As an EV advocate and early adopter I am not an objective observer. We have gone from owning one short range car that is like driving a car around on an 1/8 tank of gas to this later generation which has no worries about range. I own one of the recalled Bolt EV's. The recall issue is not very common but like a plane crash or nuke plant meltdown the consequences can be horrific. Worst case your house burns down. There is no way to contain a class 'D' fire. We just completed the recall for battery replacement. This was done at no cost to us. It took less than a day and we got an additional 10% battery capacity, raising the projected range from 230 to about 260 miles. A bonus is the battery warranty which starts over and goes for 100,000 miles and 8 years. I planned on an 8 year life for the car but now this has been extended by at least 3 years. Many cars produced do not last that long, especially if they are driven in states with salted roads.
The dealership we visit will do an estimated 1000 battery replacements at the rate of 2 or so a day. About 1/3 of the service bays are stacked 2 high with new batteries in big crates.
This weeks crop of batteries for replacement.
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Can't say enough good things about Chevy. I've been a fan most of the time I have been driving cars. It was LG the battery manufacturer that paid for this manufacturing defect and recall costing in the Billions of dollars to correct. But Chevy took it to another level by recalling all of the Bolts produced since the defect was discovered and offering to replace the batteries, free of charge. You don't see that level of customer care very often.
Since this is so often a talking point of the EV deniers, I asked about the old battery they removed. It was packed in the crate the new one came in and will be shipped back to the manufacturer for autopsy and recycling of the rare earth materials.
The dealership we visit will do an estimated 1000 battery replacements at the rate of 2 or so a day. About 1/3 of the service bays are stacked 2 high with new batteries in big crates.
This weeks crop of batteries for replacement.
Can't say enough good things about Chevy. I've been a fan most of the time I have been driving cars. It was LG the battery manufacturer that paid for this manufacturing defect and recall costing in the Billions of dollars to correct. But Chevy took it to another level by recalling all of the Bolts produced since the defect was discovered and offering to replace the batteries, free of charge. You don't see that level of customer care very often.
Since this is so often a talking point of the EV deniers, I asked about the old battery they removed. It was packed in the crate the new one came in and will be shipped back to the manufacturer for autopsy and recycling of the rare earth materials.
