The car is a 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV, purchased used in late December 2024 from Grants Pass Toyota in Grants Pass, Oregon, to replace the 2019 Bolt EV that this page was originally built around. That car was a bare-bones model; this one is the so-called “Launch Edition” Premiere, which means it includes just about every automotive bell and whistle known to human kind – including some limited self-driving ability, which was the impetus for the purchase (advancing arthritis in my hands has made long-distance freeway driving painful, exactly the place where General Motors’ so-called “Super Cruise” shines). Like the previous Bolt, it boasts 200 electric horses and enough torque to spin the Empire State Building. The rest of the drive train is also identical. This is a bigger vehicle, though, so the same 65 kwh battery pack gives the car slightly less range: 250 miles (give or take a couple of dozen miles depending on conditions) to the previous car’s 260. In exchange, we get more luxury, more interior space (mostly in the back seat), and about an inch more ground clearance (nice to have when approaching remote trailheads). The best word to describe the driving experience is “competent.” It does everything I ask it to – never flashily, but always dependably and always well. It’s probably the most competent car I’ve ever owned (see the button below marked “cars I have loved” for a page devoted to the rest of them).