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I am sure Car and Driver know a thing or two about cars, but their knowledge of cities may be a little lacking. For example, one of the main EV selling points, the "Charging your car overnight in your garage" will not be accessible to most city dwellers. Geez, many of them don't even have where to park their car.

I'd say, the Bolt is perfect for single-family-home suburbanites, especially those who do most of their driving in the urban/suburban cycle and/or just commute up to maybe 120 miles roundrip, in relatively warm climate conditions.
 

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I am sure Car and Driver know a thing or two about cars, but their knowledge of cities may be a little lacking. For example, one of the main EV selling points, the "Charging your car overnight in your garage" will not be accessible to most city dwellers. Geez, many of them don't even have where to park their car.

I'd say, the Bolt is perfect for single-family-home suburbanites, especially those who do most of their driving in the urban/suburban cycle and/or just commute up to maybe 120 miles roundrip, in relatively warm climate conditions.
I think your definition of a city dweller is too narrow. There are plenty of small, medium and even large cities that have a significant amount of single family homes.

I live in a medium size city, (200,000 pop.) and for the most part, folks live in single family homes. It's only been in the last twenty years that there has been much in the way of downtown city living quarters, and that's only because of the tax exemptions that have been handed out.
 

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This month's Car and Driver has their Ten Best Cars report. A small sidebar mentions cars not considered for the contest.

"Chevrolet Bolt EV - For city dwellers, this is the car no one wants but everybody needs."

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I was born in Manhattan and never owned or wanted a car due to the parking headache so I would just rent one as needed. No one in their right mind would own a car living in Manhattan! My son lived in Houston and a car was essential in that city. It wasn't until my wife and I moved up to the Hudson Valley that owning a car became a necessity. We just bought a 2023 Bolt Premiere Redline Edition for commuting and local driving. The 247 range is perfect and I'd even try a long drive in it just for the adventure. I love these reviewers that keep saying there are better EVs than the Bolt and they must be very wealthy to afford the $45,000+ vehicles! Oh they will argue and quote a base vehicle MSRP but trust me the Bolt, even fully equipped, is still far cheaper than any other base EV with the same range. After the incentives the Bolt is eligible for are applied (especially if you get one between Jan and March) there is no other EV that comes close to it's price. One additional perk is that this is the anti-Musk car. Car and Driver is wrong because everyone will want this car!
 

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I think your definition of a city dweller is too narrow. There are plenty of small, medium and even large cities that have a significant amount of single family homes.

I live in a medium size city, (200,000 pop.) and for the most part, folks live in single family homes. It's only been in the last twenty years that there has been much in the way of downtown city living quarters, and that's only because of the tax exemptions that have been handed out.
I'd say that there is no absolute criteria to differentiate a "city" from a "town" from a "village" etc. Apparently there are villages with tens of thousands of residents, and there is at least one town with the populaiton of literally 1. In our area, there is 2,000-resident de-facto village that is known as "Historic Town of Stephen's City", so go figure.

It's easier to think in the broad categories of "urban", "suburban", and "rural" in terms of typical housing.

"Urban" is typically associated with communal living (apartments, condos, and townhouses)

"Suburban" is typically associated with detached single-family homes, sitting on their own parcels of land that are clustered in residential neighborhoods, but typically not under HOA overlordship. This means the residents can and may charge at home, after appropriate mods to their wiring. Otherwise, it's a question of luck.

. "Rural" is the same as "suburban", the main difference being farther from the city, fewer neighbors in their line of sight, and slower internet.
 

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As a non City dweller that has put almost 15,000 miles on their Bolt this year I say they need to do more research into who owns Bolts and where they live.
 

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We are in rural centra Virginia. We had landline dial up, then cell tower 3G. In May, our 1930s coop utility finished running fiber optic cable...sweet!
Coastal VA (Eastern Shore) here, I would like to get fiber optic some day - we are on 4G here.

As far as the urban / suburban / rural discussion - a suburb is located near and connected to an urban area by infrastructure and economic ties - rural is what everything was before all that urban/suburban stuff messing up the landscape.
 

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As a non City dweller that has put almost 15,000 miles on their Bolt this year I say they need to do more research into who owns Bolts and where they live.
Who are the "they"? I hope you mean GM and not some kind of an EV-hating group :ROFLMAO:

Meanwhile, we have had Titinsky for exactly a month, clocking 1,400+ miles - and that's quite a bit more than what I was counting on. Which is great, because every mile Titinsky accrues means one mile less on Sparkollz's odometer.
 

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The Bolt is the best urban assault vehicle.
I hope to buy a Bolt EV, which will accept larger diameter 225x50x17 inch tires on the front drive wheels. IF I can squeeze a 215x55x17 inch tire on it, the Bolt will make a GREAT highway driver. I may even try used lower tread tires, to increase the chances that 215x55x17 inch tires will fit the Bolt. My experience of 117K+ miles with used, over-sized tires is looking good.
 

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There many small towns and cities along the coasts, most are comprised of homes. My city is about 25,000 and right on the coast. An off shore wind farm is beginning construction, wind powered EVs could be a thing here...
 
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