It’s gone. Our 2020 Bolt is no more. It was picked up by Carvana last night.
The first-generation Bolt was the best car model we’ve ever owned. We drove two over eight and half years, averaging 140 mpg or 4.2 mi/kWh. GM replaced one battery under warranty for a bad cell, costing us nothing. Over that time we only replaced wipers, wiper fluid, and one accessory battery.
Our former 2020 Bolt will make someone a good buy on the used vehicle market. We sold it with only 7% to 9% degradation from its rated capacity. The guess-o-meter was still showing as much as 280 miles of range. The last week we owned it, the Bolt was getting between 250 miles and 280 miles of actual range.
The Bolt was quick, nimble, and fun to drive. It just worked. During Covid, we drove it places where the only other vehicles we saw were giant 4-wheel drive trucks who looked down on us wondering, “What the hell are they doing out here.”
Over the decade we’ve been driving electric, we saved from ~$4,000 in comparison to driving a Prius to ~$8,000 driving the average American car. Most of those miles we racked up on the Bolt.
I hope Chevy’s new Bolt—the 2027 model—works as well.
