A new all-electric Chevrolet vehicle model will be built at the same Orion Township factory in Michigan that already produces the Bolt EV, according to a General Motors announcement today. GM officials had previously said just over a year ago… Read More ›
An existing EVgo site in San Jose has become the first of the charging provider’s locations to upgrade to the new generation of higher-powered DC charging equipment. The original two 50 kW chargers have now been replaced with what the… Read More ›
Having just finished bringing up 150 kW and 350 kW chargers at its Baker site in Southern California, EVgo is now in the last stages of upgrading one of its existing charging sites in San Jose to use new 100… Read More ›
It’s happening again — just like it always seems to as the warm summer fades and the dreary, hazy winter months begin to settle in. Usually there’s a quick surge of energy as soon as mating occurs. But now? Things… Read More ›
The two cars are almost specification twins. Two peas in a pod or, perhaps, two pods in a parking lot. Both are about 164 inches long and have identical 102.4 inch wheelbases and 200 horsepower (150 kilowatt) motor ratings. The… Read More ›
Yes, Edmonton. In Alberta, Canada. A distance of about 1,600 miles in four days. Most people would probably fly to a destination that far away but I like to drive. In fact, I had previously driven a Bolt EV (my… Read More ›
California’s first greater-than-50 kilowatt DC charger supporting CCS and CHAdeMO is now online and available for public use. How many kWh and miles of driving range can it add to the battery of an existing EV? We plugged in a… Read More ›
The official General Motors 2017 Bolt EV service manual is now available in both paper and PDF thumb drive formats and a quick skim reveals some interesting trivia. Access to service manuals is one advantage that the customers of GM… Read More ›
Here we go again…. GM is beginning to notify existing owners of 2018 and 2017 Bolt EVs that they should bring their cars into the dealer for a software update that will improve the way the car behaves in the… Read More ›
To some observers it’s a perfect match — a big RV with a muscular engine capable of going the distance together with a versatile, petite and perky, zero-emission runabout with big batteries. A vacation together beckons but it requires a… Read More ›
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