Vermont man needs to change battery after hitting nearly 500,000 miles in his Chevy Bolt EV and this is how much it costs

This Vermont man racked up nearly 500,000 miles in his Chevy Bolt EV and he was in need of a new battery.

Alex and Kyle took a look at a viewer’s 2019 Chevy Bolt which had accumulated nearly half a million miles.

The owner, Jared, had purchased the car brand new back in 2019.

How had he kept it going over the last few years and what had it cost him?

High mileage EVs are becoming more and more common

In recent years, we’ve been seeing more EVs with the miles to prove they can go the distance.

Whether it’s a Tesla Model S that’s driven more than 1.6 million miles or 250,000 miles on a Tesla Model 3, there’s plenty out there giving the gas cars a run for their money.

But such high figures on the odometer leads many people to one place – what about the battery?

Worries about battery degradation are as commonplace as range anxiety among the EV-cautious.

This Chevy Bolt had racked up nearly 500,000 miles

This Chevy Bolt owner had bought the car back in 2019 and used it for ride-share and gig work.

From 2021 onwards, the miles stacked up as he did Uber and DoorDash work.

Jared had the recall battery replacement around 138,000 miles in, and that would last more than 330,000 miles before failing.

That failure was down to one cell group with an imbalance.

But now he needed a replacement, and that’s where the guys over at Out of Spec Reviews come into the picture.

They did some shopping around to see what the going prices were for secondhand packs.

It could massively vary – a typical customer job could set you back $3,000 to $3,500, and that’s before you get to labor costs of around $1,000.

Fortunately, Out of Spec Reviews knew how to get a good deal.

How much would a new battery cost for this Chevy Bolt?

Thanks to knowing a dismantler, they got themselves a discount.

Therefore, the replacement battery pack came to $1,500, which bumped up to $1,800 once shipping was factored in.

Not too shabby at all.

With roughly 470,000 miles on the clock, Jared promised he’d bring it back once he hit the big 500k.

Then he’d run it out on the track, something the hosts scored as a ‘win-win’.

“As far as I know, this is probably the highest mileage Bolt in existence, if someone knows of one with more miles on it, I’d be curious to know,” one of the hosts commented.

Now there’s a call to arms – high mileage Chevy Bolt owners, reveal yourselves.