Windsor Scores 2500 job Stellantis EV Battery Plant

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^What is the range of your Bolt? My next car will definitely be EV, but I will expect a minimum range of 400 miles by then. Thousand mile batteries, which will come eventually, along with the nationwide charging network in the infrastructure bill, should silence all charging issues. And don't forget the Frank Lloyd Wright's German Warehouse in Richland Center birthplace.

I notice they got finally got their stuff together and are running tours again. https://www.adgermanwarehouse.org/the-1912

I bought my 20 Bolt in January of 21. The 21's had come out. I had a GM Card that covered $7,500 of the price and GM was stumbling over itself to get 20's off their lots so I bought a brand new Bolt for about $18,800 plus a bunch of transportation, licensing, and weird dealer things for just a little over $21,000. Its a trimmed out version with seat heaters.

I think it was advertised as having a 259 mile range. However, I have had a fully charged range of only 186 miles in below zero weather and 286 miles in hot July weather. My sons tell me that if the Bolt has a major fault it is that it charges slower than a lot of EVs. That isn't much of a problem with me because I always top it off overnight. If I have 40 miles left on it, I am topped off in 6-8 hours in my garage. For people who work day shifts, my local utility offers a reduced nighttime electricity rate. Wisconsin charges an extra $100 a year registration fee to offset not paying gas taxes. Fair enough. What isn't cool is trying to add 15 miles of charge to make it home sitting in a cold car, to charge it faster, in winter a dark neighborhood in Spring Green.

The Bolt catching fire story is not my concern. Only 1 2020 Bolt has ever caught fire but GM plans to give me a new battery anyway.

Because innovation is improving EV range and charging time so rapidly, older EVs have not held up their resale value. Consider buying last year's model in January like I did or even a fairly new used. EV if you are going to be mostly charging it in your garage.

https://www.plugshare.com for current locations of charging stations. Check Detroit to Chicago vs. the UP.

Levels of charging stations primer: https://www.forbes.com/wheels/advice...arging-levels/

Electrify America introduces new charging center concept: https://insideevs.com/news/575819/el...tation-future/

My 7 year old grandson's take on seeing my Bolt for the first time: "It looks stubby on the outside but has a lot of room on the inside." After that pretty good car review, I decided to nickname it Stubby but my wife likes it so much she doesn't want me calling it Stubby.