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I thought the Bolt had a good reputation. What's wrong with them?
by HWR_14 2y ago
I thought the Bolt had a good reputation. What's wrong with them?
- efields 2y agoNo L2 charging for one.
- wffurr 2y agoWhat do you mean? All Bolts support level 2 charging via the standard J1772 adapter up to 7.2 kW or 11.8 kW depending on model year. Level 3 charging aka DC fast charging was an option on them, so not all have the extra pins needed for a CCS charger. I'm pretty happy with my 2017 Bolt which has the DC fast charging option. I wish it had distance-keeping cruise control; it's frustrating because it has the cameras and will even report following distance on the dash, but doesn't have the adaptive cruise feature for whatever reason. I also wish it charged a bit faster; 50 kW max is a little slow for road trips. Next car is probably a 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5, which has has both features and is also pretty reasonable. Prices on the used models are slowly coming down.
- jeffbee 2y agoArguably their lack of extremely fast DC charging. But many of them got brand new replacement batteries, and the last wave off-lease have low miles. Looking at a wholesale price index, it seems that Bolt EUVs are $22-23k, which is similar to the prices of Model 3 (24-28k, but they don't separate standard and long range; the Bolt had only 1 variant).
- throwaway48476 2y agoI found the bolt to be very cramped.