I thought I was going back to gas.
As the end of my two-year Chevy Blazer EV lease approached, I felt stuck. Ideally, I didn’t want to spend more than $10,000. That knocked all of the long-range, modern EV options off the board. So the choice was between a gas-powered all-wheel-drive SUV—essential if I wanted to keep exploring California’s public lands—or a Chevy Bolt.