Posted by: chupacabra
I tested a Bolt this weekend and for a little car, it was pretty sweet. Lots of room for me, I am 6'2" and had to move the sit a bit forward, and it has tonnes of get up and go. I was a little disappointed to find out the scrap it program is basically a lottery and nothing more, so it is useless you are hoping to take your old car off the road, but the 10Gs in rebates is making the cars pretty attractive. If you have a regular long commute like me now might be the time to get one. If I stretch out the payments it is pretty much a wash with the current cost of gas, even with my old beater that I paid next to nothing for.
Anyone have any first-hand knowledge of the Bolt they can share? KenN, what's your expert opinion? I am curious to know how the battery degrades over time. Is it mainly related to how many times you charge them, or is it age?
IMO, Bolt is a decent car. Good range, roomy, doesn't look bad (it's one of those cars that look much better "in person" than in photos). I have one friend that got one of the earliest Bolts delivered in BC and she loves it. I think the only two complaints were that tires were pretty shitty (changed them out for better ones immediately) and the dash controls look and feel "cheap".
Also IMO, I think that the Tesla 3 SR+ is as good or better, and due to Tesla's being far ahead of the rest in rolling out high speed DC charging, you can go more places in any Tesla.
Feedback that I've been getting from people shopping for an EV - every single dealer is back-ordered for months, on just about every EV model - mostly due to the new fed incentive. Hardly a showroom model left in the entire province. So under current conditions, it's looking like the only new EV that you can get in under 8 weeks is a Tesla 3, because they're the only company building 1000 new ones/day.