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Thanks for your comment and we're so glad you found the video helpful! Good luck with your trip and hope you're having fun with your Bolt!

We actually haven't used it yet away from home. We do keep it in the car just in case we need to use a wall plug but never found the need. If we were to visit relatives or friends we will probably use it but since we live in Florida now people seem to come to us.

Totally agree! We do use them (there are some at Disney World). The hotels seem to be the ones that have them which makes sense. They do come in handy for slower travel and the Chevy app does point them out along the way and they seemed to be more plentiful than the high speed chargers. Just saw that the Grizzl-E company now makes an affordable (around $700) 80 watt Level 2 Home charger which will hopefully have the ability to be used in retail locations. These kinds of products could revolutionize parking lots all over the country to be EV friendly! Imagine being able to get a few miles added to your battery just about anywhere - your dentist's office, pharmacy, library, your friend's condo...

Thanks for watching and for your comment!

Thanks for letting me know. It's not easy to tell the proper pronunciation by just looking at words.

There isn't an adapter for us yet made by Chevy and we're leery of using an aftermarket one at the destination chargers BUT we did discover that the one at the Hyatt had the correct attachment where we could have charged so hopefully there will be enough of the newer style Tesla destination chargers being rolled out where you won't even need an adapter.

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Lol! So true! Thanks for commenting.

Thanks for watching and for the correction! Enjoy your EUV!

Thanks for watching and for your comment. We did end up getting a 12-volt pump for the car.

Hi, thanks for watching! We put on the apps for most of the charge stations (some provide a discount if using the app). Some of the EV charge vendors do allow for swipe and pay at the charger. In this video, we paid with a credit card at Costco and RedE but used the apps everywhere else.

Thanks for the reply. I have and really like my Bolt EUV coming from Canada wonder how paying would be? Upstate New York had no problems

Our car insurance is about the same as what we paid for our former gas vehicle - a Buick Encore. We're paying about $150 more for the Bolt EUV but it's a newer car so...

Me too, about the same. Value of car & high performance affect insurance $, ev or gas

Thanks for your comment. I should have worded it better - we're not comfortable using aftermarket adapters BUT (and I pinned a comment on this) looks like Tesla came out with a destination charger at the end of last year that has a J1772 cord in addition to their proprietary charger. The Hyatt House seemed to have had at least one that we missed out on using.

@@paradisetoday My 70-something parents have charged their ID.4 on road trips at hotels that have Tesla destination chargers, doing exactly what @TechKingGame states, using an aftermarket adapter.

We actually think campgrounds would be worthwhile if you have to stay overnight but we hate putting up tents so we would be trying to sleep in the Bolt. That would be a fun video to make. Anyway - we haven't seen the part release you're talking about. Could you reply with the part number? We'd love to try to find out more about it. Also, not sure if you saw it but I did pin a note to the video that some of the newer Tesla destination chargers DO also include a J1772 plug so we might have been able to use that charger at the Hyatt in Atlanta. Those destination chargers aren't part of the supercharger network.

The last time I bought gasoline I spent $110.00. Now I drive for three cents a mile. 500 miles is 15 bucks.

Thank you! Still hurts 🤕

They're pretty fun and exciting. Congratulations!

Wow! That is interesting! We did look at the Hilton Tru plug and it didn't match our vehicle but we didn't check the Hyatt plugs because we assumed that they were the same. That's definitely on us! Ok - we need to check these out and do an update video. Thanks for your comment! Edited to add: We just took a look at a video of the Tesla charger with the J1772 adapter and saw that it could still be inside the unit so we're not sure if that Tru by Hilton had a compatible charger or not. Definitely calling this one user error!

I would also get a J1772 to Tesla adaptor that can be used on most destination chargers.

Just for the trip was 3.4. We get around 4 for around town.

Thanks for watching and for your comment. We know about the after market adapters and we know people use them but we also know that some have had problems that affect their batteries so we are unwilling to risk using a non-OEM adapter. We've read reports that they're not all app-less charging i.e. depends on the property owner but we don't have any personal experience on that.

@@paradisetoday Nice video. You won't find an OEM Level 2 adapter from Tesla/NACS to J1772. There are plenty of reliable 3rd party adapters available. Look at Lectron. On Level 2 (A/C) charging the vehicle controls the charging and will stop if there is an issue. Be sure to pick up a level 2 adapter that is rated for 60a to have plenty of overhead and it won't be an issue or get warm from current.

Thank you for watching and for your comment. A 3rd party adapter is just something we can't endorse. Lectron's NACS to CCS1 adapter was just recalled. Yes it's DC fast but the recall was based on a defect of the hardware locking mechanism which was to secure the adapter. Adapters are just not for us.

@@paradisetoday you are not understanding the difference between DC charging and Level 2 AC charging. None of Lectrons AC adapters have been recalled.

Sorry for the confusion - what I wrote is "Yes, it's DC fast..." meaning that I'm aware that it's not Level 2. Just because the Level 2 hasn't been recalled doesn't mean we feel comfortable using it. An "adapter" is just that - it's a "work around" to make something fit where it doesn't belong. We are making the choice not to go that route but we don't judge anyone who does.

Thanks for watching and for your comment. We know about the after market adapters and we know people use them but we also know that some have had problems that affect their batteries so we are unwilling to risk using a non-OEM adapter.

I did the same thing with my ID.4 on a Tesla destination charger. Car did just fine.

Is it different from a NACS to J1772 adapter if charging a Bolt

Thanks for watching and commenting. We just took a second trip to Michigan and back and thankfully there are more chargers. The Bolt EUV is definitely one of the slowest to charge but we don't want to bomb through a long trip anyway.

Thanks for watching and for your comment. We're really happy with our Bolt.

Thanks for watching and for your comments! I'm glad we find the seats comfortable in the 2023 model.

Long time & lots of evs!

Thank you so much for your comments and we're so glad you found the video helpful. We just re-did our I-75 trip and the charging network has definitely improved! Good luck in your travels!

Thanks for watching and for your comment! I use the one pedal driving too!

Thanks for watching and for your comment! We agree!

Thank you so much for the compliment! We're working on another Bolt video and hopefully it will be done in about a week or so.

You're very welcome!

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Agree! Thanks for commenting!

Thank you! So glad it was helpful!

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Thanks for watching and for commenting. It is interesting to see the new EV products coming out.

I don't agree. We've gotten really good use out of the refillable resort mugs when staying for longer trips on Disney hotel property. It's easy to calculate cost/value ratio if you take the cost of a soda/coffee/tea by the number of those drinks you'll have at the hotel x the number of days you're staying. It is too bad the mugs don't work in the parks (but they to work at all Disney's hotels so if you visit other resorts then bring your mug and fill up there). Neither Universal nor Disney let's you use their hotel refillable mugs in their respective theme parks but Universal has Disney beat with their theme park refillable mug because Disney doesn't have them. It gets so hot in the summer and at Universal you can get an ice cold soda or slushy refill all day long in the park for around $20 (cheaper if you buy more than 1 mug). $20 might seem like a lot but one soda is $4+ and one slushy is $6+. Then you can bring the mug back the next day and pay one all-day reactivation price (around $13) right now. Universal also has so many drink stands available in their parks. It's one of the few things I think Universal does better than Disney.

Thanks so much for your comments and enjoy your new EV!

Thank you for your comment and that's interesting that the Lyriqs you've looked at don't have Super Cruise. We would have loved a Lyriq I'm sure but it was too expensive for us but even if it wasn't it was too big for our garage... And we definitely wanted Super Cruise!

Thank you for watching and that's a great outlook!

Thank you and, yes, we've found that to be the case. We plan on doing another trip to Michigan and back so the next video will address that and we'll skip some of the charging stations.

Thank you so much for your comment! We're so glad you found our videos helpful. We actually plan on doing another ride to Michigan and back at some point this year so we'll see what has changed in a year+...

Hi - unfortunately the mugs only work at the resorts. The only Disney parks that have refill mugs in them are the Water Parks and that's the only place you can use mugs purchased from there. This is the one thing IMO that Universal Studios does better - they have park mugs where you can use them between the two parks for Coca-Cola product refills AND Icees which is a huge perk in the Florida heat!

We like that feature too! Thank you for sharing and for watching our video.

@@paradisetoday On my Ford if I press the door unlock button once, just the drivers door unlocks. Twice and it unlocks all the doors. Have you tried that? I found it by accident.

Thanks for watching and for your question. There were many reasons we didn't consider shipping it but the two biggest were: 1. We actually wanted to take a road trip because we were curious about the charging infrastructure in the country. 2. We used to live in Michigan and we still have friends there and it was fun going to our old favorite restaurants. So, for us, it wasn't about what was the most affordable way to get our car. We also were selling our old car that we drove up so that was another reason.

Hello! Thanks for watching and glad you liked the video! They are Chevy floor liners for the Bolt EUV. We had to buy them from the Chevy dealer since they weren't available at the time we ordered our Bolt. Luckily we were able to use our Chevy reward points from having purchased our EUV to help pay for the liners. Good luck with your purchase.

Yes, but not in my garage.

Despite the major energy losses, a power plant is still more efficient than a car's engine. Recall that an internal combustion engine loses around 80% of the energy that goes into it. A coal-burning power plant loses around 68% of its energy, power plants will have the advantage of generating more watts per unit of pollutant