Ants on Chevrolet Bolt Apparently Attracted to the EV Charging Port Electrical Current

https://youtu.be/k1RDHDgAyKE

June 4, 2023

In this anisotropicplus video we recently purchased a new 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV and have been extremely satisfied with it. It has exceeded our expectations. We routinely get over 300 miles of range by careful driving and using regeneration. A few days ago we observed hundreds of ants on the car primarily at the charge port. We washed them off with water, but a few are left on the car. We had heard that ants could be attracted to electricity. I was skeptical, but now I am beginning to wonder. I assumed they were coming up the Level 1 charger cord so I immersed a loop of the cord in soapy water. We have not seen anymore coming up the cord since we put the cord in the bucket. We wanted to share this observation and if you have made a similar observation please share it.

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