ROAD TRIPPING TO VEGAS IN A CHEVROLET BOLT EV!

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The Transport Evolved team recounts their road trip from Portland to Las Vegas for CES 2019 in a Chevrolet Bolt EV. The journey highlighted several challenges, particularly with Electrify America's charging infrastructure, including slow charging speeds (maxing out at 41-42 kW), interface issues, and problematic credit card pre-authorizations that temporarily blocked cards. The car's charging port location also caused minor inconvenience at some stations. Despite these charging hurdles and a brief scare with range on the final leg to Baker, the Bolt EV successfully completed the ~1000-mile trip. The video also touches on various CES 2019 automotive tech previews, including autonomous driving, lidar, holographic displays, and driver attentiveness systems, while noting the absence of extensive EV reveals beyond fuel cell technology.