Used bolts in mass storage

Carbon credits?

SpicyBolt said:

Here is the blue sticker on the Bolt that GM bought back from us.
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I'm sad to see that on a car that is almost certainly perfectly fine... but out of abundance of caution, was limited to 80% or other restrictions. Hopefully someone will still want it and love it in the future.

Fascinating. If you find out anymore keep us updated.

jreddington said:

That’s a lot of lot rot.

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It's a pretty dry area, so it will take a long while.

ehidle said:

I hope they know that storing 1000 bolts in a parking lot isn't going to do anything to improve local air quality... though I am sure it helps them capture a lot of State and Federal money.

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The few ferrous-metal components on the vehicle can perform some oxygen capture duties! It will just take a while...

Seeing this giant stock pile of Bolts makes me think I want an extra one. I certainly don't need an extra Bolt, and my wife won't let me have an extra, but now I want one. We are very happy with our Bolt...

I prefer to think that this Bolt stock pile is buybacks awaiting battery replacements, in order to prioritize replacement of customer-owned vehicles first.

Alternatively if the advanced technology of these vehicles has led to them to rapidly evolve and become self aware (i.e. the Singularity), then they could be planning something?

--Fortunately that is more likely to happen to the Teslas first, but then they might assimilate the Bolts.

How many more of these lots are there?

I would buy any of these in a heartbeat. There is nothing wrong with them. I am watching and waiting for ours to show up for sale. I would grab it if the price was right.

I just completed a MSRP swap so mine is either there or on its way. There is also the 2017 I traded in as well. I would buy it back either of them well at the right price since there is really nothing wrong with it beyond the recall. But the MSRP swap was one of the easiest no-brainer decisions I have ever made.

Says might be storage or maybe going to upfit them for pizza company?

GM has done this before. Are we really shocked ?
While I can’t stand musk, TESLA is the only company really serious about EVs & the future
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) - IMDb

the BOLT is a great platform but there is little $$$ in a reliable, efficient EV

Refit for pizza delivery ha ha ha ha ha

Looks like Rivian vans for Amazon.

dokbrown said:

GM has done this before. Are we really shocked ?

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Oh gosh. That is easily the most ignorant comment I've ever read on this board.

jefro said:

Looks like Rivian vans for Amazon.

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Hood looks too long for Rivian. The angled part above the windshield is too long, as well. Those are probably Ford Transit vans.

When my father took his Bolt EV in for a buyback, he asked what was going to happen to it. The dealership had no idea other than a roll-back would come and take it away. I guess we know where they went... but we still don't know what's going to happen to them.

That company may be simply getting ready to replace batteries.

dokbrown said:

the BOLT is a great platform but there is little $$$ in a reliable, efficient EV

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This is incorrect. GM makes the majority of its money by selling and financing cars. GM, Ford, Toyota, et al, make very little on the repair and maintenance of cars. That money goes to the dealership. The established manufacturers along with the EV startups, have spent a great deal of time and money trying to forecast the sales of EVs and are acting accordingly.

I watched the documentary you provided a link to years ago. Keep in mind that what was the paradigm 25 years ago, no longer holds water. I would think that oil companies would be looking toward the future and installing charging stations at their current gas stations. It would be in their financial interest to do so now as opposed to 25 years in the past.