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expiredburnsg posted Jun 1, 2021 2:08 PM
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Basically the support falls on party lines, unless it can be worked into a reconciliation bill or they blow the filibuster it's not happening.
Edit: just for clarity, didn't want to get the politics argument going on this more just a realistic view of whether the credit will get added to make this a much better deal.
2021 hatchback with a few amenities...
(Don't have a relative/friend that works for GM.. would have saved me $15-20/month)
Lease 30k, $1300 down (first month + all taxes and fees) with all incentives available inclui Costco)
$325/ month.
Uhh...no
Uh....no.
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There's a reason hydrogen fuel cells are mockingly called "fool cells". The physics doesn't make any sense.
To say this car wasn't meticulously cared for is plain ignorant. You're probably recalling a different owner. They took the car in for all previous recalls and never charged to full. Car has less than 20k miles.
Is the issue fixed? Probably?? Did this instill the kind of confidence I want from the company. NO
But if you drive the car with AC or Heater on, you will only get 160-180 miles. You have to baby it to the magic 4kw per mile to get it to 250 miles, thats no ac/heat, on a flat road. I have test drove plenty of used bolts, and at 95%, they showed 180-200miles.
And his was a 2018, so you couldnt limit the charge, you could only unplug it. And if you ever drove a bolt with less than 30 miles in the tank, the car acts like the world is coming to an end. By 25 miles on the highway, there is a constant dinging, reduced power warning, and the both screens are flashing yellow alert.
One thing did surprise me, his car caught fire "unplugged and off".
Im not defending GM, Hyundai (same ish LG packs) also put out "a software fix" and 6 months after that it became "yea we are buying back every single one a swapping the batteries, and LG is paying for half". So who knows, 2 more fires and the same thing might happen to the bolts.
I can PM you the details if you would like, but the deals are going to be different now. I hate trying to compare car deals, there are SO many different variables. I just picked a number I could live with and I went with it. Some may have gotten a better deal in NC, but I am not sure.
Hydrogen is a mixed bag as currently in the US the vast majority of the liquid hydrogen is derived from natural gas, so not as clean is if it were from Electrolysis that uses renewable power. Again pollution is centrally captured vs just burning it out on the roads
There's a reason hydrogen fuel cells are mockingly called "fool cells". The physics doesn't make any sense.
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Not sure if I would invest in another hybrid or EV as I too expect better models to come out.
Edit: they have Niro EV as well. But not familiar with range etc..
The deal was much better in March with the $2,000 rebate for CA residents. Now the $2,000 rebate funding has run out and only limited to low income applicants.
For Bolt, without AC and all local with little hill, I was able to get 5.5miles per KWH. It does not to be babied. Just light foot and no AC got this number easily . For average use, 3.5-4miles per KWH is a good estimate.
The deal was much better in March with the $2,000 rebate for CA residents. Now the $2,000 rebate funding has run out and only limited to low income applicants.
For Bolt, without AC and all local with little hill, I was able to get 5.5miles per KWH. It does not to be babied. Just light foot and no AC got this number easily . For average use, 3.5-4miles per KWH is a good estimate.
I had read all about electrics but was still very surprised by many aspects. For me, turns out I don't care about the range or charging speed much at all, and I don't care what fast charging away from home does, because I never need it. I drive 100 miles round trip to work mostly doing near 80mph. In the winter, range is reduced, and at these speeds, range is reduced, and using the heater, range is reduced. Still, plenty of range. I just plug it in when I get home and start fresh the next day. I never charge more than 80%, which may help the battery last even longer over the years; still plenty of range. It's maintenance-free, no gas, no oil, no stopping at gas stations at all. I don't think I will ever use a charger away from home. We have a Tesla now as well, will use that for long trips. Brakes will last me the life of the car, I never need them.
One key point many don't know if you do buy this and many other EV: The charger that comes with it is very very slow on a 120V AC plug, maybe 4-5 miles of range added per hour. But almost all of these chargers are identical to the ones used in countries with 240V AC, and if you install a dryer outlet and have a 12 dollar adapter, you can plug this into 240V AC. It cost me around 50 bucks and a couple of hours to install a dryer outlet in my garage (short wire run, 50 amp breaker was 13 dollars, outlet 10 dollars). This doubles the speed of charging. Maybe 8-10 miles per hour. For me, that is plenty. I thought I would be buying the fastest charger out there for my home. I have ZERO need for that. And charging with the slower charger is easier on the battery. I think my battery is likely to last a very long time; slow charger, never over-charged, never depleted.
This is a very very functional, zippy little car. It looks like an econobox; if style is your thing, look elsewhere. This thing costs maybe 25 percent of what my old Accord cost to drive. Maybe less. It is CRAZY how much money this thing saves me. I would have gone even cheaper and bought used, the old ones work fine and the fire non-issue does help depress used prices a bit. But this deal made it still pretty cheap to get new, and it will last me longer.
The problem with them being the worst of both worlds is that they aren't efficient because you have to lug around a gas engine 100% of the time (every day on your commute) for something that you're going to only use 1% of the time, i.e. when you take a long trip . And the fact that you're lugging around a 500+lb gas engine reduces the efficiency on the EV side. And then you're ALSO stuck maintaining TWO systems.
I know, different strokes for different folks. But I'll say this...for my use case, a 250mi EV like the Bolt its the bill very nicely even if the DC fast charging is slow. I am commuting with it, and I MAYBE take a long road trip once a year if even that often. Most of the time, my road trips are within a single DC fast charge in both directions. (My in laws are about 150 miles away, and the beach and some nice cities to visit are within 275 miles or so. My parents are about 600 miles away.)
And it isn't impossible to take a long road trip...you just have to plan for longer stops/more often stops. That's about it. Most of us have to bio and/or stretch every 3-4 hours anyway, so a typical 15 min stop might become 45-60 min instead. On let's say a 750 mile trip, you're looking at maybe an additional 3 hours each way? Yeah, that sucks, but it's not undoable, and I think that the longer breaks might make the drive more endurable.
So yea, it's pretty case by case. I'd like to go full EV, but not until infrastructure and fast charging is built out. I've put in 57k in 2yrs with my PHEV that is a combo of commute and road trips. Would definitely be a less pleasant experience with a full EV.
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