www.chevybolt.org
www.chevybolt.org
Lighted port came standard on my Leaf and should have been standard on the Bolt. $450 is a bit pricey for something that should have been there to start with. But I guess it was “value engineered” out.Didn't get this option on my new bolt, just picked up Friday night. More on that later.
But I could see the advantage of an illuminated charge port.
Anyone try this?:
Chevy Bolt EV & EUV Charging Port Light - Etsy
This Car Accessories item by WildLarry has 103 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from San Jose, CA. Listed on Mar 5, 2023www.etsy.com
That was my feeling exactly on January 3, 2017, when I leased my first Bolt EV Premiere and saw that I was paying $750 for a DCFC port that should have been there to start with!
And if they had made it standard it would have added what, $75 to production costs?
I got one and I like it. Came quickly, installed easily, and works as advertised. The doublesided tape holding it on seems a little loose, but to be fair I put it on in 20F weather. It will probably stick better once it warms up.Didn't get this option on my new bolt, just picked up Friday night. More on that later.
But I could see the advantage of an illuminated charge port.
Anyone try this?:
Chevy Bolt EV & EUV Charging Port Light - Etsy
This Car Accessories item by WildLarry has 103 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from San Jose, CA. Listed on Mar 5, 2023
yeah this looks pretty much identical to the one on Etsy.I posted my link to the $29 add-on charge port light, that I love, in this thread:
Light up your Charge Port (different)
Having seen the threads about charge port lights and considered the costs and benefits, I started thinking about the flashlight suggestions and how I don't always have an extra hand or presence of mind to get one ready when I need it. So I decided to find a flashlight that I could tape to my...
That is the same charge port light I used on my EUV too. It works like a charm. Does exactly what you need it to do and required no wiring or alterations to the vehicle. Just a perfect solution for what I needed and it cost less than a tenth of the GM product.Didn't get this option on my new bolt, just picked up Friday night. More on that later.
But I could see the advantage of an illuminated charge port.
Anyone try this?:
Chevy Bolt EV & EUV Charging Port Light - Etsy
This Car Accessories item by WildLarry has 103 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from San Jose, CA. Listed on Mar 5, 2023
Do you really think it would cost GM that much for parts and labor to install this on a car while it's being built? I'd guess it might add (including parts and extra labor) less than $10 to build it as part of the car. Adding it AFTER the car is built is more labor intensive, of course.
Mine was just a WAG and was trying to give GM some leeway. Your's could be more on target. Sounds like a project for Sandy Munro so we can get an exact number. I just know I'm not paying $475 when I can use the light on my phone occasionally.
I will say this, my fully loaded Premier (w/ S&S, without super cruise) came in at around $35,100. After the discounts I was able to apply the car was around $33,800. In my opinion that’s a ridiculously good deal for a car that is this loaded. And that doesn’t include any of the tax break incentives that I got on the sales tax, and will get via the tax credit.
What exactly were those?
In WA state, the first $20,000 is exempt from state sales tax, and in my area that’s at ~10.5% rate, so it saved me about 2000 bucks.
