Energon5 said:
cwerdna said:
Keep in mind Volt's dead and production has ended, so it'll become increasingly hard to find a new one.
Also, if tax credits on a new GM EV/PHEV or Tesla matter, see https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/bolt-ev-electric-car (search for tax credit) and https://www.tesla.com/support/incentives for the dates of reduction. https://insideevs.com/features/337511/november-update-4-automakers-closest-to-losing-federal-tax-credit/ may also help for the other automakers.
With the Volt being dead, does that make it less viable? They've got a new one here in town for I think $23k, which is much nicer than $32k for the Bolt.
Tax credits don't matter that much here. There are no state incentives in SD, so anything I get would have to be purely the federal credit, which I think even the $3250 is a decent amount. Do you like your Bolt? Really the most affordable for us I think would be either the Bolt or Volt for new. The Leaf Plus gets into the same price range as an M3, which would almost make we want to look into that over the Leaf.
As for the bolded part, not really. $23K for a new Volt? That sounds too low. I haven't really shopped around for them but none at that cheap at Fremont Chevy: https://www.chevroletoffremont.com/VehicleSearchResults?search=new&make=Chevrolet&model=Volt.
Federal tax credit is $3750.
As for do I like my Bolt, there's good and bad. I've written too much already and don't have time to find it all or rewrite it all. Some of it is below:
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=547382#p547382
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=548726#p548726
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=548833#p548833
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=548912#p548912
The range is incredible compared to my Leaf. Acceleration is WAY better than my Leaf. Premier trim's Surround Vision camera sucks compared to Nissan AVM (picture quality and no right side curb view). I posted already about the charging inlet location. Front seats are definitely a step down in comfort for me. I love Apple Carplay but using it vs. what I had in Leaf SV is ummm... different.
There are definitely numerous quirks or things GM does/decided to do differently (not necessarily wrong).
Given what was available in Jan 2019 for the prices and tax credit situation of the time, I wouldn't have done anything different.
I considered the 3 but there are too many downsides for me and it more was than I wanted to pay back then, which is why I ruled it out. However, 3 has many advantages over the Bolt, as well (e.g. excellent Supercharger network and charging speeds, better interior, OTA updates). Other than 3 prices having come down, none of my other concerns/requirements/wants have been addressed, so I still would not buy a 3 if I were in the market for a pure EV today. However, everyone's different and one's "deal breakers" or things that are important may not be at all for another person.
The only monetary CA govt related incentive I received was the $800 https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/solar-and-vehicles/options/clean-vehicles/electric/clean-fuel-rebate-for-electric-vehicles.page. I do not qualify for $2500 CVRP (https://cleanvehiclerebate.org/eng/eligible-vehicles). My income's way too high.