS charged? Self service

Were you charged a fee to charge or was the charging free? Not mentioned by EV owner.

Did the CCS charger required a RFID or credit card to charge? GreenLots RFID

If the CCS charger did require a card did you use your card or the dealerships card? Personal card.

Was the charger available 24 hours or only during dealership business hours? Only during business hours.

How long did it take to CCS charge your car? GreenLots 50 kW charger

Attach a picture of the CCS charger if possible: no picture available of CCS charger

Keyes Chevrolet, Van Nuys, CA

 

[Aclint]

My local dealer (AutoNation Valencia Chevrolet) has the D.C. Charger and it is either in use by the Chevy test drive vehicle or a white Honda Accord is parked in the spot when the Bolt is not there. I tried once to activate the charger is it just gave me an error message to plug the charger back into the port.

 

[user 667]

My local dealer (AutoNation Valencia Chevrolet) has the D.C. Charger and it is either in use by the Chevy test drive vehicle or a white Honda Accord is parked in the spot when the Bolt is not there. I tried once to activate the charger is it just gave me an error message to plug the charger back into the port.

AutoNation Chevrolet Valencia is called Power Chevrolet in PlugShare. Power Chevrolet has 14 successful checking including 3 successful CCS charges by Bolt EV owners. It looks like Power Chevrolet is friendly to GM vehicle owners but hostile to non-GM EV owners.