OK. So I walked across the roadway to the rental car garage at CLT about 30 minutes before my scheduled pick-up time (though I had added my flight info, so they were aware of my arrival). No Carfirmation text or Ultimate Choice email or anything, and when I went out to the garage, the Gold board did not have my name on it. (My other Manager's EV Special at LGA in April was the same, IIRC.)

I waited in a short line at the Gold kiosk and the agent found my reservation and said, "You booked an EV--are you still OK with an EV?" to which I replied in the affirmative. He then pointed to a wall opposite the kiosk with President's Club promo material printed on it and told me to walk around the wall and choose from either the Polestar or the Chevy Bolt.

I walked around the wall to see two Polestar 2s, three Chevy Bolt EUVs, and one Chevy Bolt EV.

I had driven the Polestar 2 single-motor variant in California and liked it but found it a bit underpowered, so I've been curious to try the dual-motor variant (which exists out in CA), but both of the Polestars here were the single-motor variant (the single motors show 170kW on the sticker on the bottom of the door, while the duals show 300kW). Since neither would have been new to me, and since I don't have much driving planned for the couple days I'm here, I opted to try a Bolt, as I hadn't tried any Chevy EV products yet.

I've only made it as far as the McDonald's on Billy Graham Parkway, but so far, I like it. If it had just a bit more range, I'd consider one for myself, but I need more than ~200 miles of range (best case) for an ICE replacement for myself, as I do a lot of road-tripping out west where charger density is an issue. The UI is functional but nothing fancy (and has both wired and wireless CarPlay, which addresses most issues), and the handling is about on par with what you'd expect from a mid-range Chevy car (fine--I prefer GM's ride feel to Ford/Stellantis products). Haven't had a chance to test out acceleration yet, though I'm not expecting much from this little car. It's fine to get around town, though.

Biggest issue will be making sure I can return it at 70% before a morning flight and a hotel on the opposite side of the city that doesn't have a charger. Given the short range of the battery, I'll likely have to get it up to about 90% the night before in order to make sure I can make it to the airport with at least 70%, and the Bolt already has a relatively slow charge rate and getting it that full may take some time. We'll see how it goes!

Edit: Drove from McDonald's to a free Level 2 charger at a community college a few minutes away and took the opportunity to floor it. It has far more pep than I expected! Certainly plenty sufficient for normal driving.

The energy/charging details are a little sparse. I can't even figure out how to get it to show the battery percentage. It only seems to show range left in miles.

No built-in nav that I can find. IIRC, I read somewhere that nav works but you can only use OnStar. If so, that's a bit annoying. CarPlay is good enough for most use cases, though, but I prefer an EV that has integrated nav and can show estimated state of charge upon arrival at a destination and automatically plan charging stops (the Polestar and Tesla can both do this).