[Jim Fallston Md.]

I was watching Hawaii 5-0 last night and the hot chick cop was stuck in a traffic jam in her Bolt and later her and Junior took it to a call and it was stolen from the house. Junior apologized for leaving the key in cup holder. They have always used Chevy's predominately ie; Camaro & Tahoe or Suburbans.

 

[XJ12]

in real life a carjacker couldn't figure out to drive it (maybe secret button on shifter). but maybe he was a little rushed. haste makes waste
https://www.statesman.com/news/20180227/police-man-tried-to-hijack-electric-car-but-couldnt-drive-it

did the show's characters use On-Star to disable the car?

 

[Jim Fallston Md.]

in real life a carjacker couldn't figure out to drive it (maybe secret button on shifter). but maybe he was a little rushed. haste makes waste
https://www.statesman.com/news/20180227/police-man-tried-to-hijack-electric-car-but-couldnt-drive-it

did the show's characters use On-Star to disable the car?

Nope but they found it rather quickly.

 

[Packard V8]

I was watching Hawaii 5-0 last night and the hot chick cop was stuck in a traffic jam in her Bolt

Yep, that's as reality would have it. Those weekly bro Camaro/Silverado chase scenes? Anyone who's been in Waikiki/Honolulu, it is to laugh. Unless it's 3 A.M., you ain't goin' anywhere in a hurry, don't care how many blue lights and sirens.

in real life a carjacker couldn't figure out to drive it

A significant percentage of HNL work in the hospitality industry. The parking valets all learn quickly all the new car quirks.

jack vines

 

[SparkE]

Not the first time the Bolt has been featured in the show. Also, CBS seems to be an advertising vehicle (pun intended) for Chevrolet - their shows have lots and lots of Chevys.

 

[Raymondjram]

I saw that same Season 9, episode 3 this past week (I use a DVR to watch it later and skip ads!). I did see the silver Chevy Bolt EV that Tani drives in the episode, and Junior left the fob in the cup holder. Here is a link to the picture:
https://resizing.flixster.com/vw_ui...1.bjsyMDY2Njk1O2o7MTc5MDU7MTIwMDsxOTIwOzEwODA

Tani is on the left and Junior is on the right. She is the owner, but he was driving and, as you can see, he left the doors open with the fob inside! Anyway, the "thief" ran the A?C until the battery was discharged on the beach, so they had to call a tow, and went into the water to cool off.

Here is the full article page: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/hawaii_five_0/s09/e03

EDIT: BTW, Tani replaces Kona and Junior replaces Chin Ho. The two previous actors left the show due to salary differences. So CBS had to add these two to fill up the missing pieces. But instead of being cousins, there is a real romantic relationship growing between Tani and Junior.

 

[Raymondjram]

Not the first time the Bolt has been featured in the show. Also, CBS seems to be an advertising vehicle (pun intended) for Chevrolet - their shows have lots and lots of Chevys.

Nope! The new "Magnum, P.I" show , which is also based in Hawaii, still has a red Ferrari! I bet CBS will not change it!

EDIT: There were other shows that had Chevy Volts in them. In "Supergirl", Jimmy Olsen drove one, and in the "Dallas" revival, one of the Ewing sons drove a Volt and another had a Tesla Model S. I remember a third show, but don't remember the name, that the main female star (a native Hawaiian woman) also drove a Volt.

 

[Raymondjram]

Nope but they found it rather quickly.

They found it on the beach over a half hour later because they were walking to HQ, took a break to eat ice cream, and Tani received a call that the Bolt was located. That was not "rather quickly".

 

[Jim Fallston Md.]

They found it on the beach over a half hour later because they were walking to HQ, took a break to eat ice cream, and Tani received a call that the Bolt was located. That was not "rather quickly".

I feel that the same day is rather quickly other than days or weeks later.

 

[Raymondjram]

I feel that the same day is rather quickly other than days or weeks later.

Any delay over fifteen minutes is too much. Would you accept waiting over a half hour if your car was in a valet parking?

 

[Sean Nelson]

Any delay over fifteen minutes is too much.

Really? You expect a stolen car to be recovered in 15 minutes?

 

[DaV8or]

Often times companies will pay for product placement in popular TV shows, particularly domestic car companies, but sometimes Japanese and Korean too. Usually they will sponsor an entire season. Usually all the principle good guys vehicles will be from that product line. They will pay for the placement and supply the vehicles. In return the cars are featured and often the screen writers are required to write lines and content to show off the car a bit. So GM is advertising the Bolt!

As a side note on the subject of cars in TV, my wife and I started watching this Amazon show called Goliath starring Billy Bob Thornton. We binged watched the 1st season and just started season two.

In the second season they introduce a new character that is smug, condescending, slimy hipster and not a good guy. He's a campaign finance guy for a mayoral candidate for Los Angels mayor and turns out to be one of the corrupt bad guys. When the screen writers wondered what kind of car this character should drive they came to the conclusion of Tesla Model S! I thought this to be funny because Los Angels is such a hot bed of Tesla ownership and they are quite common and very trendy there. I think Tesla owners are starting to get a stereotype attached to them like BMW and Porsche and some other brands have.

The show prominently shows off the car inside and out including the badging. I'm pretty dang sure Tesla didn't pay for this endorsement!

 

[GJETSON]

Just saw my first Bolt in a movie. We watched Ocean's 8 tonight. At 1:21.05 into the movie, Cate Blanchett is riding out of a parking garage on her motorcycle, and passes two parked cars on her right. The second is a white Bolt, just like ours.

 

[GregBrew]

I was watching Hawaii 5-0 last night and the hot chick cop was stuck in a traffic jam in her Bolt and later her and Junior took it to a call and it was stolen from the house. Junior apologized for leaving the key in cup holder. They have always used Chevy's predominately ie; Camaro & Tahoe or Suburbans.

It would be interesting to see the charge port. A DCFC port would be pretty worthless on Hawaii...

 

[zzzing]

In Hawaii, on an island — yeah I can go anywhere and back on Maui with no range issues

 

[SparkE]

It would be interesting to see the charge port. A DCFC port would be pretty worthless on Hawaii...

I'm not sure if this was tongue-in-cheek or not, but a DCFC port for an apartment dweller with no way to charge at home would be useful ...

Especially if there was "free" DCFC charging someplace.

 

[GregBrew]

I'm not sure if this was tongue-in-cheek or not, but a DCFC port for an apartment dweller with no way to charge at home would be useful ...

Especially if there was "free" DCFC charging someplace.

Good point. Having been fortunate enough to have never needed to live in an apartment building w/o such amenities, I forget that fact. I've lived in rental duplexes, but they had garages with at least 120V outlets.

 

[Dyefrog]

Often times companies will pay for product placement in popular TV shows, particularly domestic car companies, but sometimes Japanese and Korean too. Usually they will sponsor an entire season. Usually all the principle good guys vehicles will be from that product line. They will pay for the placement and supply the vehicles. In return the cars are featured and often the screen writers are required to write lines and content to show off the car a bit. So GM is advertising the Bolt!

As a side note on the subject of cars in TV, my wife and I started watching this Amazon show called Goliath starring Billy Bob Thornton. We binged watched the 1st season and just started season two.

In the second season they introduce a new character that is smug, condescending, slimy hipster and not a good guy. He's a campaign finance guy for a mayoral candidate for Los Angels mayor and turns out to be one of the corrupt bad guys. When the screen writers wondered what kind of car this character should drive they came to the conclusion of Tesla Model S! I thought this to be funny because Los Angels is such a hot bed of Tesla ownership and they are quite common and very trendy there. I think Tesla owners are starting to get a stereotype attached to them like BMW and Porsche and some other brands have.

The show prominently shows off the car inside and out including the badging. I'm pretty dang sure Tesla didn't pay for this endorsement!

That's correct. From what I understand, Tesla has never, nor plans to ever pay for advertising. Musk has publicly stated that every dime goes into the cars.
https://www.referralcandy.com/blog/tesla/
They (as do others) produce videos that could easily become ads but they mostly just get passed around the internet.
https://www.tesla.com/videos/model-3-surprise?redirect=no

 

[BoltFan]

In the second season they introduce a new character that is smug, condescending, slimy hipster and not a good guy. He's a campaign finance guy for a mayoral candidate for Los Angels mayor and turns out to be one of the corrupt bad guys.

Does he have a beard? I thought all Hipsters have beards. No one knows why, though. I learned this from a conversation between a rabbi and a hipster thanks to Electrify America. 0

 

[fusionjazz]

If GM wanted a celebrity spoke person for the Bolt, they could go to ANGELA BASSET and her husband COURTNEY VANCE. I read an article about a year ago on him and he owns a Bolt. Said he was not going to shell out all that money on a Tesla.