#2020 CHEVY VOLT PRICE FULL#

You have to push a button to move the car in between gears and it defaults to drive without regen braking. There’s a neon blue light that is kind of cool, but it looks like an entry-level car interior. The seats weren’t super comfortable, but they didn’t really bother me except maybe on long trips offering little lateral support for sharp turns. There were some downsides with the Chevy Bolt, but they were small and mostly inconsequential.

In fact, after a month with the Bolt I wrote this:ġ0 things I like better on the new 2017 Chevy Bolt vs my 2013 Tesla Model S On the highway, you feel like a man among men with the ability to gain 20mph at a moments notice.Ĭompare to an ICE car, where if someone floors it, the car drops into a low gear way too long, makes crazy noise, jerks the car around as it shifts. Everyone I let drive it was impressed by the 200hp acceleration and not just from a standstill. Unlike ICE cars that you drop the pedal on, it immediately lurches forward and smoothly goes all the way to 92mph if you let it. You can even fit a folding fat tire bike in the back without even putting the rear seat down.Įven though the Bolt doesn’t have a Ludicrous mode, it does get going from a stop pretty quick. I just want to drop off my kids at the store, not talk to people about panel gaps and range anxiety.Īnd while it doesn’t have a frunk, there is still a ton of space in the back for groceries and other typical items. While certainly unique, the Bolt is way more low key than a Tesla, which carries a certain world view - and that was before its CEO went on Pedo and COVID Twitter rants. For medium/longer drives and particularly ones that required fast charging, I preferred the Tesla but for running the kids to school, shopping or just normal errands, I picked the Bolt every time. It was just easier to get into, maneuver, drive and park than my 2013 Tesla Model S. The Bolt quickly became my go-to car even though officially it was my wife’s car. No one else on the lot would even discuss the car with me. The “EV guy” was nice enough and owned a Volt “for a period of time” but incompetent in getting me my car.

#2020 CHEVY VOLT PRICE FULL#

It took two full days of haggling and paperwork just to get a car that was already physically on the lot for the price advertised. To make a long story short, it was not a good experience getting the Bolt. Each dealership had different prices and required a ton of haggling just to get the sticker price. Each one had their own “EV guy” who was the only one at the dealership that had any knowledge of, or interest in, selling a Bolt. No dealer knew the difference between DC fast charging and Level 2 charging. I had to call three separate Chevy dealers in my area who all had different waiting times and had heard different things about delivery dates. My experience there should have been a huge warning sign that this company was not ready to sell an electric car - especially one as awesome as the Bolt. So I bought one of the first Chevy Bolts to reach the East Coast in early 2017. To this day, I think they should have marketed it as a “hot hatch” family car category and had people be shocked by how much room it has both in front and back as much as the driving experience. Chevy started calling it a “Micro-crossover,” which absolutely no one stuck with. Small on the outside but with tons of room inside, it didn’t fit any traditional car’s description. Electrek wasn’t the EV publishing behemoth it is now, so it was flattering to be one of only a few publications to be given a personal tour of the Bolt by its creator. Pam Fletcher, the engineer who had previously headed up the Chevy Volt’s revolutionary powertrain and propulsion system design and was essentially the person who brought the Bolt to market, gave us a very thorough tour. I got my first taste of the Chevy Bolt way back at CES in January of 2016. I really loved the car, but the company behind it was a whole lot harder to love. Both only offered me the sticker price, which was a non-starter at more than a new 2020 Bolt.Īnd that’s a theme I encountered with GM and the Bolt. I asked both GM Financial and the dealer if I could buy the car out at a reasonable price months ago. I got an extra month because NY car dealers were closed for the pandemic, but I didn’t do much extra driving, and GM Financial has been wishy-washy on whether they are going to bill me extra for not being able to turn it in. It is the first time I’ve been back to the dealer since I picked up the car and nothing had changed. Like a lot ( 2) of early Chevy Bolt owners, I gave up my three-year lease recently and surrendered the 238-mile compact EV to my local Chevy dealer.

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