I’d personally take his 25-30 year old, rebuilt Grand Cherokee over a brand new one for a trip to remote places on the other side of the world. A vehicle with only a basic engine ECU for electronics would be far better than one with hundreds/thousands? of chips and millions of lines of software code controlling…

Depends on the packaging, the rear facing seat we have fits quite well in the Bolt behind the passenger seat without moving it forward of where my wife would have it anyway. It’s a bit tight if I sit there, but I’m also 6'5". In the wife’s (recently sold) “bigger” X1, the front passenger seat had to be 100% forward…

I’m 6'5", and have a Bolt. It is one of the few cars I’ve been in the last several years that has enough head room in the driver’s seat that isn’t a giant SUV, and I can sit in the backseat behind the driver’s seat, adjusted for me, with reasonable leg room (but not enough head room), something that generally doesn’t…

Ever since I replaced the gas struts on the hatch of my old XJ Cherokee, I’ve had the hands free open feature- just kick the button, and the struts are so strong the thing opens on its own.  Closing it of course is now a different matter, as I practically have to hang on the hatch to bring it down.

You probably would be better off talking to an owner than anyone at a dealership. In case you are curious for some of your questions, I’ve had a bolt for almost 4 years, this is my experience-

Depends on the type of snow/weather, for -30 temps, doesn’t matter, since that will give dry snow. If it is near freezing, and leaving the wipers down will result in a slushy mess sliding down, gathering on the wipers, and then freezing into an inch+ thick chunk of ice, putting the wipers up is a great idea.

Some of the alpine ridge pictures look like the ridge north of Georgia pass, heading towards Montezuma, just west of Webster pass- can see Breck ski area in the back.  Too bad the course didn’t include Red Cone, that would have been interesting to hear about- how much can you regen coming off the peak?

No joke, this would be worthless getting anywhere on “jeep” roads. I’d guess that a subaru would run circles around this thing in most offroad circumstances, just based on maneuverability. Good luck getting to any good camping sites beyond the RV crowd spots:

For the “keeping the weight down” argument, they didn’t do a very good job. Almost 700 lbs for the battery, when a bolt has a battery somewhere in the 960 lb range if I remember correctly, but has double the range (and the full car weights about the same)? Sounds like a fail to me, I would expect a sub 500 lb battery…

Could be, unless said truck is passing using the shoulder/turn lane/exit ramp/etc. I’ve certainly seen plenty of that with large trucks, not as much with other vehicles though. I’ve had HD trucks so close to my rear bumper that they don’t respond to my turn signals (ie, pass me on the right shoulder when I have my…

Neutral- bought a Bolt at the end of 2017, so didn’t have to wait long to get the tax credits. What was a surprise was a year later, when I got a tax form that the $5000 state credit was counted as taxable income, so I got to pay part of it back the next year. Point of sale rebate would be much better. As far as…

Buttons are nice, the Bolt I have is more basic with thankfully some buttons, but the heated seats and the heat/AC on/off buttons are on the center screen. This is normally not much of a problem, but with how bad the software from chevy is, I’ve had a few times where I’ve gone to turn on the heated seats after backing…

But it is entertaining watching people with them spend an hour trying to get the car parked level when the uneven parking spot just doesn’t cooperate, then have to pack everything up in the morning to go somewhere, and repeat again in the evening.

Ah, I figured the regular trips up and down the entire east coast would be something like 6 x 3000 miles/year, and the regular work trips up to 500 miles would be maybe 3x a month, for 30-40k miles/year.  Sounds like a lot less than I assumed

This is interesting, as it sounds like the issue with electrified vehicles is that there aren’t enough available to cover different use cases, not so much that they simply won’t work. I’m in sort of the same boat, where the Bolt does most things quite well, but if there was something similarly basic that wouldn’t lift…

Makes sense, that sounds miserable driving that much.  Sounds like about the only good EV solution for that right now would be to have a hook on the front of the car to latch onto a semi trailer, then take a nap for a couple hours and recharge via regen as you’re dragged down the road.

I’m curious, with all of the comments of worries about road trips in EVs, what sort of trips do you have in mind? Is it something like a 300 mile/day trip that would normally take 4 hours, and is driven a few times a year, but if it takes 4.5-5 hours it is deemed unacceptable, or weekly 600-1000 mile/day trips that…

I spent a lot of time climbing in Yosemite in college, and my 96 Jeep Cherokee, without even ABS, always successfully navigated this intersection in its different configurations, at all hours of the day and night, in all sorts of weather conditions and traffic.  Hell, it probably would have done it backwards without…

Does this count as out in the boonies (Hinsdale County)? The charging infrastructure in general does have a long way to go to support more than a few early adopters, but now with just some scattered chargers in western CO, I haven’t had any real issues with the electric car, and it is far more limited in what I can…

Nope, I’d rather not have glass over my head. I’m not sure I’ve been in a car made in the last several years with a sunroof that I fit in with the loss of head room, other than maybe overly large SUVs. I also like to be able to stand on the roof if I want, whether for the purpose of being an idiot, or when it is…