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I'm sure many of you are aware of the spam attack we suffered over the past 24 hours. Overall, one user created about 250 posts and continued posting every few minutes until I logged in and saw the issue. The user has been banned and I have removed all the posts. To prevent this from...

Somebody on Reddit found a screenshot showing 58.*kWh had been used with juice to spare - which may indicate that it is 60kWh usable capacity. Also, keep in mind that Teslas and their derivatives (RAV4/B-Class) are the least efficient current-generation EVs. This being partly due to using AC...

Yes, I've had my eye on these posts for a while now and it has been brought up with the owner of the site. There's nothing these posters are doing that explicitly break the rules, however, so they remain. There's a lot of suspicious activity, including accounts created within minutes of each...

I don't think anyone is disputing the fact that frequent 100% charges cause accelerated degradation. However, only Tesla vehicles (and their derivatives) are capable of charging to or very near to true 100% capacity. All other manufacturers hide capacity as a buffer to prevent this...

Early Nissan LEAFs had an 80% charge option but it turned out not to have much effect on battery longevity - heat was the primary issue - so Nissan removed the option in 2013 (if I recall). All non-Tesla cars have a reserve that is not accessible, i.e. the Nissan LEAF allows you to use 21kWh of...

Found quite a few pictures of Bolts in the wild on Plugshare this morning. Looks like they were testing in Northern California and Southern Oregon a couple weeks ago.

Over a decade ago I had a Hyundai Elantra that had a sun roof when I lived in SoCal and I rarely used it because it was either too hot thus reducing the effectiveness of the A/C or I was on the freeway where it was sort of annoying to use. I do have a sunroof in my Mazda5 and I actually use it...

That's pretty much what happened to me once I got the RAV4 EV and realized that I could confidently exceed 100 miles range in almost any circumstance Southern California could throw at me. Any longer trip and I would revert to my LEAF hypermiling ways, but for most day-to-day driving range was...

Yeah, I think that image is focused on the HV components so would leave out wiring for tail lights/speakers. I've never had a car that didn't run cables for those things hidden in some kind of channel though - they try to avoid exposing that stuff to the end user.

Good question. According to this Bolt cutaway there's nothing back there, but that image doesn't necessarily include everything. Could be something related to displaying the car at the auto show, test equipment due to being a prototype, or could be wires for tail lights/speakers/etc. Does...

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I heard that GM was thinking of doing away with Holden - is their plan to just use the Chevy brand in Australia now? If I recall they sell Silverados with Chevy branding (through a third party maybe?) but everything else is still Holden.

"charge" is just a troll. Their entire argument for the FFE over the Bolt is that it has a few more inches of space here and there - never mind the 1/3 range of the FFE vs the Bolt and numerous other shortcomings of the FFE.

Thanks for the correction. Google directed me to the Volt page when searching for the Bolt. The Bolt figures highlight that it is very comparable in dimensions to the FFE, with some exceptions like 3.3" more rear legroom for the Bolt than the FFE and 2.7 cubic feet more cargo capacity. It is...

Leg room is much more important than hip room, at least to me, because my family and friends are usually taller than they are wide. The Focus back seat has lousy leg room compared to the Bolt. The FFE has 33.3" while the Bolt has 34.7". Your hip room figures are inaccurate, the Bolt offers...

The FFE may be wider than the Bolt, but it is by no means roomier. The biggest downfall, aside from lack of DCQC capability, of the FFE is the relatively cramped quarters and poor cargo space. There is very little leg room in the back of the FFE while the Bolt comfortably accommodates adult...

Rear camera mirrors and large touch screens are things that look good for marketing. A heat pump is an important feature only to those who are familiar with the details of EVs (mainly existing drivers) and know what a difference they make. For example, the LEAF's heat pump is only mentioned as...

With that kind of range calculation why should anybody buy any EV at all? This is not indicative of the real-world ownership experience of most drivers. Cabin pre-heating alone eliminates a significant portion of the range penalty of winter conditions in relatively mild climates like Seattle...

I was at the Vancouver Auto Show and the Bolt was the biggest star of the Chevy section. Here are some photos from the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association: https://veva.ca/inside-the-chevy-bolt/

I think it's worth pointing out in the discussion of consumer ethics, that Tesla is no saint either. They do everything they can to prevent owners from performing their own repairs to their vehicles or accessing service manuals (source). The fact that they do not operate using dealerships...