[usedBolt]

One hopes that they don't go to a user until the battery is replaced! In a quantity like that, it almost looks more like a place where they're storing the buybacks.

 

[usedBolt]

I seriously doubt they thought of that. These things will also need new 12 volt batteries too. Plus, how are they going to charge them? Seems like a bad idea to me, and as a California taxpayer living in the Central Valley, I'm probably paying for it.

As California taxpayers, we're all paying for it. Probably Carl Moyer program money. Mostly state (ARB) funding, with a small local match by the air district from the $5 (or whatever it is this week) extra District fee you pay on car registration in the district (8 1/2 San Joaquin Valley counties; eastern Kern is in a separate air district). In terms of Cash for Clunkers, though, replacing an old barely-running ICE beater with a Bolt is probably a Good Thing - zero local emissions, and a much newer/more reliable car. Except, as you say, where are they going to charge them? There are chargers at a few low-cost housing projects in Fresno (see Plugshare); not sure about elsewhere, or at the ag worker housing camps. Also note: most of the Valley is served (serviced, in the agricultural sense?) by PG&E and SCE, except for a few areas in the north Valley that are get power from irrigation districts.

 

[usedBolt]

Plus maneuvering into and out of a charging spot with a large trailer every 90 miles (or less) adds a whole other level of inconvenience.

The Rivian chargers at a nearby REI have Level 2 normal pull-in spaces that are free for everybody, and a super high-power DCFC that's only for Rivians, and is pull-through.

Edit: I presume that Tesla sites catering to the Semi would have megawatt chargers and pull-through sites. Just haven't seen any yet.