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Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents::Several state governors are fighting fear mongering as they attempt to reduce transportation emissions in their states.

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[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world -5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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/

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's a precationary limit because of a pending recall. The batteries aren't degraded to 80%.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

You can't use it above 80%, the reason you can't doesn't make a difference for your ability to drive the car.