Monday, September 21, 2020

Chevy Bolt discharges when put on charger

Are other Chevy Bolt EV 2020 experiencing this problem of their car discharging instead of charging when put on a charger and the car is already charged for over 100 miles?


 

For example, The night of Friday, September 18, our Bolt showed a charge of 135 miles.  Next day we had to go to a place 75 miles away so we put the car back on charger, for overnight charging.  Next day i.e., Saturday, September 19, when we were ready to make the long trip, we found out the minimum mile range was 48.  Overnight, instead of charging up, the car had discharged from 135 miles range to 48 miles range.  What to do?  I am not finding anything online about such a problem.

[This older photo shows Chevy Bolt charging at a fast charging station at the Sacramento airport.]

1 comment:

Cemendtaur said...

The mystery was solved a while back. We were just looking at the charge/discharge and not the actual mileage of the car. It turned out, a teenager, was driving the car at night, without our permission. So, No, the Bolt is not an eccentric electric car that decides to automatically discharge itself, when plugged in.