I have been told no over air updates for Bolts except for the entertainment center. I had to take mine in to get the 80% patch put in by a tech at the dealer until it gets a new battery. As I understand it, several of the Bolt fires were cars at a low state of charge. The problem is really an assembly issue within the cells. I think the newer Leafs don't have an 80% charge option anymore.
-----Original Message----- From: EV <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Hanson via EV Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 9:51 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Mark Hanson <[email protected]> Subject: [EVDL] Chevy Bolt Battery Recall Thanks Ed, Mike for the informative reply. I still don’t understand why GM doesn’t display on the screen and users manual (like my Tesla Y and Nissan Leaf) does to only charge to 80% most of the time for local trips. Seems like this would help their 100% when hot charging cell (rare) fires. I got a letter from Chevy saying that they were going to reduce the range to 80% (presumably over the OnStar air network). A month or so it appeared that I had less range on long trips but could be a placebo effect…. Anyway I’ll check the link you recommended on the battery replacement status. Sounds like they’re replacing the whole battery pack and not just individual cells since they can’t determine the cell shorting problem without destroying it. My 21’ Tesla Y has 50K miles and no issues so far (except annoying display over the air tweaks) contrary to Consumer Reports last month black eye on reliability. They put the Ford Mach E (mustang) at the top (for reliability) this time but EPA gave it a low efficiency rating (along with the VW). Not sure why some EV manufacturers don’t spend more time in the wind tunnel… Stay Charged (on solar power), Mark Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
