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Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents (cleantechnica.com)

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Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents::Several state governors are fighting fear mongering as they attempt to reduce transportation emissions in their states.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's actually a great example.

Bolt has about 250 mile range and it's great for everything not too far, and even ok for infrequent road trips.

And your claim about 80% reduction is false and misleading.

Why do you hate EV's?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I own a fucking Bolt. I don’t hate EVs. It’s difficult to get the advertised range when GM insists on binding it with a software update that prevents charging above 80% as a workaround while they are still sorting out their battery recall years later.

https://electrek.co/2023/06/14/bolt-battery-recall-diagnostics/

[–] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a precationary limit because of a pending recall. The batteries aren't degraded to 80%.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

You can't use it above 80%, the reason you can't doesn't make a difference for your ability to drive the car.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Right and for newer vehicles there is a couple of 2020 Bolts and a 2022 Bolt EUV for low $20k or under in my area. If I travel a little bit away from my area I have found 2017 Bolts for $15k.

As mentioned they’re not great for road tripping because of their slow L3 charge speeds, but perfect for me to use for my commute or local-ish running. It or a EUV will probably be my replacement for my ‘08 Rabbit whenever it goes, but I only put on about 3k miles a year on my car soooo it might be a while. I also need to see if i can put a family of 5 in one (reverse car seat, booster, and older kiddo in the back). I think they’ll do it.