Charging A Chevrolet Bolt EV On A Tesla Supercharger

The Bolt EV, along with other electric vehicles from General Motors, can now access the Tesla Supercharger network with over 17,800 V3 Superchargers in North America.
In this video, I demonstrate how to charge your Chevrolet Bolt on a Tesla Supercharger.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:13 Do Bolt EVs need a software update to use Tesla Superchargers?
02:58 How to charge at a Tesla Supercharger
04:07 Do the A2Z Typhoon and Lectron Vortex adapters work with a Bolt EV?
05:40 Charging my Bolt EV from 20% to 80% on a Tesla Supercharger
07:55 Summary
09:41 The location of the charge port presents a problem at Tesla Superchargers
11:15 Outro

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[gregpochet]

Charged my 2023 Bolt EUV with my A2Z today with no problems. Very easy to use the Tesla App.

[newscoulomb]

Thanks, Tom! 6:03 One of the issues with the Bolt EV (and why I kept pushing GM to offer an upgraded 200 A CCS harness) is that it draws power for battery conditioning and climate control directly from the charger, but because the cable/harness is current-limited (150 A), the additional power reduces the charging rate rather than increasing the power drawn from the charger. To me, that was a big missed opportunity by GM to increase the Bolt EV's average charging rate below 50% battery by about 10% to 15% and shave about 5 to 10 minutes off the 10% to 80% charging time.

[guru]

Great...now I have to wait over an hour for a Bolt to charge at the SC. Wait to go Mary! You did it!

[philipnemer]

Thank you for the Link/Discount for the A2Z Pro Typhoon Adapter. I followed the link and got the discount. It arrived within two days. My 2020 Bolt did need a Dealer Installed Software Update. CARR Chevrolet of Beaverton, Oregon did the Software Update and did not charge me. I then went to a Tesla Supercharger Station. It worked with the Tesla App. The MyChevrolet App was a trainwreck. I highly recommend using the Tesla App.

[PassportBrosBusinessClass]

Having Access to Tesla superchargers makes me so much more comfortable about the idea of driving my Cadillac Lyriq on road trips.

I have 2 years free of EV go.

Now I have access to Tesla 😍

[john.powers]

I charged my 2020 Bolt on a supercharger tonight with an A2Z Typhoon adapter. I had called my dealer ahead of time and gave them my VIN. They couldn't tell me if I needed an update. They recommended I try it. I did and it worked fine and ran cool to the touch.

[ToddSterling]

We own a 2020 and 2019 BOLT EV and both are charging at Tesla Superchargers with no problem. We are using the Lectron Vortex Adapters. All is working well.

[lawrenceasero]

Hertz is selling off much their Bolt inventory. 2023 bolt with 20k miles for $19k. Giving them the ability to charge at Tesla SCs completely eliminates range anxiety and makes the Bolt somewhat road-trip worthy. There is finally an inexpensive long range EV now!

[mikegervais-lo]

Here we come🐢!! I never go past 70% with my Bolt on fast chargers and I stay away from the high speed chargers. But I’ve seen plenty of Teslas sitting at full on our “non Tesla chargers” right beside empty Tesla chargers because I assume ours are cheaper, despite being unreliable and annoying to use. I will make sure to park in the far spot so as not to take up 2 locations and avoid when busy but this will be nice to have in a pinch. There is a town in BC Canada where there are often waits on long weekends while the Tesla spots sit empty. Make a Model 2 and I might join the cult😁

[jameswhittingham]

I've heard that it's much faster to initiate charging with the Tesla app. Love to see a comparison between the two. Saving 20 seconds actually is important to me. I do road trip occasionally with my BoltEV and love plug and charge with the Flo Network in Canada. My family abandons me as I'm fiddling with apps when I'm not on Flo, LOL. Thanks, Tom for another great video.

[Wised]

It doesn't matter where you charge. The Bolt is one of the slowest charging vehicles in the market. A great cheap EV runabout if you charge at home. A very good measure of your patience if you are road tripping. A great city/suburb EV if you are on a budget and can charge mostly at home.

[tjam]

Excellent information.
I appreciate you walking us through specific steps to charge on the Tesla supercharger 👍😊

[RedBatteryHead]

I'm so glad, we in Europe, can use SuC already a long time.
Also just tested a new V4 stall near my hind on my ELW Livewire. It's a blast to utilize these chargers.

[PeaceChanel]

Thank You Tom and Everybody for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth.... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste
🙏🏻 😊 ✌ ☮ ❤

[Vxvx]

Thanks for the video, Bolt is the most popular EV from GM. I wish the charging curve is 10 to 90 percent

[AKTF]

Tried out Equinox EV last night at a charger after we got our adapter. Had to park like a jerk, taking up two spaces. Went from 31% to 75% (spots were filling up and we felt bad, so we didn't go to 80%) in about 25 minutes. Was awesome and only cost about $20.

[jjthehoser]

Great video Tom! My Lectron adapter arrived yesterday, looking forward to trying it out at a Supercharger with our Bolt EUV this weekend. It's just nice to know there will be extra reliable charging options available to us now, even though I rarely need to DCFC.

[bbcooter]

I just received my adapter from GM (it is the Tesla Adapter) and charged my 23 Bolt EUV with out any problems. I tested this using both the GM app and the Tesla app, both worked just fine.

[Yanquetino]

Happy for you! Hope it happens for me before too long, but… not holding my breath. And frankly, I've had such encouraging experiences at other DCFC sites, that I will only use a Supercharger when I have no other choice.

[jasonmorningstar]

Thanks, Tom! Just ordered a Typhoon Pro for my '23 EUV with the discount code!