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I called "Gm Financial leasing", my lease company, and asked that question a few weeks ago. They informed me that 3 months prior to the end of the lease you will receive a "lease turn in kit" that reminds you what is considered normal wear and tear, minimum tread depth, and a cardboard template...

I have seen the same thing about 3 times in 19 months. If you do nothing the watchdog timer in the Infotainment system appears to reboot itself after about 3 min. During that same time period, I have had to reboot my phone for some random glitch about 20 times ;-)

In my experience you can set different times to be ready each day of the week but it always assumes that if you plug it in you want it charged by the following day at the specified time. If your objective, like some, is to not charge to full but leave the vehicle plugged in for battery...

A very interesting paper on optimal cabin heating for an EV that evaluates the design trades... https://www.sae.org/news/2018/05/new-bev-thermal-optimization-studies

Just reviewed my lifetime Avg. Using https://my.chevrolet.com/ it reports Lifetime = 32 Kwh/100 mi at about 15k miles since June 2017. Spirited driving style, cabin temp of 74 in the winter, and frequent use of the heated seats and heated steering wheel. 3370 / 32 = 105.3MPGe The web site...

Hear, hear...

For those interested in the Upstate NY DC fast charging infrastructure here is where we are at: Couple of locations now open at welcome centers Grand Island https://www.plugshare.com/location/161247 Southern Tier Welcome Center https://www.plugshare.com/location/131411 EA has opened one in...

Correct. They are in the business of removing and replacing the input cord, and would like to protect that business. In addition, as you point out, they are discussing a circa 2011 Nissan EVSE, which I have not seen the internals of. We do know what the internals are for the 2017 and 2018 GM...

You must have an account, but it is the "basic" service which is free for 5 years.

the cell network

how long have you had the car? Was it working before and stopped? If it never worked, have you established an account and added the vehicle, dealer should have helped you with this during delivery. Occasionally there have been reports of it not working at the end of your OnStar trial period...

No, the app works without an OnStar subscription plan. Remote start (precondition) lock, unlock, tire pressure, charging status, etc...

OK then... I would take the excellent advice that SparkE gave you and consider using the factory Bolt EVSE (comes with car) and the cars departure based charging feature. Problem solved for very little $$...

When you say "use delayed charging" you understand that you can set the Bolt for departure based charging, and nothing special is required of the EVSE?

Now available on Amazon at the same sale price of $400 http://a.co/f9fSz5N