Recent content by ArthurL

Not me. I’m usually a first adopter but Ive bricked an Apple TV and an iPhone in my past life so I’ve sworn off work around, hacks and unauthorized changes to software. Don’t even use torrent for movies anymore! You get old you use lessons learned. Get more cautious. Getting old sucks.

Guy saw an online article and got lucky...or not. https://electrek.co/2018/01/12/update-chevy-bolt-ev-firmware/

Your heater is turned on in the pictures. That is why range is so low at 45F. Turn off heater and range mid range estimate will jump up.

Good article on cold weather effect on Bolt battery range. +5 F here and full charge gives me 238 km range on mid marker. I don’t do long distance driving in winter so no issue. http://flip.it/eW5poz

http://flip.it/Q3uPi9 Is the new Shop App alive in the US? The details on installation seem vague to me but it talks about MyLink and I’ve found other articles that seem to indicate it is installed via the MyChevrolet app to the Dashboard but I can’t find anything on my Canadian MyChevrolet...

7.5 cents a kWh in BC. We have a free level 3 in town so I generally recharge there at about 30% and go up to 80%. If going on a trip where I’ll recharge on the road I’ll top off at home first on my level 2 before leaving. We can check our cost per hour and its always about $1.25 for the...

Watched a video from California dealship where maintenance manager said, if you get a battery warning get bring car to dealership, they will put car on lift, drop the battery, run diagnostic to locate bad cells pull bad cell from group and replace, raise and reattach battery to car and you are...

Another article on the Bolt and ultra high performance tires. https://insideevs.com/ultra-performance-tires-chevrolet-bolt/

Amen. I bought it for the environmental reasons. I drive it cause it’s down right fun.

Sean...a link on the Alberta expansion of chargers. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/electric-vehicle-charging-station-corridor-1.4424176

Yep. Nacusp, Radium, the Arrow Lakes become inviting. I was thinking about that tonight. I was also looking at PlugShare and there are now level 3’s in Calgary. That along with soon to be level 3s in Red Deer and Edmonton at Canadian Tires we have an extension of the 80% charge hwy well...

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my dealer/dummy tried the same thing at 6000 km. I explained it wasn’t required yet and besides I had already switched to winter tires. Dealers still don’t have a clue about the Bolt

I can only speak for the Bolt. 5 months a year but what part of year? I lived in Cambridge/Boston area and ventured out to cape cod twice. In summer with oem low resistant tires and watching the speed and acceleration I get about 420 km on a charge average. When I joy ride, accelerate at...

Great article from Motor Trend. http://www.motortrend.com/news/chevrolet-bolt-ev-summer-tires-review-electricity-meets-grip/