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Chevrolet BOLT EV Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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4 Introduction
R:Fuse Block Cover Lock
Location
+: Fuses
_:High Voltage
j:ISOFIX/LATCH System Child
Restraints
Q: Keep Fuse Block Covers
Properly Installed
|: Lane Change Alert
@:Lane Departure Warning
A:Lane Keep Assist
X: Park Assist
~:Pedestrian Ahead Indicator
O:Power
/:Remote Vehicle Start
7:Rear Cross Traffic Alert
I:Registered Technician
>:Seat Belt Reminders
Z: Service Vehicle Soon
I:Side Blind Zone Alert
7:Tire Pressure Monitor
d:Traction Control/StabiliTrak/
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
a: Under Pressure
V:Vehicle Ahead Indicator
]: Vehicle Ready

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6 Introduction
1.Air Vents 0167.
2. Turn and Lane-Change Signals
0132.
IntelliBeam System Button (If
Equipped). See Exterior Lamp
Controls 0128.
3. Instrument Cluster 094.
Driver Information Center (DIC)
0 118.
4. Windshield Wiper/Washer 087.
5. Charging Status Feedback
0218.
Automatic Headlamp System
0 131.
Indicator Light and Solar
Sensor (ILSS). See “Sensors”
under Automatic Climate
Control System 0163.
6. Infotainment System. See AM-FM Radio 0140.
Heated Front Seats 035 (If
Equipped).
7. Automatic Climate Control
System 0163.
8. Storage Compartments 081. 9. Shift Lever. See
Electric Drive
Unit 0187.
10. Electric Parking Brake 0192.
11. Power Outlets 090.
12. Hazard Warning Flashers
0131.
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control 0194.
Driver Selected Operating
Modes 0186.
13. Power Button 0182.
14. Steering Wheel Controls 085
(If Equipped).
15. Horn 086.
16. Steering Wheel Adjustment
085 (Out of View).
17. Steering Wheel Controls 085
(If Equipped).
18. Regen on Demand (Out of View). See Regenerative
Braking 0194.
19. Cruise Control 0196.
Heated Steering Wheel 086 (If
Equipped). Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System
0204 (If Equipped).
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) 0211
(If Equipped).
20. Instrument Panel Fuse Block
0255.
21. Data Link Connector (DLC) (Out of View). See Service
Vehicle Soon Light 0102.
22. Exterior Lamp Controls 0128.
23. Instrument Panel Illumination
Control 0132.

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84 Instruments and Controls
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . 85
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . 85
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . 86
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Pedestrian Safety Signal . . . . . . . 86
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . 87
Rear Window Wiper/Washer . . . 88
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Battery Gauge (High
Voltage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . . . 98
Power Indicator Gauge . . . . . . . . 99 Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 100
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Charging System Light (12-Volt
Battery) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Service Vehicle Soon Light . . . 102
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 104
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . 104
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . 105
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Vehicle Ready Light . . . . . . . . . . 106
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 106
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 107 Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Information Displays
Power Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Programmable Charging . . . . . . 107
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Charging Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Propulsion PowerMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 121
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 121

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104 Instruments and Controls
After the vehicle is started, this light
turns off and stays off if LKA has not
been turned on or is unavailable.
If equipped, this light is white if LKA
is turned on, but not ready to assist.
This light is green if LKA is turned
on and is ready to assist.
LKA may assist by gently turning
the steering wheel if the vehicle
approaches a detected lane
marking. The LKA light is amber
when assisting.
This light flashes amber as a Lane
Departure Warning (LDW) alert, to
indicate that the lane marking has
been crossed.
LKA will not assist or alert if the turn
signal is active in the direction of
lane departure, or if LKA detects
that you are accelerating, braking,
or actively steering.
SeeLane Keep Assist (LKA) 0211.Vehicle Ahead Indicator
If equipped, this indicator will
display green when a vehicle is
detected ahead and amber when
you are following a vehicle ahead
much too closely.
Pedestrian Ahead
Indicator
If equipped, this indicator will
display amber when a nearby
pedestrian is detected in front of the
vehicle. See
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System 0207.
Traction Off Light
This light comes on briefly while
starting the vehicle. If it does not,
have the vehicle serviced by your
dealer. If the system is working
normally, the indicator light then
turns off.
The traction off light comes on when
the Traction Control System (TCS)
has been turned off by pressing and
releasing the TCS/StabiliTrak
button.
This light and the StabiliTrak OFF
light come on when StabiliTrak is
turned off.
If the TCS is off, wheel spin is not
limited. Adjust driving accordingly.

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StabiliTrak OFF Light
This light comes on briefly while
starting the vehicle. If it does not,
have the vehicle serviced by your
dealer.
This light comes on when the
StabiliTrak system is turned off.
If StabiliTrak is off, the Traction
Control System (TCS) is also off.
If StabiliTrak and TCS are off, the
system does not assist in controlling
the vehicle. Turn on the TCS and
the StabiliTrak systems, and the
warning light turns off.
SeeTraction Control/Electronic
Stability Control 0194.
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light
This light comes on briefly when the
vehicle is started.
If the light does not come on, have
the vehicle serviced by your dealer.
If the system is working normally,
the indicator light turns off.
If the light is on and not flashing, the
TCS, and potentially the StabiliTrak/
Electronic Stability Control system
have been disabled.
If the indicator/warning light is on
and flashing, the TCS and/or the
StabiliTrak/ESC system is actively
working.
Tire Pressure Light
For vehicles with the Tire Pressure
Monitor System (TPMS), this light
comes on briefly when the vehicle is
started. It provides information
about tire pressures and the TPMS.
When the Light is On Steady
This indicates that one or more of
the tires are significantly
underinflated.
A message in the Driver Information
Center (DIC) may also display. Stop
as soon as possible, and inflate the
tires to the pressure value shown on
the Tire and Loading Information
label.

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Infotainment System 135
Infotainment
System
Introduction
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . 136
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Radio
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Multi-Band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . 143
Audio Players
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
OnStar System
OnStar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Phone
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Apple CarPlay andAndroid Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Hands-Free Phone . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Settings
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Trademarks and License
Agreements
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Introduction
Read the following pages to
become familiar with the features.
{Warning
Taking your eyes off the road for
too long or too often while using
any infotainment feature can
cause a crash. You or others
could be injured or killed. Do not
give extended attention to
infotainment tasks while driving.
Limit your glances at the vehicle
displays and focus your attention
on driving. Use voice commands
whenever possible.
The infotainment system has built-in
features intended to help avoid
distraction by disabling some
functions when driving. These
functions may gray out when they
are unavailable. Many infotainment
features are also available through
the instrument cluster and steering
wheel controls.

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160 Infotainment System
When Teen Driver is Active:
.The radio will mute when the
driver seat belt is not fastened,
and in some vehicles, when the
right front passenger seat belt is
not fastened. The audio from
any device paired to the vehicle
will also be muted.
. Certain electronic devices
placed on the front passenger
seat could cause the passenger
sensing system to falsely sense
an unbuckled front passenger
and mute the radio. See
Passenger Sensing System
053.
. Some safety systems, such as
Automatic Emergency Braking,
if equipped and supported,
cannot be turned off.
. The gap setting for the Forward
Collision Alert, if equipped,
cannot be changed. Report Card
The vehicle owner must secure the
driver
’s consent to record certain
vehicle data when the vehicle is
driven with a registered Teen Driver
key. There is one Report Card per
vehicle. Data is not recorded when
Teen Driver is not active.
The Report Card data is collected
from the time Teen Driver is
activated or the last time the Report
Card was reset. The following items
may be recorded:
. Distance Driven –the total
distance driven.
. Maximum Speed –the maximum
vehicle speed recorded.
. Overspeed Warnings –the
number of times the speed
warning setting was exceeded.
. Forward Collision Alerts –the
number of times the driver was
notified when approaching a
vehicle ahead too quickly and at
potential risk for a crash. .
Forward Collision Avoidance
Braking –the number of times
the vehicle detected that a
forward collision was imminent
and applied the brakes. Also
referred to as Automatic
Emergency Braking.
. Stability Control –the number of
events which required the use of
electronic stability control.
. ABS Active –the number of
Antilock Brake System
activations.
. Tailgating Alerts –the number of
times the driver was alerted for
following the vehicle ahead too
closely.
. Traction Control –the number of
times the Traction Control
System activated to reduce
wheel spin or loss of traction.
. Wide Open Throttle –the
number of times the accelerator
pedal was pressed nearly all the
way down.

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170 Driving and Operating
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better EnergyEfficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 176
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 176
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 178
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 182
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Starting and Stopping the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Electric Vehicle Operating
Modes
Driver Selected Operating
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Electric Drive Unit
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
One-Pedal Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brakes
Antilock BrakeSystem (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 192
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 193
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . 194
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 199
Assistance Systems forParking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 200 Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Automatic Emergency
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 209
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 211
Charging
When to Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Delayed Charging Override . . . 217
Charging Status Feedback . . . 218
Charge Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Utility Interruption of Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Electrical Requirements for Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Trailer Towing
General TowingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On ElectricalEquipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

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172 Driving and Operating
Allow the vehicle to warm up for
20 minutes before driving.
If possible, use a level 2 (32 amp)
high power charge station for best
results. This allows the interior of
the vehicle and high voltage battery
to warm to optimal temperature.
Vehicle Charging/Maintenance
Charging
Keep the vehicle plugged in, even
when fully charged, to keep the
battery temperature ready for the
next drive. This is important when
outside temperatures are extremely
hot or cold.
Maintenance
Always keep the tires properly
inflated and the vehicle properly
aligned.
The weight of excess cargo in the
vehicle affects efficiency and range.
Avoid carrying more than is needed.
Avoid unnecessary use of electrical
accessories. Power used for
functions other than propelling the
vehicle will reduce EV range.Using a rooftop carrier will reduce
efficiency due to additional weight
and drag.
Distracted Driving
Distraction comes in many forms
and can take your focus from the
task of driving. Exercise good
judgment and do not let other
activities divert your attention away
from the road. Many local
governments have enacted laws
regarding driver distraction. Become
familiar with the local laws in
your area.
To avoid distracted driving, keep
your eyes on the road, keep your
hands on the steering wheel, and
focus your attention on driving.
.
Do not use a mobile phone in
demanding driving situations.
Use a hands-free method to
place or receive necessary
phone calls.
. Watch the road. Do not read,
take notes, or look up
information on mobile phones or
other electronic devices. .
Designate a front seat
passenger to handle potential
distractions.
. Become familiar with vehicle
features before driving, such as
programming favorite radio
stations and adjusting climate
control and seat settings.
Program all trip information into
any navigation device prior to
driving.
. Wait until the vehicle is parked
to retrieve items that have fallen
to the floor.
. Stop or park the vehicle to tend
to children.
. Keep pets in an appropriate
carrier or restraint.
. Avoid stressful conversations
while driving, whether with a
passenger or on a mobile
phone.

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Driving and Operating 175
.Holding both sides of the
steering wheel allows you to turn
180 degrees without removing
a hand.
. Antilock Brake System (ABS)
allows steering while braking.
Off-Road Recovery
The vehicle's right wheels can drop
off the edge of a road onto the
shoulder while driving. Follow
these tips: 1. Ease off the accelerator and
then, if there is nothing in the
way, steer the vehicle so that it
straddles the edge of the
pavement.
2. Turn the steering wheel about one-eighth of a turn, until the
right front tire contacts the
pavement edge.
3. Turn the steering wheel to go straight down the roadway.
Loss of Control
Skidding
There are three types of skids that
correspond to the vehicle's three
control systems:
.Braking Skid —wheels are not
rolling.
. Steering or Cornering Skid —
too much speed or steering in a
curve causes tires to slip and
lose cornering force.
. Acceleration Skid —too much
throttle causes the driving
wheels to spin. Defensive drivers avoid most skids
by taking reasonable care suited to
existing conditions, and by not
overdriving those conditions. But
skids are always possible.
If the vehicle starts to slide, follow
these suggestions:
.
Ease your foot off the
accelerator pedal and steer the
way you want the vehicle to go.
The vehicle may straighten out.
Be ready for a second skid if it
occurs.
. Slow down and adjust your
driving according to weather
conditions. Stopping distance
can be longer and vehicle
control can be affected when
traction is reduced by water,
snow, ice, gravel, or other
material on the road. Learn to
recognize warning clues —such
as enough water, ice, or packed
snow on the road to make a
mirrored surface —and slow
down when you have any doubt.
. Try to avoid sudden steering,
acceleration, or braking,
including reducing vehicle speed