I'm interested in buying a 2018 Chevy Bolt and am new to the scene. My question is probably for owners who mostly just use their Bolt for commuting each day to work and back or maybe for retired folks who just use their Bolt for local driving possibly each day for less than 80 miles. My idea for buying the Bolt is to use my gas car for trips, long trips, vacations, trips involving driving more than 100 miles and using my Bolt solely for local driving around town. My question is: "For these types of drivers (which I outlined above), do you charge up your Bolt at home each and every night (unless you never went anywhere during the day, of course)? I will be using 220V Level 2 charging and plan to "somehow" limit the battery from being charged over 80% Given that the 220V/40Amp home charging unit that I ordered AND the Bolt itself has no way to automatically cease charging once the battery is 80% full, I'm a little unclear as to how I am going to be able to affect that. My goal would be to charge it up almost every night and go to bed knowing that the battery will not be fully charged - but at 80% Any help would be appreciated. Signed "PapaJeff the Newbie"
Most EVs have a charging menu which will have a max charge setting option. You simply set it for 80%. Given that you're mostly going to use the Bolt for local runs you shouldn't charge it every night. Plugging in only when the charge is below 40% should be sufficient for your usage.
