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by jeffbee 861 days ago
By far the biggest problem I encountered with the Bolt EV was its transient but recurring inability to charge from DC charging stations. The Equinox has a far higher charging power, up to 150kW. It makes me wonder if they fixed anything and what.
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It's more likely that the charger was broken rather than the Bolt, as the reliability of non-Tesla fast charging stations is terrible.

That said, the Bolt does have a low kWh charging rate of 55 kW, and in early models, DC fast charging was an option.

On a number of occasions I returned to a fault code on the charger blaming the car. Bolt owner fora are full of discussions about "Isolation fault detected".