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Old 12-05-2019, 10:34 PM   #83 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
So I now know 3 people who have bought Bolts

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.

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..
I was fully planning on buying a Bolt and doing just that until the DMV raised first year title + registration to $665 making my Insight a much better value.
(And they are talking about doubling that again)

By my math because I can charge at home and at work my 250 miles of weekend travels are easily possible in a Bolt on L1
so long as my 12 miles daily is taken into account and doesn’t vary excessively.
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