I’m looking into replacing our aging second car and considering the Bolt EUV. My wife has only one requirement in a new car: she has to be able to turn on the heating/cooling remotely with the app like with our Tesla. Is this something the Bolt can do?
I found a really old reddit thread that suggested that you can sort of do it by turning the car on remotely, which would turn on the climate if you left the climate on when you turn the car off. Not sure why they’d let you do this and not just put a climate button in the app but whatever works, I guess.
I just saw that they’re discontinuing the Bolt tho. Might be a dumb idea to buy a car that’s hard to work on and being discontinued.
I would recommend staying away from the bolt for the reason you mentioned at the end. As great as it was for getting into EV’s I would not recommend someone buy a product being discontinued. That being said, any new car should have some kind of app that lets you do that. That’s not really a Tesla thing anymore. My Kia Niro can do that and so can many other cars. Ask your dealer if the manufacturer has an app and the answer is probably yes.
You can turn on climate remotely.
I think the Bolt will be under warranty for a good decade, so GM will have parts etc. I don’t think it’s particularly hard to work on.
Yes, you can turn the heat or AC on with either the app, which you may have to pay for (there are different subscription features that you can unlock and access through the app), or with the key fob which is free. As long as the car is within key fob range, it’s super easy to turn on.
The car is super awesome and very cheap to drive, while also being really sporty and having really good cabin space. The seats are a little weird on the first couple of years until they did the refresh. And the high speed charging is not so high speed. Other than that, I’ve been driving my 2017 for 3 years now and it’s been great!
