2023 Chevy Bolt EUV + SuperCruise Reviewed 

How are you liking the Bolt so far? I’m really interested in purchasing a bolt euv. I’m worried though that it is on it’s way to be discontinued due to Chevy unveiling it’s new Ultium platform. Any thoughts on this?

I'm pleased with the purchase. Plenty of features for a low price. My biggest complaint is not the car, there aren't many good quality charging locations near me. That will improve with time. Chevy may discontinue Bolt rather than invest in upgrading it's charging speed, which is low by today's standard. I would still buy Bolt today, as you will not find many options at this price.

there is no 2LT trim level on the bolt EUV. maybe you meant you got a bolt EV?

How are you liking the Bolt so far? I’m really interested in purchasing a bolt euv. I’m worried though that it is on it’s way to be discontinued due to Chevy unveiling it’s new Ultium platform. Any thoughts on this?

totally agree

We got the VW ID.4 AWD this year and loves it every bit (ordered last year and waited for 8 months). A bit slower than dual motor Tesla (still way faster than most ICE cars) but way way better on NVH. And it has a proper DCFC speed comparing to this bolt. We do still have a gas truck, and a hybrid that I sold after getting this EV (carvana gave me an unbeatable price). But I'm also ordering a maverick hybrid for the money I got from the sonata hybrid I sold. BEV will never be the only type of vehicle in my family, at least not for the next 5 years.

Wow, it’s like I wrote your comment. It’s my exact thoughts down to the Subie

His schtick is driving off-road vehicles off-road.

When mentioning the leather he simply said it was cheap leather, and then said it is not luxury leather. He did not compare it to any other manufacturers leather. His assessment of the leather is accurate. I get your other points though, and totally get how many reviewers, including this guy on occassion, do unfair comparisons although it is sometimes unavoidable in cases where certain vehicles are somehow unique and don't have competion that is very comparable.

@barrymccormick8827 I could not agree with you more. The review technique used here is typically slanted a bit on the negative side, instead of noting such important facts like the following: You a get leather, heated/cooled seats, operational sunroof and hands free driving.....NONE of which are currently available in a Model 3/Y! There is no EV on the market with this kind of value, period. At this price point there simply is no equal value especially when looking at the lower trim level and factor in the tax rebates!

They’d really cool! I’m shopping for an EV to replace my TDI. What other vehicles did you compare against to choose the Bolt?

@@Grenamier -- To me there was nothing that compared to the Bolt for the price, as the Nissan Leaf doesn't have active battery cooling like the bolt does, and the Mini ev has half the range. The Kia Soul ev looks to be the only one close, though I don't know if it's still being made.

@@Grenamier -- Also, the Bolt is actually available, where so many EVs are arrive at least a year after ordering.

Yeah minimalist and cheap

otherwise you won't get the cheap price tag. this car is design to be commuter car with lot of value features.

More like $30k

IIRC, our tester didn’t have the L2 plug (240V)

One pedal driving is so much fun. Only takes about 15 minutes to get use to. What nice about the Bolt is you have option for regular driving too.

All year BoltEV/EUVs do not have a heat pump.

@@sbroumley in the winter, the heat can take up to 15% of battery. they may want to add that feature.

@@yili9725 It would be nice - but of course this is a budget EV running on old tech so chances of this happening are slim.

for driving inside a city, you don't need fast charging. this car already has very thing for commuters. they do need to increase charging speed and add heat pump so it can do a longer trip.

@@yili9725 i agree, it's good for city commuters, i meant slower charging for road trips, a lot of people need car to use for every need ... yes, heatpump would help if it does not have it

@@tallll70 i agree. if looking at ev for total value, that's the problem. if you look at it as partially tool and partially toy, then you can make up the missing functionality (long distance road trip) by rent a car.

Model 3 interior is minimalist and cheap, this is more economical and functional.

your cost buying on next year would be less than 28k with tax rebate. so it's really cheap and good deal.

New Prius: hybrid; this car: fully electric. Apples and oranges.

before this ev, i drove gas car for 20 years and i didn't drive long distance a lot using my own car. in most cases, i rent a car for long distance travel.

Until I can gas my car up each nite to full,in my garage,I’ll stick with electric!

You should buy a Prius. But for many, the use case for this electric does make sense as a second commuter vehicle if you own your own house.

I heard that there is already a bill or law that requires new york to be zero emissions by 2030. So that means cars will most likely be EVs

@@tteokbokkisdiary 2035. And the NY and California bills do not outlaw existing vehicles that are ICE or hybrid.

@@paulm6481 too bad, i hope they can still consider hybrid cars. EV these days are still way too expensive.

@@paulm6481 My brother-in-law is buying an EV for that exact use case. My sister has a fairly new VW SUV which will be the road trip/ family car, he wants the EV for commuting. He's buying a VW ID4, and they're doing a deal where he is going to get 3 years of free charging with it (not sure of the specifics of how that actually works). He's currently spending about 5k a year fueling his Grand Cherokee (It got handed down to him when my sis got the VW), so he's excited about that fuel cost savings. For me, being an apartment dweller that would someday like to own my own home, the thought of needing to purchase a vehicle to comply with these new requirements gives me anxiety. My 10-year-old 4-runner is super reliable, it's not efficient, but at least it's paid for. Last thing I need right now is to have to get into another car payment situation. Figures, as soon as I smarten up that expensive cars and payments are a waste of money, now a scenario is coming about where I'm still going to have to buy one. I did briefly think of trading or selling it for a RAV4 hybrid, I think I would rather have a hybrid before jumping into a few EV, but even at $5 a gas, I calculated it would take me at least 6 years to pay off the difference between the two vehicles.

Volvo is owned by china

I bought one 3 days ago euv premier with sun+sound 35.5k minus 2k rebate 500costco rebate so effectively 33k. I don't have the super cruiser but that's 2k ish still under 36k I guess. In the US

The battery issue was solved almost a year ago, other than working through the cars needing new packs and GM is probably having to deal with people oblivious to the recall or actively ignoring it. I got the replacement in early January although we sold the car back to GM anyway because we no longer needed a second car. Also the extremely poor way GM handled the whole mess turned us off GM forever.

Yeah but keep parking your 15 gallon Molotov cocktail in there!

They spent tons of taxpayer money on Volt. Then transitioned to Bolt. Regardless GM is ahead of many in electrics.

@@paulm6481 I thought the volt was a really cool concept. I feel like that technology was written off too soon.

They paid the fucking money back, unlike the oil companies and banks!

@@ronz7046 😂 They can hardly treat their employees fairly. Employees have been jumping ship in the last 10 years to other manufacturers.