WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.940 the Chevy bolt is such an uninspired electric car that they brought the whole 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:10.320 industry and electric cars reputations back years is what I thought before I 00:00:09.059 --> 00:00:14.480 actually drove one it turns out it's pretty great let's have a look 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:21.240 here we have the Chevy bolt euv so this 00:00:19.140 --> 00:00:26.100 is the slightly larger one and if you want to remain entirely Anonymous while 00:00:23.699 --> 00:00:30.480 you are on the road buy this thing I have never gotten so few looks in a car 00:00:28.980 --> 00:00:33.899 before like I swear you could take an 11th gen Civic around and more people 00:00:32.340 --> 00:00:39.180 are going to look at it than this thing now first of all uh the headlights they 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:42.780 suck so we have our drls right here these are your normal headlights uh 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:47.160 they're better than like you know standard non-led headlights for LED 00:00:45.180 --> 00:00:50.539 headlights they suck uh don't buy this if there's a bunch of deer in your area 00:00:51.059 --> 00:00:58.320 to be clear I think it's a fine looking car it's just nothing special also 00:00:55.860 --> 00:01:03.120 nothing special the charging rate it's a 54 kilowatts which is kind of just 00:01:01.379 --> 00:01:07.979 terrible when you compare it to the other stuff in the market like ionic 00:01:04.860 --> 00:01:10.080 five just 300. the Saving Grace here 00:01:07.979 --> 00:01:14.220 though is that we only have a 65 kilowatt hour battery which means at 00:01:12.360 --> 00:01:18.960 least you can charge it up fairly fast even on a level 2 charger you can get a 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:23.100 good bit of juice into this thing I really like their selection of tires on 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:28.140 this first of all 17 inch rims I think the black ones look pretty good and also 00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:31.580 you get plenty of sidewalls so many EVS have these great big 20 inch rims and it 00:01:30.479 --> 00:01:36.240 rides like also nice we have these energy efficient 00:01:34.140 --> 00:01:42.180 Michelin tires which are great because for one they give you more range and two 00:01:38.520 --> 00:01:43.619 they are very quiet I was shocked at how 00:01:42.180 --> 00:01:46.920 quiet this thing was going down the highway and then I realized like the 00:01:45.420 --> 00:01:50.040 other cars around me you can hear those you just don't hear 00:01:48.720 --> 00:01:56.220 this thing coming around the back there's enough 00:01:52.860 --> 00:01:58.079 trunk space sort of if you look in here 00:01:56.220 --> 00:02:03.000 you can fit your camera gear a couple backpacks but the Saving Grace of this 00:02:00.720 --> 00:02:06.240 all is that down below the floor you get heaps more room the viewer that we got 00:02:04.619 --> 00:02:10.080 this from actually said if you put the seats down you can fit four winter tires 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:16.200 side by side if it's just about perfectly one thing I find rather annoying is this 00:02:14.099 --> 00:02:21.000 rear quarter panel I have this nice swoopy doopy here which if that's for 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:25.260 like occupant safety reasons shut up it's for occupant safety reasons fair 00:02:23.940 --> 00:02:28.860 enough but I think it's just because they thought that this looked cool it 00:02:26.940 --> 00:02:33.300 makes checking your blind spots a lot harder than it should be also every time 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:38.280 you walk away from it it beeps that's really annoying as well the rear seats 00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:43.739 in the bolt are just large enough for me six feet tall I have about one finger 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:48.060 between my head and the ceiling that said though as long as you do fit it's 00:02:46.140 --> 00:02:53.280 pretty great I have heaps of room for my legs and these seats are pretty darn 00:02:50.700 --> 00:02:55.860 comfortable you even have a little uh a couple 00:02:54.060 --> 00:02:59.459 of couplers very nice oh wow I even have rear seat Heating and a couple of 00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:04.319 charging ports fancy popping into the balti UV oh 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:07.980 first of all you get a very throaty introduction and also there's enough 00:03:06.239 --> 00:03:14.340 room here to fit a whole LTT water bottle in the side in here it is a car 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:19.560 the Chevy bolt euv does this amazing thing that every single other electric 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:22.140 car seems to stumble over it makes sense 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:26.220 oh I want to put it in Drive Let's uh pull the drive thing I want to change 00:03:24.239 --> 00:03:30.180 the climate let's just touch the climate controls the buttons feel nice and good 00:03:28.019 --> 00:03:35.700 that's something out of the eqs and Lucid air we're not able to do the 00:03:32.760 --> 00:03:39.780 infotainment it just works it's very responsive say that you want Apple 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:44.159 carplay on your main screen boom just touch it drag it over totally 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:48.900 reorganizable so the stuff that you actually want to use is going to be in 00:03:46.620 --> 00:03:53.280 you know the easy spots to access it this is excellent also we have Android 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:58.019 auto Apple carplay all of that great stuff it goes full screen and is 00:03:55.920 --> 00:04:01.739 probably one of the best implementations that I've seen this being the premiere 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:05.940 package we do have these nice leather seats they have Heating and Cooling and 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:09.840 all of the electronic adjustments that you expect well lumbar is only in and 00:04:08.220 --> 00:04:14.760 out I do kind of wish it had up and down as well but they are comfortable to fit 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:17.880 in they don't hold you in super good I do wish that there was a lot more 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:24.180 bolstering but these are very clearly Comfort orientated seats not sporty 00:04:20.940 --> 00:04:26.699 before we set off piano block hate to 00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:31.139 see it all over around here all over up here we just microfibrate it so it 00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:35.520 doesn't look too bad right now but in a day it will once again stop making them 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:39.720 car makers yeah stop doing it let's drive before that though let me tell you 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:42.840 about our sponsor fessy Footwear thanks to Vesti for sponsoring today's video 00:04:41.340 --> 00:04:46.740 Bessie Footwear is known for being lightweight easy to pack comfortable and 00:04:45.180 --> 00:04:50.699 most importantly water resistant with its dymatex technology their everyday 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:54.360 move lineup is made to keep up with your active lifestyle with its added support 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:58.320 in the midsole and better breathability it also has a pull tab to take them 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00:05:49.800 kilometers per hour the like electric hit kind of goes away that said 00:05:48.419 --> 00:05:55.139 a lot of the people that drive this probably don't care about how fast it 00:05:52.259 --> 00:05:58.500 goes when you're you know already at 120 kilometers per hour because they're just 00:05:56.940 --> 00:06:03.840 not even going to bother driving it then so uh this has super Crews and this is a 00:06:01.080 --> 00:06:09.300 super Cruise Road super cruise is GM's take on autopilot now it works by 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:15.600 mapping the roads and it works shockingly well like we're just ripping 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:18.060 down here right now and I have no qualms 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:22.020 like talking with my hands I would not do this in a Tesla I'm just looking at 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:26.160 the camera I am hardly looking in front of us and it is totally fun this is 00:06:24.479 --> 00:06:30.000 coupled with the adaptive cruise in this being some of the best that I've ever 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:36.479 experienced up there with the likes of Audi and Toyota good job GM as far as a 00:06:34.259 --> 00:06:43.740 car that allows you to on the highway just chop through the miles this is 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:45.720 really high up there for me the Michelin 00:06:43.740 --> 00:06:51.300 tires as I mentioned before are nice and quiet suspension is surprisingly 00:06:49.020 --> 00:06:57.539 comfortable this thing's only 3 600 pounds which is pretty heavy but that 00:06:54.240 --> 00:07:00.000 also is like 1500 pounds lighter than 00:06:57.539 --> 00:07:03.539 the vast majority of EVS out there which means that they don't have to get you 00:07:01.440 --> 00:07:08.400 know super aggressive with the damping settings they can just let it you know 00:07:05.819 --> 00:07:12.600 be set up pretty much like a normal car how you would expect super Cruise does 00:07:11.280 --> 00:07:17.039 have the large problem that it only works on the super Cruise verified roads 00:07:15.060 --> 00:07:23.880 like the ones that they have gone ahead and mapped so if supercruise is good or 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:25.740 not for you is totally dependent on do 00:07:23.880 --> 00:07:30.840 you have super Crews on your daily commute if you don't have super crews in 00:07:28.139 --> 00:07:35.520 your area uh don't buy it obviously it's like two and a half Grand totally not 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:40.080 worth it if you're not gonna use it that said in Canada all of the trans candle 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:44.520 is mapped a lot of random other little highways are mapped and a lot of the US 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:49.440 is mapped as well so there's a pretty good chance that your commute does have 00:07:47.099 --> 00:07:52.979 super Cruise enabled and if it does I strongly recommend it that's the first 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:56.340 time I think I've ever enjoyed a self-driving before 00:07:54.360 --> 00:08:01.199 like look oh super cruise is done that's it for this 00:07:58.380 --> 00:08:06.680 highway I'm driving now okay this might be our only good corner here sport mode 00:08:03.419 --> 00:08:06.680 traction control off 00:08:07.080 --> 00:08:11.940 this thing Corners shockingly well and 00:08:10.860 --> 00:08:17.039 also it's cool it's the tires a little bit probably is an LSD but suspension in 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:21.840 this thing is shockingly well set up like you can just hook it into a corner 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:26.879 the turn-in is surprisingly good for something like this on Corner exit you 00:08:24.539 --> 00:08:31.620 know the tires sort of run at a grip but I feel like if you put some PS4s on this 00:08:29.340 --> 00:08:37.320 thing you could go to the autocross and just embarrass some people in cars that 00:08:34.979 --> 00:08:41.880 well you know would be incredibly embarrassed to get shredded by a bull 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:45.480 euv it's amazing we're having so much less weight in electric car will do for 00:08:43.800 --> 00:08:51.620 you I guess while we're driving along here we have a listen to the sound system Andy property play crab rave 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:59.339 rap rape by noise storm sure sure playing on Spotify and this version 00:08:56.640 --> 00:09:04.200 of the bolt euv we have the Bose sound system which has some of the most 00:09:01.339 --> 00:09:12.839 comical bass I have ever heard in a car before let's look here uh I landed on 00:09:09.300 --> 00:09:15.630 -6 minus seven for the base I'm just 00:09:12.839 --> 00:09:20.180 gonna put it back to zero here 00:09:20.180 --> 00:09:29.580 Sam our Labs engineer went ahead and tested this and it is hilarious at 40 00:09:25.260 --> 00:09:32.700 Hertz this thing has plus 12 decibels at 00:09:29.580 --> 00:09:35.519 you know zero on this screen it is 00:09:32.700 --> 00:09:41.040 terrible sounding it's just boomy all that you hear is 00:09:37.160 --> 00:09:44.160 when you turn it all the way down to -12 00:09:41.040 --> 00:09:46.500 that is what we consider that like hits 00:09:44.160 --> 00:09:51.839 our Target curve and our Target curve has plus 10 DB in the base range also 00:09:50.040 --> 00:09:56.880 making things a little bit worse the tweeters aren't pointed at you they're 00:09:53.820 --> 00:09:59.519 pointed directly in the treble and the 00:09:56.880 --> 00:10:03.720 Sound Stage is fine here but when you move forward there's way better Imaging 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:09.959 when your head's like above the infotainment because of the way the tweeters are pointed that said though a 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:13.920 lot of this can be fixed by just simply turning it down I like about negative 00:10:11.880 --> 00:10:19.080 seven because I'm a bass head a lot of people are gonna like it at -12 that 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:22.860 just fixes most of it loominess goes away and it's 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:27.480 very good like it's quite a good sound system for like a 50 000 Canadian car 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:33.779 another thing that's really good about this car is the range so you get almost 00:10:30.660 --> 00:10:37.200 400 kilometers of range which given that 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:40.140 it's only a 65 kilowatt hour battery is 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:44.820 incredibly good this thing just sips electricity as you drive down the road 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:47.820 so excellent job there Chevy 00:10:47.820 --> 00:10:53.880 Chevy bolt UV on one hand this car makes 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:58.560 me incredibly excited about the future of cars because like even though it's 00:10:55.680 --> 00:11:02.760 not the most exciting compared to like other crossovers this thing is freaking 00:11:01.260 --> 00:11:09.899 dramatic like go here oh 00:11:05.760 --> 00:11:13.980 compared to like a slush box or a CVT 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:17.339 this transmission and powertrain is just 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:19.860 so so so much better and it just makes 00:11:17.339 --> 00:11:24.720 driving a car like this a lot more fun than it currently would be if you get 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:28.920 like a Chevy Trax or whatever at the 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:31.980 same time for 50 000 Canadian dollars 00:11:28.920 --> 00:11:34.440 this right here I think is the best 00:11:31.980 --> 00:11:39.360 thirty five thousand dollar car for fifty thousand dollars 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:41.760 I really like this like as far as just a 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:46.920 simple commuter that takes you where you want to go it's very comfortable it's 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:50.100 nice and quiet it's peppy enough that you can have a little bit of fun every 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:55.019 now and then like you don't feel like you're just dreading driving it the 00:11:52.500 --> 00:12:00.420 problem is is that for well the same amount of money you can get the base 00:11:57.000 --> 00:12:01.920 high on the ironic five and the starting 00:12:00.420 --> 00:12:06.839 version of this thing right here which is 40 Grand Canadian does not come with 00:12:04.500 --> 00:12:11.579 adaptive cruise which in my mind it's a no-go for a car that's that expensive 00:12:08.579 --> 00:12:13.440 you can get a Civic for what like 00:12:11.579 --> 00:12:19.260 fifteen thousand dollars less that has adaptive cruise I guess the real thought 00:12:15.959 --> 00:12:21.720 is how much do you care about if your 00:12:19.260 --> 00:12:28.200 car is cool or not you know those like dads Andy yeah they almost take pride in 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:32.519 the practicality of their decisions this is one of those cars that you can 00:12:29.760 --> 00:12:37.320 rationalize very practically being like it's quiet it's very comfortable well it 00:12:35.459 --> 00:12:41.519 uses no gas so if you have cheap electricity and you have very expensive 00:12:39.300 --> 00:12:46.260 gas like we do in BC here it could be very very practical but at the same time 00:12:43.920 --> 00:12:51.720 like I said you're so close and priced the ionic 5. it's pretty hard to give 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:57.000 this thing a recommendation what it does do though is make me incredibly excited 00:12:54.300 --> 00:13:02.820 to try out the lyric that's coming soon and as long as Chevy is able to keep the 00:13:00.420 --> 00:13:07.560 sense making bits of the bolt and turn it you know as well into like the nice 00:13:05.579 --> 00:13:12.540 full EV experience I think that's gonna be fantastic so hit 00:13:09.779 --> 00:13:16.740 like get subscribed and let me know what you think of the Chevy bolt too boring 00:13:15.180 --> 00:13:21.779 kind of cool I think a lot of people would really 00:13:18.779 --> 00:13:23.639 like this like my dad would probably 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:28.220 really like this car but at the same time like God it's 00:13:25.800 --> 00:13:28.220 boring