Despite writing off the Niro pretty quickly the last time around, I had to give it another chance just by default. I actually liked it quite a bit better the second time around; whether I was convincing myself to, due to lack of alternatives, or I was more appreciative of what it offered, it's hard …
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Shopping Round 2: Hyundai Ioniq 5
I liked the styling of the Ioniq 5 from the moment I first saw reports about it, and was really pleased that it didn't lose any of its edge between the first looks and actual production. They were just getting deliveries to select Texas dealerships toward the end of my shopping, but I managed to …
Shopping Round 2: Mustang Mach-E
Photo by Alice B on Pexels.com Entertaining the possibility of the Polestar 2 really opened the floodgates. Getting up into that price bracket added a lot more options and one of the obvious ones was the Mach-E. Sadly, at that time, the Mach-E was one of the hardest cars to find and a contender for …
Shopping Round 2: Polestar 2
Photo by Naoufel Bouazizi on Pexels.com I'm not exactly sure how it happened. I think my desperation and the lack of affordable options had me pushing my budget up and up until one day I found myself on the brink of getting a Polestar 2. I'm glad I didn't. I loved the car, but it …
Shopping Round 2: Nissan Leaf
I was still concerned about the lack of active cooling of the Leaf's battery, but with it being the most affordable mainstream option, I had to reconsider it. So this time I actually went to drive one. On paper it really did seem compelling. Part of my issue with the Bolt was the lack of …
Shopping Round 2: Volkswagen ID.4
Photo by Chris Black on Pexels.com This was the car that really gave me doubts about the Bolt. It started getting a lot of coverage right when I got the Bolt and just about everyone seemed to agree it was one of the best value EVs available. I had not considered it my first time …
Shopping Round 2: Back to the Drawing Board
So after just 4 short months of ownership I sold my 2020 Bolt EV Premier back to GM. I don't believe that specific Bolt was the best purchase I could have made, so I was glad to have a do-over, but I was not excited to be in the market again. Things had certainly not …
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The Dream of Affordable EV Ownership Goes Up In Flames (a statistically small percent of the time) – the Bolt Recall
I got my Bolt on July 1, 2021. Less than two months later, on August 20, 2021, GM expanded the Bolt battery recall to include my 2020 model. For those of you who don't know, over a period of 6 or so months GM issued several recalls for the high-voltage batteries in the Bolts, eventually …
Review of the 2020 Bolt EV
If you haven't read my posts leading up to this, in July of 2021 I bought a new 2020 Bolt EV Premier. I talk more about the electric-specific aspects of it in the previous post, but this will be a more general review of the Bolt as a car. (Note: I will try to indicate …
Living with the Bolt – I Love EVs!
I quickly fell in love with driving electric on a daily basis. There were so many little perks and conveniences to me. Even without a level 2 charger at home I could recharge overnight from my daily commute. That meant that during a normal week I was able to ditch the all-to-common experience of starting …
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