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Chevrolet Bolt EV Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
10122739) - 2017 - CRC - 10/3/16
Driving and Operating
191
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 195
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 196
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 197
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 201
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Starting and Stopping the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Electric Vehicle Operating
Modes
Driver Selected Operating
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Electric Drive Unit
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 210
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 212
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . 212
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 218
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 219
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Front Pedestrian Braking
(FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 227
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 229
Charging
When to Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Delayed Charging Override . . . 235
Charging Status Feedback . . . 236
Charge Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Utility Interruption of
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Electrical Requirements for
Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
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