I posted this in the Charging and Battery area before seeing this thread. Copying here ...
You know, "News Coulomb" used to be the biggest Bolt fan-boy on this site. As a gross over-simplification, the Bolt had virtually no flaws, and Teslas had no real advantage over a Bolt.
The "discussions" that made this most clear were ones that mentioned any limitation / inconvenience of the Bolt when "road tripping" : long trips (>350 miles?). He was adamant that the Bolt's max charging rate (150A, a max of ~55kW for a very short window) was just fine and not a limitation, that the early "step down" spots (around 50% and 70%, to 100A and 60A, respectively) was not a big deal, that there were enough CCS fast chargers for long distance travel, later changed to "EA will have a network equal to Tesla's by 2019, so isn't that big of a deal" (BTW, in 2020 EA does NOT have a network equal to Tesla's 2018 network, either in quantity or quality), and that Teslas didn't really have much of a charging advantage because their "charging curve" tapered down "more quickly" (based on 130 kW going to 60 kW at some battery SoC means that it loses 50% of its charging speed!) - completely ignoring that at 70% SoC a model3 is still charging faster than the max charge rate of a Bolt at any SoC.
Anyhow I now find it amusing that he has recently posted a youtube video where :
(a) he talks up the 2020 Bolt's new gradual taper (a reversal of his earlier point of view). "This {charging curve} gives the 2020 Bolt a massive advantage when charging to higher than 50-60% {over the earlier model Bolts} as you charge to higher states of charge"
(b) GM should change/upgrade the CCS socket on the Bolt, which has a (max) 150A connector, to a 200A socket.
(c) GM should make it possible to get the "2020 charging curve" on the pre-2020 Bolts, instead of the step-down charging profile.
So, now he thinks that the charging "step down" instead of "curve" is important, 150 amps really aren't enough, and the battery should be charged more quickly : at its fastest, around 1C {about 60 kW on pre-2020 Bolts and 66kw on the 2020 and later} and additional power should be available via the CCS plug to run battery and cabin heating / cooling while charging the battery at the highest possible rate for its chemistry. So I guess that it turns out that the Bolt doesn't charge quickly enough, a complete reversal of 2 years of him arguing on this site. I find the whole thing highly amusing. Also amusing is that while he was talking about point (b), he showed video of a charging session at a DCFC that provides a max of 125A, so a 200A socket wouldn't make any difference!
He also pointed out that this would be an optional upgrade for 2017-2019 Bolt owners, which they would have to pay for, generating income for GM dealerships (absolutely true, BTW), and it would "result in a much more capable electric vehicle than you had before". But, but, but ... Coulomb, you used to say that the vehicle was perfect the way it was!
This is the only NC video I have watched all the way through, because (a) a guy recording himself talking to himself, often about himself, in his car isn't that interesting to me, and (2) the parts of his videos that I have watched are 80-90% "blah, blah" and maybe 5-10% actual, useful info. I think that the longest I have watched any of his videos up until now was about 8-10 minutes, and that was because I really wanted to hear about the specific DCFC sites that he was reviewing. The useful info could have been given in about 60 seconds instead of 10 minutes, and at some point I just couldn't take it anymore and had to stop watching.
PS : All cars have their pros and cons - and it often depends on YOUR specific needs / point of view. Pro of the Bolt : availability, and actual price that you pay out-the-door for a vehicle that meets most people's generic needs for an everyday car - or "not super long range" trips (one can find new Bolts around $25-$28k +taxes, often). It really is a very good all-round vehicle. Major cons (for me) : one of the slowest "fast" charge rates, so not a very good choice as a vehicle used often for long range trips, the driver seat (for some people).