I live in Northern NY state, about 15 miles from the Canadian boarder, so its quite cold here in the winter. The ground is generally frozen from mid December to late April, routinely below zero at night. The two most important factors for me are realistic 200 mile range in winter, and heated seats. While the "Long Range" option is great, the base 220 miles is lower than I thought, I was in the "Bolt Comparable" camp expecting about 240. Added to that heated seats are tied in with premium sound, glass roof, power seats, ect, things you don't necessarily care about just because you live somewhere cold.
I'll still get the car, but now those two things have eaten the entire budget, no Autopilot let alone FSD. Maybe once the initial production hurdles are over they'll add a cold weather pack, but if you live in a cold environment, $49,000 to get over 200 miles of range and heated seats is a significant disappointment.
I'll still get the car, but now those two things have eaten the entire budget, no Autopilot let alone FSD. Maybe once the initial production hurdles are over they'll add a cold weather pack, but if you live in a cold environment, $49,000 to get over 200 miles of range and heated seats is a significant disappointment.
