Rearview camera

One other unusual feature on the BoltEV is the fact that the rearview mirror can be either a mirror or a video monitor for a rear facing camera. A photo is worth a lot of my words. You can see how it can also be a mirror, you just flip the lever under the middle… Continue reading Rearview camera

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Auto High Beam

Found another interesting feature on the car…… It has automatic high beam. Hit the little ‘A’ button on the stalk and it will look for oncoming cars (if it’s dark enough to require headlights – which it automatically turns on if need be), if there is on, it will dip the lights, if there is… Continue reading Auto High Beam

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Cruise Control

Sorry. Not sorry to be going on about the car… I just keep finding interesting things that I want to share….. Freddy and I did a backroads trip to Borrego Springs and back over the weekend. It was our first solid trip with little traffic on a road that we both know pretty well. Once… Continue reading Cruise Control

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Warm up

I have always tried to be nice to my car engines. Mostly by warming them up each and every time before relaxing how I drive (ie, keep the rpm down till they are warm). The thing is, with a 6 mile (9.5km) commute, there is not a lot of relaxing that you can do. BB… Continue reading Warm up

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One Pedal Mode

One of the things I really (really) love about BB is one pedal mode. In short, it means that the regen (charging the battery by using the motor as a generator when slowing down) is so strong it will bring the car to a stop after a nice smooth ramp down in speed. There are… Continue reading One Pedal Mode

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