Bolt In Our Bolt. The Thump, Thump, Thump Was Not A Reassuring Sound, Necessitating A Tire Repair Saga.

Motoring along at night returning from a meeting and suddenly I hear a thump, thump, thump. Geesh. We only had the car two months and now a flat tire.

Interior Of Our Chevy Bolt Ev.

We returned home after a two-week Christmas holiday. We found the Bolt where we left it. Always a good sign here in Bakersfield where cars disappear from the owners’ drive way on a regular basis.

Chevy Bolt Ev Is A Pure Battery Electric

On 9 November 2017 we leased a Chevy Bolt EV for about the cost of a cell-phone plan. We chose the base model, the LT, with fast-charge option, heated front seats, and heated steering wheel. In our experience, these items should be standard on all electric vehicles (EVs) even in sunny southern California.

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My colleague and early Canadian EV adopter Mike Brigham reported 30 November that he spent an unplanned night in North Bay, Ontario when a DCFC station wouldn’t charge his Chevy Bolt EV.

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We leased a 2015 Nissan Leaf in late 2014. This was our first electric vehicle (EV). We liked the car, but we returned it to Nissan when the lease expired. We’ve now leased a Chevy Bolt. Why we did so is explained below.