NHTSA Complaint #11427309 — 2017 CHEVROLET BOLT EV

Battery. The new guidelines from Chevy and the NHTSA for my battery recall render the car, which took some planning for charging before this happened, a major inconvenience at best. I live in an urban environment in a multi-family dwelling, and it is not possible for me to consistently park my car outdoors away from structures, as no such places exist. Expecting me to monitor my vehicle during charges that go on for 4-5 hours is also close to impossible. Nor am I sure what this 'monitoring' would even entail, as no one can realistically imagine owners are going to sit next to their vehicles and stare at them for multiple hours every week. I already had only a handful of charging options available and now, if I can't charge indoors, even more are taken away. I am proud to support our transition away from ICE cars, and was absolutely willing to endure some transitional issues, but even I were willing to tolerate the narrow range of ability of my vehicle before the battery swap is available (which there is no promised date for) expecting these absurd limits for people who want to use their cars as normal transit is simply discouraging future EV owners, and that is not a situation our climate can afford. I'm sure the NHTSA knows that 40% of greenhouse gases come from transportation, and I sincerely hope your agency does it all it can to not discourage early adopters like me from being a small part of the solution to this problem.