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Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents
(cleantechnica.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2024
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The irony of using a Bolt EV in the accompanying photograph. A car with some of the slowest DC fast charging, and a battery that’s been reduced to 80% capacity for three years by the company who makes it.
I'd say that just reinforces their point that even "bad" EVs don't have significant issues with range. But yeah, a bit weird to emphasise it.
It's actually a great example.
Bolt has about 250 mile range and it's great for everything not too far, and even ok for infrequent road trips.
And your claim about 80% reduction is false and misleading.
Why do you hate EV's?
I own a fucking Bolt. I don’t hate EVs. It’s difficult to get the advertised range when GM insists on binding it with a software update that prevents charging above 80% as a workaround while they are still sorting out their battery recall years later.
https://electrek.co/2023/06/14/bolt-battery-recall-diagnostics/
That's a precationary limit because of a pending recall. The batteries aren't degraded to 80%.
You can't use it above 80%, the reason you can't doesn't make a difference for your ability to drive the car.