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It wasn't easy getting here!

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#1 ·
Greetings from the far Northwest corner of California!

We just replaced my wife's 2007 Honda CR-V with 207,000 miles with a new red 2018 Bolt LT.

We started out looking at PHEVs as my wife was suffering range anxiety. I convinced her, though, that if you're going to quit ICE, you should not go half way. My experience with my Zero electric motorcycle converted me.

Whenever I shop for something, I over research and over think it. I can't help it. It's a sickness, and yes my spouse is a patient woman. So it took a month to settle on the Chevy. It feels small compared to the CR-V, but it sure is fun to drive!

I look forward to being part of this community and learning from your collective experience. Oh, and I will try to behave.
 
#3 ·
Sweet. Welcome aboard.

I think the Bolt EV is closest to the HR-V in terms of size. I'm not sure how much bigger the CR-V is.

I, too, sometimes hail from North Western California. It sounds like you might be more from the Eureka/Humboldt area. Infrastructure is coming... slowly... but it is coming.
 
#4 ·
Sweet. Welcome aboard.

...It sounds like you might be more from the Eureka/Humboldt area. Infrastructure is coming... slowly... but it is coming.

Further north, in Del Norte County actually, and yes infrastructure is bleak unless you're in a Tesla! Fortunately level 1 charging will suit our needs for the time being. We'll get a level 2 EVSE once our checking account cools off a little.:)
 
#5 ·
Droidish I have had my Bolt since January I totally agree with you on the fun to drive.


Normally I would not have driven a new car over 5K miles in that short period of time, but I love driving, the Bolt makes it easy to enjoy driving again.


The New Miata I bought late last fall is sitting in my garage with barely 3K miles on it, most of the miles on it was last fall before I bought my Bolt.


If I would have bought the Bolt first I doubt I would have bought the Miata.
 
#19 ·
After looking at the first ad that was linked, it stated you are getting 12A.
But can you not just plug the original cord into any 120V outlet, & get 12A?
These circuits use a 15A breaker. The Bolt defaults to 8A,(In case there are other loads on the circuit), but two touches on the screen,(and accepting a warning about overloading a circuit), gives you the option to select 12A.
What am I missing?
Thnx
 
#20 ·
Breakers should not be continuously loaded above 80%. A dedicated 15 amp breaker at 80% would yield 12A.

The caution is that you understand that a particular circuit will not be overloaded. The default is 8 amps but 12 amps can be selected if you know the circuit is dedicated or maybe is even a 20 amp circuit. The manual states:

Use the lowest charge level until a qualified electrician inspects the electrical circuit capacity. Use the lowest charge level if the electrical circuit or electrical outlet capacity is not known.
 
#23 ·
Greetings from the far Northwest corner of California!

We just replaced my wife's 2007 Honda CR-V with 207,000 miles with a new red 2018 Bolt LT.

We started out looking at PHEVs as my wife was suffering range anxiety. I convinced her, though, that if you're going to quit ICE, you should not go half way. My experience with my Zero electric motorcycle converted me.

Whenever I shop for something, I over research and over think it. I can't help it. It's a sickness, and yes my spouse is a patient woman. So it took a month to settle on the Chevy. It feels small compared to the CR-V, but it sure is fun to drive!

I look forward to being part of this community and learning from your collective experience. Oh, and I will try to behave.
Welcome to our group. I also have a patient wife.
 
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