Used 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV LT 4dr Hatchback (electric DD) Consumer Reviews
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An amazing car..not typical GM product.
Phil Atomic, La Porte, TX, 09/03/2018
updated 09/23/2019
Chevrolet Bolt EV LT 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
23 of 23 people found this review helpful
Have owned this car for a year and have 40,000 miles on the clock. Car has had zero issues. Battery shows no degredation. Cost to operate is absurdly low. Cheaper to own than a regular Camry when you consider no maintenance cost and gas difference vs electricity. Range is a non issue unlike the leaf. Consider that first real maintenance on this car is at 150,000 miles! Add up all a gas car costs in maintenance to get to 150,000 compared to the Bolt and the higher initial cost of the Bolt quickly disappears. Then add the difference in operating costs (gas vs elec.) and the Bolt is clearly cheaper. $7,500 tax credit + $2,500 state credit makes a great difference in cost. Even if i had no tax credit, I would buy this car again. As an update, just passed 60,000 miles on 3-2019. Still no noticable degredation and no service visits. Update #2 on 9/23/2019 just passed 80,000 miles and the same. No dealer visits, no battery change.
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The only range anxiety is exceeding my lease limit
Tone, Walnut Creek, CA, 06/06/2018
Chevrolet Bolt EV LT 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
25 of 26 people found this review helpful
The lease deals on this car were too good to miss so i decided to try an EV but keep my 15 year old clunker as backup; my mistake, the clunker hasn't been required in months and ironically its battery keeps draining from lack of use. The Bolt is an awesome vehicle; accelerates and handles more like a sports car, has interior space comparable to a *UV but costs less to run than an econobox. One pedal driving is addictive, the brake pedal becomes just a foot rest for stop lights. The interior is elegant though not really refined, but the front seats can be uncomfortably narrow (I'm skinny, my nickname is "Bones", and the side bolsters pinch my legs so I'm not really sure who they were designed for). Outside visibility is great except for rear quarter views where the C/D pillars cause large blind spots so make sure to get the blind spot monitor option. Around town mileage is normally around 5 miles/KWh giving a calculated range of over 300 miles on a full charge, but it drops considerably at speed (often to less than 3 miles/KWh at 70mph) and long distance freeway trips need to be planned accordingly. The Fast charger option is a MUST if you have any aspirations to travel more than 50 miles from home, I'm not sure why they even sell the car without it ? A/C uses about 5% of the battery and heating 20%, the heated steering wheel and seats can mitigate this slightly but I'm not sure it'd be a viable car for cold climates. iPhone integration (and presumably Android too) for maps, traffic and music is seamless, but the car itself has no GPS awareness and can't tell if it's at home or not. This is a problem if you have the car set to charge only overnight and plug into a public charger ... unless you remember to press the "override" option it will sit dumbly and you'll come back from lunch with no more charge but possibly have been billed if there's a minimum connection fee.
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A Great Electric that is Affordable
Pete M, Pittsburgh, PA, 09/17/2018
updated 09/22/2022
Chevrolet Bolt EV LT 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
I worked on electric cars when an engineering student in the early 1970s. and have since wondered whether I would ever be able to purchase a practical electric car in my lifetime. Well, now I have! The Bolt has great performance and my mileage/range has been at or above that advertised despite being in a vey hilly part of the country (Western PA). Many reviews have criticized the interior but I think it is fine despite being only the LT trim and my wife thinks it is quite comfortable and attractive. Others who have ridden in the car think it is plenty attractive and comfortable as well. A $60K Cadillac or Mercedes? No, but just fine for good comfortable transportation. Air conditioning on reduces the range about 10%. Have not had to use heat much yet since obtaining this in early April. Reviews I have read suggest about a 1/3 reduction in range on cold winter days. Despite being very environmentally proactive I would never have spent what a Tesla costs. The Bolt is the first reasonably priced, long range (240 mi+) and great performance EV. I had 190K great miles in a Prius over a ten year period. Looking forward to a similar great run with my Bolt. Update 2020-09-18 After almost two and a half years and 25,342 miles my Bolt has been great. No reliability issues at all so far. The vehicle performance remains much more than adequate and I have gotten above advertised mileage from the battery, though with some driving compromises. I owned a Prius before the Bolt and developed some mileage enhancing techniques that I have carried over to the Bolt. The first is that I do not drive over about 58 mph on the highway other than in passing situations. While Bolt has a pretty large battery (my 2018 has the 60 kWh battery), that is sort of scary, i.e., small, when compared to the energy content of a tank of gasoline. I also minimize the use of the heater in colder weather by using the heated seats and steering wheel and that works pretty well. In Pittsburgh where I live you can lose 1/3 of the battery range on a cold winter day if you try to keep it toasty-warm in the car. Using the air conditioner in hot wether can also be a battery drag but less so at a 10-15% reduction. In te last two years there have been an increasing number of public chargers near my home but they are still kind of sparse. This something you may want to check for your area if you are seriously considering a purchase. I have not purchased a Level 2 (240 volt) charger for my home so far but that has occasionally been a limitation for me. I am probably going to purchase one and have it installed in the next couple of months. Overall - A great purchase and very enjoyable to drive. Four and a half yers - still great. I had y. Bolt's main drive battery replaced finally as. part of their recall a small number of battery fires in the fleet of 150,000-ish Bolt's on the road. It is identical to the upgraded battery that all Bolt's since 2019 (or 2020?) have had when new. It has 65 kw-hr as opposed to the original battery's 60 kw-hr. The range increase I have actually gotten is probably close to 20% and I can now rely on almost 300 miles of range if I baby it a little bit on the highway. I have about 45,000 miles on it and it still is operating with perfect reliability (aside from the two all day drop-offs at the dealer for them to address the battery recall. Handles like a dream with he Hal-ton of battery's sitting way down at axle level. My Bolt may not be the sexiest car in the world, but tell me of ANY other EV that for about $33,000 or so can provide you with so much functionality and. so many smiles. I don't think you. can.
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My Bolt is the best car I've ever owned
The_Q, Cleveland, OH, 02/14/2019
Chevrolet Bolt EV LT 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
You're going to hear things about EVs like "the range goes down in Winter" or "those cars aren't any cleaner" or "it's like driving a golf cart." Some of these are true (due to the chemistry of a li-ion battery, your range goes down in the winter, but the car still performs fine, heats up fine, and drives great in bad conditions). Some of them are not (the Bolt is practically neck-and-neck with a Golf GTI in autocross, so it's a lot of fun, and recent studies show that, when taking into consideration fuel production, EVs are cleaner EVERYWHERE in the USA). My advice is this: go drive one. The instant torque is a blast, and the Bolt gives you something you can't find elsewhere easily: a car that is quick, fun to drive, and actually economical. The sticker price is high for a car this size, but when you factor in the lack of maintenance (electric motors have very few moving parts, and my first scheduled maintenance is to CHECK my battery fluid at 45,000 miles), and the lower cost to "fuel" the car, the math works out to be pretty great.
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Electric is no Trick!
Alan Melamed, Scottsdale, AZ, 01/11/2019
Chevrolet Bolt EV LT 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I purchased the 2018 Bolt after my beloved 2011 Chevrolet Volt that I owned for 7 years and drove for 160k miles was totaled. After doing quite a bit of research, I decided that going fully electric was right for me and with the range of the Bolt, I'd be OK with range given my normal commute and any local travelling. I've had the car for 7 months, and have driven it for about 5000 miles. So far, so good on the range of the vehicle, but I have noted that as the temperature outside falls...battery range decreases, but I knew about that and expected that because I owned a Volt for as long as I did. Insofar as performance, it runs wonderfully with no issues. Acceleration is spirited as always and the regen braking is top notch. I typically run the car all the time in "L" mode where the regen braking is strongest and I'm pleased in the cars ability to stop on its own without my having to touch the brake. Note that in order for the car to fully stop on its own, the driver's seat belt MUST be fastened. If it isn't, the regen braking takes the car down to 2 mph and will keep going. Given the amount of electronics in the car, I have noted on a couple of occasions that the car seems to get confused...for example, the backup camera stays on after I shift out of reverse...but it typically fixes itself after a few minutes. The part I really like is the cost of running the car...with little to no maintenance required and running a vehicle that is powered by clean electricity (I have 24 solar panels on my roof), my annual costs are very small compared to ICE vehicles. All in all, I am definitely pleased with the car and while I miss my Volt and the navigation system I used to have, the Bolt offers enough to overcome its deficiencies very nicely. We just need more infrastructure to better support these cars and soon we will all be "going electric"
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