4k - Chevy Bolt EV blows away range estimate 

The Bolt has a one foot driving mode. Let up on the accelerator and energy of the wheel goes bacinto the battery. It is called regen. In runs with other EVs, it had the best regen of even the Tesla! This allows the car to go much further than it saysbon the speedometer screen.

New bolts can charge at 48 amps level 2. I can't get enough Bolt vids. Like the green charging field.

The max charging speed is for optimal conditions, if your battery is too cold, it will charge slower

"I commute 50 miles every day to work and back, which takes around 25 to 30 minutes if there is no traffic. However, most of the time it takes me an hour to get to work. After six months of driving, I calculated that my car's efficiency is 5.2 miles per kilowatt-hour. If I use my 2003 Honda Accord, it costs me $2300 per year for the commute. On the other hand, if I use Bolt, it only costs me $300 per year. By using the formula 50:5.2*0.14*222, I calculated that it would cost me $285 to commute with my 2023 Bolt EUV."

You'll get about 50kW from 0 to 55% battery in the Bolt. A slow taper from 56-80 (avg 38kW). 80-90% (avg 18kW). Thanks for the video. 😊

Note, this is only in warm weather. Our Bolt gets nearly 300 mile range in the summer, yet because there is no heat pump, that range is reduced to around 190 in the cold months.

My experience in owning a Bolt for less than a month now I have learned, turn off the power when you're charging, pull up all the way to public chargers, don't go by the "Guessometer" numbers, go by the green bars. Regen is your friend.

My team installed those chargers. I had to go put a new ECU in one of them. There’s a bunch of those all over the state now.

During my first 300 miles, August through September, with my 2023 Bolt, it averaged 5 miles per KWH, which equals 325 miles on a full charge. The energy display showed my driving skill at +24. About half of that mileage was on the interstate at a speed of 61 mph, the same as I did with my Honda Fit. As the weather turns cold, that efficiency will decrease.

The motors in modern electric cars are three phase A/C. The DC battery power is converted by the on board converter.

at 30:06 your battery was at 66%. The charge speeds drop after about 50% ... Not sure what the max charge speed is on the Bolt. If 50kW then getting 25kW is about right at that State of Charge. P.S. 4.8 miles per kW hour is excellent.

My 2014 Chevy Spark EV averages 5.8mi/kWh. Only 80mi range though

Yeah, WOW! 4.7 miles per kWh is real good! In my new to me 2022 Bolt I’m only averaging 4.0 miles per kWh but it’s colder up hear in NW Wisconsin than in Tennessee and the warmest it’s been when I’ve drove it was 42f.

I have over 100,000 miles on my Bolt now and still get just over 300 per charge when its over 50F.

This video was super helpful. 👍👍

I see the power plant you went by is the TVA Cumberland plant and it will be phased out starting in 2026 for one boiler then the other in 2028. There’s many old coal plants being shutdown nowadays and I’m glad to see them go.

Your first charging experience was where I so often find myself- Interface Hell. Like coming up with a good password, writing it down, entering it twice (blind), only to have it balk and THEN tell you the password rules.

The charge speed wasn't the charger's fault. You were getting close to 40kw while you were on the phone with the girl and it slowed down later. That was your car requesting less power, not the charger not being able to supply the power. If the battery is too cold (not likely based on you not shivering in the video), it will charge slow and if the battery is heating up (probably what was happening), the car will tell the charger to slow down so the battery doesn't overheat.

I expected that to be the least efficient Bolt in America based on stories I've heard.

It’s my understanding that a depleted battery will take in more kw then a battery that has a 50-60% charge. In other works it slows down as it charges.

The Bolt is a great piece of engineering except for one thing. They charge slow. At home, it probably won't matter but on the road they suck. GM needs the Bolt to be competative. The battery is the bottleneck.

Hi nice video am get on my 2022 bolt. 320 miles on a full charge driving like a grandpa. 😅

I have 65k on mine, approaching 2 years of ownership. Did a battery degradation test from completely dead 0 to full 100, and my evse claims it delivered 65.8kW of energy. Im not sure what charging loss % is, but i figure Id knock off 5kW. So 60.8kW usuable. Seems to be mixed results on what the actual usable capacity is brand new. Is it 65kW or 66kW? Same year 2023 Bolt 1LT.

I think you have the Tesla / Edison thing backwards. Also google the charge curve for the Bolt, you'll only get 55kW from like 0 to 45% then it tapers back, at 75% where you are almost, 25kW is pretty normal it seems. You gotta charge low in the pack for high power, this is how most of the cars are.

Actually, I found this vid quite valuable. I currently have a Volt (PHEV) and have only ever charged at home. So public chargers are a black hole to me and I understand nothing. But am I correct that the major nosebleed here was trying to use EVGo's autocharge without having first been authorized to do so at an EVGo charger? And that simply having the Chargepoint app is the route most folks would go if they weren't trying to burn through GM credits or set up EVGo authocharge?

Some company has to come along and make public charging better. We need to get rid of the app stuff and either make charging like filling with gas where you use your credit car or have a standard where you just plug your car in and it knows what car you are in and charge you automatically like Tesla. I would be fine to pay more on the road if I knew that the chargers would work 99% of the time and there wasn’t a bunch of hassle to get charging started. I am a tech guy but I can’t imagine my wife or most other people I know dealing with these issues in a trip.

I thought I recognized the view of that Dairy Queen drive-thru. live in Paris and was there for the opening of that Chargepoint station in September and it was the first level 3 charger I charged my '23 Bolt EUV with. It rarely gets used although local business folks are hopeful it brings EV drivers to our little downtown area. As you probably know by now you're better off using both hands to wrangle that heavy cord. And if you'd tapped your phone on the charger it would've started up and you wouldn't have to guess which charger you were connecting to on the app. There are sister stations across TN (including Hohenwald). - If you wait to plug in until you are at 10% state of charge you'll get the full 55kw charging speed but at your level 25kw is the norm. The Bolt is the slowest DCFC car sold today but level 2 home charging speed is basically the same as any other EV.

Have you since been able to set up the Autocharge feature at an EVGo station?

I knew Edison was pushing DC power, but I thought it was Westinghouse who pushed AC power... 🤔

I seriously want to get a Bolt but I have range anxiety and it’s a little too expensive for me right now haha 😂

Ha, I have a Camaro and a Bolt EV as well

Higher SOC slower the charge. Bolt EUV maxes out at 53 kw

Great choice with the Bolt! Peak charging speed will happen at low state of charge 0-30% or so. That’s typical for most EVs. Bolt is not the greatest charger. Good first DCFC experiment. Next time show up at 5-10% and ride the charging curve. Also you’ll have the best experience and the lowest prices when using the charging provider native app or card. Definitely use your free charging while you have it though.

I’m pretty sure from you said, if you were not trying to get it for free you could have tapped paid charged and been gone already .

@ 70 MPH, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN 20 + MILES DOWN THE ROAD, LMAO

THE PARKING PYLON IS THERE FOR A REASON!

GOM = Guess-O-Meter

But, the feeling of guilt is welling up in me. I feel so guilty not using gas, oil, or radiators fluid! Yet, I get a charge out of it!!!!

Wheres his rfid card

Do you know anything about charging curves ? When you charge at a high percentage you get way less than 55kWh. If you had been closer to 1-10% you may have gotten 55kWh charging but you had a much higher percentage when you pulled in to charge. The charging curves taper down as you get to higher percentages so that is why you were getting 25 kWh. You need to look at the Bolt's charging curve and that will let you know what you can do to get better charging at DC Fast chargers, Don't pull in to a charger with more than 10% if you want to get better charging rates. I have a 2017 Bolt EV and I know what you are going through. Good Luck and 4.7 kW is great.....mine is 4.5kW.

LOL thanks for inadvertently marketing for Tesla and it's charging network

omg alice

65 is the sweet spot

This guy is a rookie. Listen to some other more experienced drivers for a real world explanation driving and charging an EV. YES, if you avoid highway driving, EVs go much further than their estimates.

This is a big problem, using public chargers!!!

I'M GASOLINE ALL THE WAY AFTER ALL THAT, LMAO

You wasted your time because you did not have your app set up you have to link chargpoint charger in the evgo app you also have to set up auto charge all of which you did not do

Would have had gas in your car and been on the road and to your destination instead of all that lost time.

Okay video but you're driving when parked or parking skills are horrible. But still interesting video I gave you a like

The Bolt is an unexpectedly great EV value. Had severe (and snootiness-based) doubts about buying a GM Chevy product, but the 2023 Bolt has been a pleasant surprise. Warm weather range routinely above 300 miles. Have 18K miles on vehicle in first year. Score that for a win. On a different note: video is a snooze fest. Your soporific inane stream of consciousness lugubrious dialogue was maddeningly unbearable. Try edits, a subject-based narrative, and maybe you'll attract more than 24 subs. Maybe.

They always make those fast charger cords barely long enough lol