Comment by cmrdporcupine

Comment by cmrdporcupine 2 days ago

Sigh. GM. I was so happy with my Volt. Was going to keep it until it rusted away. Until my wife totaled it last Friday. Now I'm shopping for a new car with the measly amount insurance will pay me out. And... what a sad state of affairs with GM. Discontinued the Bolt, and never evolved that line further, and the only thing in their lineup now are big honkin' trucks and SUVs. And I hear they're dropping Android Auto / CarPlay support.

Way to blow their early mostly decent efforts in EV territory.

I'd pick up a second hand Bolt if it wasn't for the fact that the fast charging situation with them is... not competitive.

ellisv a day ago

Do you need to fast charge often?

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cmrdporcupine a day ago

I barely drive these days since WFH. But when I do more than go get groceries or school drop off, it's for a 7-10 hour drive for a ski trip to Vermont or Quebec. Which would have to involve fast chargers.
Granted, I could probably just drive my wife's Outlander PHEV in that case. But seeing as she just totaled my Volt...

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- jes5199 a day ago
  
  the 2021 Bolt that I drive could probably do that trip with a single 45-minute charge stop in the middle. I know that’s slow compared to a Tesla, but it ends up being fine most of the time
  
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- NewJazz a day ago
  
  Honestly in your situation I'd wait it out and try to work with one car. The new Ioniq 5 models will have NACS, and plenty of other good things to look forward to for other cars.
  
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  cmrdporcupine a day ago
  
  yeah we live rural with two teens, so no car isn't much of an option but I'm thinking I'll just buy a cheap used ICE to tide me over until interest rates drop and I can save some $$ and go buy a new EV :-(
  had my eye on a used polestar 2 or mustang mach-e, but not sure I can justify debt for that
  
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