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Old 12-05-2019, 11:41 AM   #77 (permalink)
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66,000 km on a standard wall plug!

So I now know 3 people who have bought Bolts in the past couple of years.

(Remember this tale from one ... Running a Chevrolet Bolt completely out of charge - funny story )

I just found out yesterday that one of them doesn't even have a level 2 (240v) charger at their place. They've been charging it on the standard 120V garage plug since they got it. And it's NOT the guy who ran his out of charge this summer!





^ The very car. First Bolt I got a chance to drive.



You would be forgiven for thinking that it might be easy to get away with a wall plug if you don't drive very much. But they've put 66,000 km (41k mi) on the car in just over 2 years. That's more driving than the average car.

One of the benefits of a big battery -- lots of buffer if you don't replace 100% of the previous trip kilometers before your next trip.

They've had a mostly trouble-free ownership experience: biggest issue was the rear wiper motor quit. Zero drivetrain problems.
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