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01-07-2016, 03:20 PM | #1 |
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Chevy Bolt? What do you think?
I'm 90% sure I'm going to get a Chevy Bolt. 200 miles range = getting everything we need done 99% of the time, including the days when we make lots of trips around the Bay Area. Really, for the rare trip to Socal, we have another car. If we don't, we can rent. I can make it to Monterey, do a quick charge for 15 minutes somewhere along the way back, and have charge to spare. It will be a good car for a canyon road with the low CG. Plenty of room for kids in the back.
Yes, I'll keep the FR-S. What do you guys think?
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Chevy... Bolt?
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@jsimon7777 don't know it is intentional or not but your survey says "Volt" but your OP is obviously for the "Bolt".
I love the idea of the Volt. It is about as close as I would ever get to an electric car until the infrastructure is in place for me to drive from GA to CA without having to plan my trip around fuel stops. The Bolt seems to be a good compromise for what it is, and has a great projected range. Still wouldn't buy one. Before I bought a Bolt, I'd buy a Zero motorcycle.
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I don't want a gas engine in my electric car. One reason to get an EV is to avoid all the internal combustion maintenance.
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Thats a good point!!
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The Volt was a great hybrid, Chevy was the first company to mass market production with an electric engine capable of freeway speeds (they beat Nissan by a few months) and it totally rivaled the Prius on all the boring stuff and knocked it outta the park in acceleration (dat electric engine) and a modern range and no recharge time.
It was let down by being a GM product, from reputation to marketing, the car seems to have been a flop for no reason at all other than people who buy 'reliable economical fuel efficient appliances that go on the freeway' don't buy GM products, and people who buy GM products don't necessarily care about 'reliable economical fuel efficient appliances that go on the freeway'. The Bolt is going to suffer a similar fate. Those with the expendable cash to jump on the EV hype train, all those internet shitposters waiting for Tesla's model 3, are probably going to wait for the Model 3. Like the 86, those who actually put their money where there mouth is are few and far between, Jsimmon is one of them, enjoy it! I think it was a Jalopnik comment that posted this Elon Musk quote, it's most relevant now even though he said it years ago. Quote:
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For all this time, I was wondering why Simon was misspelling Volt and wanting to take a hybrid to a canyon road, until I looked it up...
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Not sure I'd say it was a let-down. It was the 3rd best selling "electric" car behind Tesla and the Leaf in 2015. Not exactly shabby numbers for a niche" car. I see more of them on the roads here in Atlanta than I do of the BRZ and FRS combined. Source article: http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/
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Didn't Atlanta have an incentive to buy electric cars, and once that program ended, sales "ran out of juice"?
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A range extender would only require minimal maintenance, since the oil and spark plugs and such would last much longer if you're keeping the car charged up.
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True, but it's still a huge lump of metal the car is carrying around, a lump I don't want or need. With a Volt, we'll be using the gas engine somewhat often. With a Bolt, we'll be good, end of story.
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