Last night my kids' school had their annual science fair night. We took the Bolt to the school (pretty much take it everywhere nowadays, as my Volt has been relegated to commuter car status).
Towards the end of the night, one of the mothers stopped my wife and asked her about the Bolt, since she saw my wife get out of it earlier. I thought "Oh hey, cool, another person that has questions about the Bolt" and was prepared to give my elevator speech on the Bolt. I got to talking with the lady, and it turned out she was actually a GM employee! Not exactly sure what she does, but works for big GM.
We told her about how we "imported" a Bolt from CA as soon as they hit dealerships there, and how our Bolt was the first in MD. She was impressed, and said our Bolt was the first one she had actually seen out in the wild in MD, and that when she saw our Bolt in the parking lot, she was super excited.
She asked me about my impressions of the Bolt and specifically how it compared to the Volt, and I told her we pretty much liked everything about it, with the extra cabin space and performance being advantages over the Volt. Also asked what our maximum distance traveled was on 1 charge, and I told her just under 290 miles.
I should have mentioned my "Cross whole state of MD on a single charge" attempt I'm making next month, but ran out of time.
She did say that if there was anything I needed or if I wanted any feedback passed back to Detroit, to let her know. I wonder if I can get her to spill the beans on any future projects.
Towards the end of the night, one of the mothers stopped my wife and asked her about the Bolt, since she saw my wife get out of it earlier. I thought "Oh hey, cool, another person that has questions about the Bolt" and was prepared to give my elevator speech on the Bolt. I got to talking with the lady, and it turned out she was actually a GM employee! Not exactly sure what she does, but works for big GM.
We told her about how we "imported" a Bolt from CA as soon as they hit dealerships there, and how our Bolt was the first in MD. She was impressed, and said our Bolt was the first one she had actually seen out in the wild in MD, and that when she saw our Bolt in the parking lot, she was super excited.
She asked me about my impressions of the Bolt and specifically how it compared to the Volt, and I told her we pretty much liked everything about it, with the extra cabin space and performance being advantages over the Volt. Also asked what our maximum distance traveled was on 1 charge, and I told her just under 290 miles.
I should have mentioned my "Cross whole state of MD on a single charge" attempt I'm making next month, but ran out of time.
She did say that if there was anything I needed or if I wanted any feedback passed back to Detroit, to let her know. I wonder if I can get her to spill the beans on any future projects.
