We bought a 2019 Bolt Premier a few weeks ago from a new EV only dealer. Worked out great. It only had 10,000 miles but when i ran the vin through the chevy site i found it had a brand new bettery.
Then i got looking at other Bolts on [cars.com](https://cars.com) and so far most of them have brand new batteries. So you can find one as low as $15K with 60,000 miles and ZERO on the battery.
I’m thinking this might be a window of opportunity that will close once all these recalls are worked out.
I’m probably gonna grab on in the next few months. With the tax credit it would be $11,000- that’s what i spend on gas and fluid changes in two years.
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by SuddenlySilva
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I bought out my lease when used car prices were at near all-time highs. My Bolt has a new battery, and the lease buyout was a well below market price for the vehicle.
The one thing that makes me nervous is that there are a LOT of electrical things that can go wrong. Yes, the battery is new, but the amount of electronics packed into the Bolt is impressive. So far everything has worked great, but I am always a little worried about getting the dreaded “Conditions Not Correct For Shift” message when I am far from home.
The only issue I have had was a charger latch that got stuck. That was an easy fix. (I keep a 10mm wrench in the car just in case, even though there has been a software fix.)
Wouldn’t that be a reason NOT to get a Bolt?
Like if Almost every used car has a new battery already?
50kw charging should be left in the past. I don’t recommend any car nowadays that can’t charge under 35 minutes
There certainly can be a downside to buying a discontinued vehicle with expensive discontinued parts (battery etc) that will not be manufactured any longer. Even when still under warranty repairs can become less than swift as they seek refurbished parts.
It may be that with the Ultium Bolt coming out that prices for current used Bolts will decline further.
This is actually a good time to buy many used EVs. Used e-tron prices are amazing, Mach-e prices are falling, Teslas have tanked in the past 9 months.
Bolts are good cars, just remember they are not really long distance vehicles.
https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/2022-bolt-euv-bolt-ev.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2021/feb/0214-boltev-bolteuv-specifications.html
Honestly, they are really cheap brand new too. I just bought a 2023, premier version, for 37k, which have the credit (which I get), it’s 30k. Really not bad for a new car, and their premier package is pretty solid. It’s probably the cheapest brand new car with some luxuries you can buy, electric or not
How are you determining the battery has been replaced on cars.com? Is it in the description or vehicle history?
I repeatedly attest the Chevy Bolt is the best deal going in the automotive world in 2023. Including (perhaps especially) those CPO low mile buybacks with brand new batteries.
Options in the low to mid $10k’s will bring EVs to entire segments of the population for whom $40k-$60k EVs are financially out of reach.
For a second car that you don’t need to use for road trips, it’s nearly impossible to beat the bolt or leaf for total ownership costs. I’d predict the bolt will hold it’s value a bit longer due to battery cooling.
[https://jalopnik.com/used-chevy-bolt-might-be-the-best-20-000-commuter-car-1850774000](https://jalopnik.com/used-chevy-bolt-might-be-the-best-20-000-commuter-car-1850774000)