When traveling to rural areas, 250 kW DC charging speeds doesn't really matter because the charging infrastructure isn't there to support that anyway. What does matter is range (how far from the city can you go without needing to charge at all) and efficiency (how many miles per hour can you get out of a level 1 or level 2). In situations like these, the Bolt can still outperform many other vehicle models costing several times as much, and I have personally taken my Bolt to several remote trailheads my friends told me they would be afraid to take their Teslas to.

We just did the same thing. My niece needed a new car (old one got hit by a red-light runner and was totaled). We found a 2019 with 21000 miles. The battery was replaced 2 months later prior. The new battery came with an 8 year/100,000-mile warranty. It was just about 21k out the door. I am not sure there is a better EV deal on the market today than the Bolt.

Bought a used 2017 Premium with 82k miles in 2019. Drove it 1500 miles CA to TX and back. It was at 105k miles when the battery was replaced for the recall. Now Im at 110k, and only issue so far was the AC needed a coolant refill. The Bolt is an excellent first/budget EV, and no worries about it being used. Fair journeys!

Baby Shark is an excellent name, and this sounds like a great car for the price. I don't rag on the Bolt charging speed, because while it has a relatively low peak, it does better to hit and hold it than some of the newer and more expensive EVs. Congrats Gosia!

Love the energy in the video. Congrats on the new car and good luck on the new degree

Good review. Im about to buy a 2019 tomorrow for $10k. Has 133k miles and had a new battery from the recall done in early 2022.

I bought a Bolt EUV recently and I love it. I have heard so much negativity about the slower DC fast charging so I was surprised when I tried it and it felt much faster than I expected. I don't plan on taking it on a lot of long trips but the time goes by fast and the car is more efficient than other EVs so while you aren't adding as many kWs as other EVs, you are adding more miles.

I bought a 2020 Premier 4 months ago. Love it! I have taken a few 400-500 road trips, does it with ease. Grab lunch and charge. I plan to do some 1000-1500 mile trips next year. I don't mind the charging times. I am not a gas and go type of road tripper. If I need to be somewhere that fast I fly.

Congrats Gosia on your new whip!

Bolt is a great college commuter car with convenient charging and especially with the incentives!

Great video. You guys are very knowledgeable and that’s awesome. You definitely did your research before purchasing!!! I just purchased a 2022 Bolt EV 2LT. I’m loving it so far.

Congrats Gosia! I love my Bolt EUV and I'm sure you'll love this too. I am having a concerned Dad moment though watching this - the head restraint on the drivers seat is way too high. Move it down so it protects your head in case of a crash! Looking forward to more Bolt content.

This is a great deal on a Colorado car (excellent EV incentives). How many miles on the new battery?

I bought a new 2020 pre covid Chevy Bolt EV for under $20,000 and love it 4 years later. Makes holiday traveling a lot easier to not worry about buying gas. Being about to buy portable chargers for EV's help out a lot. Just plug and go.

Great video! My plan to eventually replace my '13 Leaf is to get a used Bolt EV/EUV and possibly upcycle the Leaf's modules to a powerwall for my solar panels.

Bought a used 2020 Chevy Bolt in February. Couple of tips: - Bluetooth-USB Carplay adapters are great. Mine was about $50. Plugged into USB-A jack in the center console. Needs air on multi-hour trips or it overheats. - Used double-stick tape to put an Apple MagSafe charger just right of the infotainment display. Ran cord to 12-volt USB-C adapter under there. Works great, holds iPhone on potholed roads no problem. No more fiddling with cords! Now I just need to remember to take the phone out of my pocket BEFORE getting into the car.🤣 Love my 2020 Bolt with gray/black interior like yours. Test drove a new 2023 Bolt with the black hole interior, hated that part (and the inflated price). Can’t wait to get the Tesla/NACS adapter!

Congratz Gosia! Max I feel like you missed an opportunity to put "NO RAGERTS" in the thumbnail. ABM. Always Be Meme-ing.

Well done. I did similar getting a bolt 2 years back and then my mom, 2 girlfriends, and then one of the girlfriend's aunt and dad got bolts too.

I have a 2020 premiere, I love the slap shifter for going from D to regen! Couldn’t tell if you have the digital rear view mirror which can let me see 6 lanes behind me! Hope you love yours like I have loved mine for more than 3 years! Make sure you get WAZE on your phone for navigation! Make sure you lock your charge cord to something they are spendy to buy! Have fun!

These cars are SEVERELY underrated. I use mine to do mid range road trips. It's not a problem at all. I fly and rent a car when I want to go further, faster. But I can tell you all that it is the perfect commuter car. As well as a great weekend car for local-ish fun. You can get 240+ miles one way on a fully charged battery if you can charge at destination. I highly recommend this car. Especially if you can pick one up sub 17k. Which more often than not the replacement battery packs they installed, on most Bolts, makes the car younger than the chassis mileage would suggest. Pro Note: Make sure you get the upgraded charging port. It should have the little orange cap at the bottom of the plug in space, behind the charging door. You cannot have them installed later. I searched all over and no one does it. Good luck and have fun!

Welcome to the club! I've had my 2019 Premier since brand new and still love it!

Very practical, smart, and well researched. The Bolt is the best value and a swiss army knife in the EV space. Can't beat it. Road trips are still perfectly doable. Regional trips don't really add that much time to a trip. Long distance trips you will have to add up that additional charging time, but it can still be done. Just plan accordingly. Great choice. Congrats on your new car!

Nice video!! Loved your Chevy Bolt. Ive got mine 3 months ago. 2017 60k KM on it. Yeah, I'm in Canada. Have paid 23K. Im so so happy that i got it as I work as Doordash driver full-time. Battery was replaced feb/2022 it was around 50k km on it... Bought with 60k km... so battery is only 10k km. Everything works perfect and beuatiful... Im in love still. Now its 74k km .. drove 14k km in only 3 motnhs. :))) What a fast car also... 200cv is a lot for a little cute and pretty car :) Thanks for the video!!

They better be a good deal. My local dealership has an entire lot full of these things!

I'm glad she got a used Chevy Bolt. It's such a great car and you can't beat it for $13,000ish.

i just got a 2017 bolt premier. had it for 2 weeks and i love it so much

The Bolt is amazing!! My mom has one, and it charges just as fast as my leaf!! Haha!! Great around town car, even for that day or over night trip !! I love hearing about all the savings!!

Great choice, Gosia. I've been driving a Bolt EUV for about a year and it's been a great vehicle for me too. The DC fast charging speed isn't really important. I nearly always charge at level 2 at home and everywhere I go. For the once or twice a year when it is necessary to DC fast charge for a longer trip, I just pack a lunch and have a picnic for an hour while it charges. Not an issue at all.

I just picked up a 2017 LT1 which hadn't gotten the battery recall done yet so I made the dealership do it before I would take possession. Seats suck but I knew that going into it. Other than that, they got a lot of the tech right!

Great car Gosia. I had a 2018 Bolt for 3 years and 40k miles and loved it. No big road-trips and they are excellent, one charging stop is no issue so 400miles easy.

I bought a 2019 Bolt Premier new just before covid. I remain tickled inside driving mine. My color is Shock. The best colored car in the world! I named mine Jellybean 1 and I put on a vanity plate DZZZZZT I noticed some body damage on the front left. Please get it fixed. You will not regret it.

i willl suggest putting aside money for when the hvac for air conditioner goes out. that's one thing i highly suggest or extended warranty. Overall, it's a great bolt EV. I currently have 104,000 mikes on mine. 2017 bolt ev. fun car.

Baby shark! Gosia, you bought the same car that I bought. Even the same exact color! Mine a 2021, and I have loved it. I’m sure you will too.

Note: Pre-owned vehicles purchased before 2023 don't qualify for this credit. However, new vehicles may qualify for other credits. Vehicle must be purchased from a dealer, have a sale price of $25,000 or less, and must have a model year two years prior to the current calendar year.So I don't think the federal credit applies.

A very cute Baby Shark... I dunno.. always have loved the practicality of the Bolt. Sounds like a great deal, especially with the local incentives there. I would kill to have anything more than federal.

Enjoy! Great deal. Wife has put about 70k on her 19 Bolt. Wish I would have gotten your slate gray color.

That was a cute video and a very smart buy. Congratulations and enjoy Gosia

Gosia, nice choice 👏🏻 You’ve got a good sense and I admire your independence in your selection of mode of transport. Nokian tires when it gets cold? Great products.

Great purchase! Well done, Gosia.

We are on the same page. I had a '22 Honda HRV. Traded it for a 2020 Bolt Premier in Cayenne Orange With 33k miles. And new battery as of June '23, For 20k. With the 4k tax credit brings it to about 16k. I'm so glad I did. It's so much more fun to drive than the Honda. Bonus: I get free charging at work so I don't pay for fueling Congrats on your Baby Shark 🦈. Long Live the Bolt

Wry good choice and I love the Bolt enjoy your new car.

Congrats on the new to you Bolt ..... I have a 2023 Toyota Corolla Hybrid LE AWD and absolutely love it but right now if I was to buy a BEV I think it would be a Bolt EV .... And myself I think the Bolt EV is better looking than the Bolt EUV.

Surprised She Didn't mention about when u brake or let off the Pedal you regen the Battery 😊Nice review

What does Max do for his skin btw? His skin looks so smooth

Gosh, I hope the next thing she did after this was charge that thing up! That's a very low SoC indicated by the GOM!😲

I've been trying to figure out how the Xcel energy rebate works. I live in Colorado Springs. How were you able to apply for such rebate?

I am really happy for you .

I did the same I look into cars The bolt was best bet for me

Great electric car, especially around town!

Winter Range is worst than Summer Range? I didn't know that about EV's if that's true that's good for me, I live in the SouthWest of the USA and still would consider a Nissan Leaf and avoid all the drama of trying to find the right used Bolt with the replaced updated battery, but there is no water cooled thermal management battery's in Nissan Leaf's and I've heard of story's of people behind stranded when driving them in over 110 degree temps, when the battery's basically shut off, when they run too hot,

Yes please more bolt info

Very realistic lady. Not falling for this EV hype and getting in big debt. This car if taken care of might last longer than M3 thats glued together and falls apart.

Outstanding choice!

Looking into one of these or the volt but the fact that they are discontinued is anyone worried about parts and maintenance?

Great review! I live in Co. Springs and I've been interested in a Bolt for months, but just can't fine one here. So many in the Denver metro area, but I have no car to get there. We need more in the Springs. By far the best EV buy right now.

She got a deal on this Bolt. Congrats.

Great name. My 2017 is blue. Named Mako.

Oh, there is something about a front wheel drive Bolt. New, it is $20,000 less than most of the 4 wheel EVs. On the endurance run with 4 other expensive EVs, with a Tesla, the Bolt won!

We had 25 Tesla traded in for Hybrid & ICE Powered High Performance Luxury Vehicles & Tesla have A lot of Quality issues no joke. Great Choice of The Bolt The Batteries have been replaced by Chevy. The batteries issue was from LG in South Korea. They Stepped up & Helped Chevy customers got New Batteries & Warrenty 8 years or 100,000 batteries cheaper than iCE engine & transmission cost & transfercase for AWD vehicled i work in The Automotive industry & st Chevy Dealership for 4 years now. Bolts & Volts maintenance in & out .

Is the Bolt the new Camry for college students?

How it doing now,7 months later?

Congratulations Gosia on a great decision because it was your decision. I want to get a used ev mini cooper and my partner thinks that's dumb but I dont care. Saving up for it.

I found a 2020 for near same orice and we have 4k rebate here in CA. when you say tesla charging is coming next year is that bc of something you dont have or something tesla has control of?

I don't expect the new Bolt to be nearly as affordable as the current Bolt. Biggest advantage I find with that car is a real roof vs the Model 3.

WHY IS THE HEADREST ALL THE WAY UP???

The fender has tape on it...

The Bolt is an excellent vehicle, so GM will screw it up with the Ultium version. Nobody should have any doubts about this. Follow the logic- the EUV version added 200 lbs and, 3” of rear seat legroom, but what was the biggest complaint from customers? .2 cu ft less storage room behind the seats, which was mostly due to the angle of the rear glass. GM has said that they will be making the Ultium Bolt in the EUV body style. Basically all GM has to do with the body is change the rear glass, but they have said that the U-Bolt will be larger. Great fail coming. In GM’s Ultium fantasy world, less battery is more range, note that the cancelled LT1 Equinox would’ve had a 50kWh battery, similar motor, larger size body, and still get 250 mile range like the EUV does with a 65kWh battery. Perhaps GM has decided to make their range estimates more like Tesla’s range estimates. “It worked for Tesla, why not us?” You’re not Tesla, you’re GM, that’s why. Yes, the Ultium battery pack is lighter per kWh than what’s in the Bolt, but the chemistry isn’t dramatically different to the point where it will overcome physics. GM might be able to change the body slightly, reduce the weight of the pack, but not reduce the kWh, and get slightly better range if you believe that GM makes good decisions. This wouldn’t be the GM that I know from history. The GM I know has multiple torpedos snaking towards the Bolt, and the customer will go down with the ship. Just like Ford, GM will certainly play the “Follow The Tesla” game- Ford planned to use Chinese CATL batteries made in a USA plant instead of supporting US based battery startups (or even chemistry pioneers like Lyten’s LiS used by the DOD) because they think that people ONLY buy EVs based on “what is Tesla doing?” They think we are all mindless zombies that follow what polls say even if the poll never gave an option for us to respond to a question like “I’d buy a US made car with US made components for _______ more from a company that was more honest with the range estimate they sent in to the EPA, and wasn’t led by a self-important EV messiah who routinely posts pro-Russia content and actively used his Starlink control to impede people fighting for freedom then falsely blame it on anti-Russia sanctions.” At least I never saw that in a poll. /rant

My daughter named mine mini-marshmallow 😅😂. And yes, it's white

Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🍾😊👍

Are you sure GM will enable Bolt EV to charge at Superchargers? Did GM specifically mention Bolt will be enabled to use Superchargers?

Why did they burn? The same reason a number of other EV systems are burning. A membrane between the positive and negative battery sections get crinkled in manufacturing. This causes a heat run away. Ford is having a big problem on this.

We just bought a 2020 bolt from Vroom. We were surprised to find out that we were charge limited to around 80%. Chevy's answer is to drive the vehicle 6200 miles and let us know an error comes up that will limit us to 30% and we'll have to take it in for battery replacement which could take a while. Looking for advice. We were also told by onstar that we have to pay $15 per month to use their app. According to Chevy that's not true. We couldn't install the mychevrolet app without hitting the onstar button. Kind of hating this but the car was beautiful when it arrived. Roughly $17k miles on it. We were so excited, now bummed. We wanted the full range to go to Tuscon and back from 100%

Free charging and pretzels!

they are only are replacing the 60 kw batteries the 2020 and up have the 65 kw battery no need to replace them

Always happy to see people switching from a gas vehicle to an EV. Hope she gets a lot of miles out of that Bolt!

You guys are too cute, great info

Having tried doing a little road trip in a 2020 Bolt EV last month, the 55kW charging (44kW actual due to crappy 50kW/125A chargers along my route) is painful. Saving $20 in gas isn't worth ~2h of waiting after chargers. If I had made the trip in winter, I would likely also have taken issues with how much battery range gets lost to heating, possibly to the point of adding a charging stop or two. Not a fan of the mushy cruise control and information screen buttons either. Not much else to complain about. BTW, I don't agree with the range gauge being accurate: during my EV trip, my planned return charging stop was 107km away with the bottom range estimate saying I should have at least 135km available. All of the range margin was gone while I was still 25km away. Got to my exit 10+min after the range estimates and a flashing red battery gauge just before the overpass to the charger. Next time I borrow my mother's Bolt EV for a road trip (and help her get through that 10 000km diagnostic run in a somewhat timely manner), I'll read the bottom gauge assuming it is over-estimating range by at least 10%.

the leaf is a sad joke,, 87 miles, really, the bolt 259... most wont even use the 259.. i love my new to me 2017 bolt, so much fun, kona is sad too........... i have a hyundai an ill never buy another one,......

It's a Maybe Meter! 😂❤

i've been considering a used bolt but honestly i'm thinking of a used kona ev - did she consider a kona ev?

the body language in the beginning is great lmao i cant stop laughing

brand new base model Bolt is $26k, and eligible for Fed EV tax credit and California's EV rebate

Not sure about your comment on car play. bolts still have car play. Mine is wireless on my 22 EV. The new Bolt when it comes out. Maybe not

She should start her own company for people searching for a used car fir a great value!

The $4,000 tax credit only pays the amount owed the IRS. If you owe less than $4,000, there is no rebate on the remainder. If you have optimized withholding so you don't owe anything, then the the tax credit is $0.

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never seen a nose that bend in like that its pretty cool lol (stone henge)_ kinda wonder waht the baby nose will b like

I recently got a 2023 Chevy Bolt! The MSRP was $35,000 and it was loaded! I got a lot of rebates on the price! With the $100 extra rebate check I received yesterday, it brought the price down to $1700!!! No, that is not a mistake!!! One thousand, seven hundred dollars was the price!!!!

Tftc

And why would Chevy stop production of the Bolt…pretty much the only affordable ev being made? Arghhhh

I wonder if she's still happy.

Who are these dudes and where’s the chubby dude with glasses?

Why the slight when she said "Tesla, whatever you think of the company"? What's wrong with Tesla the company? I'd have to argue that in many ways a Tesla model 3 is superior to a bolt in most ways.

Gosia is nice 😊 Bolt too 😅

can she wear the seatbelt properly!!!!

I doubt she's going to get most of that tax credit unless she making 50k while a student.

$20k is too much for a small car of that age and mileage (for example a one year old Honda Civic with 10k is about $15k) but with all the tax breaks it’s ok. Note that after tax the car is $22k, not $20k

shes going to leave him for someone with quads....

Enjoy those uncomfortable seats, and dont park in the garage.😂

Decent car as long as you don't park in your garage..... or the fire company may be paying you a visit