Chevy Bolt - SolarChargedDriving.Com

Renting a gas car a reminder of how fun EVs are — and how we need more people to test drive electric cars!

June 24, 2019

So, my 2017 Chevy Bolt is in the body shop for two weeks thanks to getting blasted by a hail storm that caused $6,000 worth of damage to it while it was parked at Denver International Airport (DIA) over Memorial Day Weekend.That means I am going to have to suffer in a lame gas car rental for the next 14 days.

Two red Chevy Bolts parked next to each other.

2 red Chevy Bolts find ‘love’ in a Unitarian Church parking lot

Christof Demont-Heinrich

June 11, 2019

Two red Chevy Bolts parked next to one another at First Universalist Church in Denver, Colo. The one on the left is mine ;-) How many Unitarian Universalists does it take to park an electric car? Apparently...

Nissan 18 months too late with the LEAF plus

Christof Demont-Heinrich

March 8, 2019

Nissan has recently been making a big deal out of the so-called Nissan LEAF Plus -- the LEAF that has a 60 kWh battery pack and a range somewhere in the mid-220s.

The second generation Nissan LEAF: Missing in action in the United States?

Christof Demont-Heinrich

December 25, 2018

Nissan used to lead electric car sales in the United States regularly with its first generation LEAF, which became available in the U.S. in 2011. But, at least anecdotally, it does not seem to be doing nearly as well with its second generation LEAF in the U.S., of which I have seen exactly three in a full year of looking here in the Denver, Colo. area.

Web sites promote Chevy Bolt, Nissan LEAF, and Tesla Model 3 + home solar combination

Christof Demont-Heinrich

September 8, 2018

Just by chance during a Google search, I happened to come across the fact that someone has bought the domain names ChevyBoltSolarCharger.Com, NissanLeafSolarCharger.Com and Model3SolarCharger.Com.

Flat tire in a Chevy Bolt that comes without spare = automatic tow

Christof Demont-Heinrich

August 29, 2018

So, ironically less than 24 hours after writing and posting two blog entries for SolarChargedDriving.Com on my frustrations with premature tire wear on electric cars ["Premature tire wear on electric cars" & "Tire makers need to make better tires for electric cars"], I ended up getting a flat rear right tire in my 2017 Chevy Bolt.

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