Finally. I finally opened the hood of my 2020 Chevy Bolt, a year after I bought it (Post #1924).
I never saw a reason to look under the hood, figuring I’d have no idea what I was looking at. It being an EV, and all.
Now that I’ve opened the hood, I was not disappointed.
Not ringing a lot of bells with me. I think I recognize a brake master cylinder and tan plastic reservoir mounted to the firewall, driver’s side. But all those big metal thingies? No clue.
Luckily, one can be ignorant and still drive a car. That, proven daily, I’d say.
Even now, I wouldn’t have bothered to open the hood, ever, except that with the recent winter storm, and the resulting sloppy roads, I figured I should top off windshield wiper fluid. Seeing as how that hadn’t been done in a year.
I was able to do that without reading the manual. The hood release was in an obvious place, the hood emergency latch was easy to find, and (shown below) the right place for windshield wiper fluid is pretty clearly marked. Even had a hood prop where I expected to find it.
So thumbs up to Chevy for making that much obvious.
Weirdly, I swear there’s a fan and radiator in there somewhere. For sure, there are several little reservoirs that look like they hold coolant. Plausibly that’s all part of whatever manages the temperature of the battery and the electronics.
It’s magic, as far as I’m concerned.
Plus it runs at a lethal 350V DC. As long is to works, leave it be.
And pour carefully.
