Chevrolet Bolt EV News
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We learned very few new details about the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV today, but General Motors released a development video that will likely excite fans and potential buyers of the 200-mile electric car. The bulk of today's GM media presentation is about the 2016 Chevy Cruze, to be unveiled tonight. But GM's Electrification team turned out in full force to discuss the Bolt EV in the lead-up to the Cruze launch. DON'T MISS: GM Officially Confirms It Will Build Chevy Bolt Electric Car With 200-Mile Range The goal of the Bolt EV, said Pam Fletcher, is to make "electric cars approachable to the all...
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Orion Plant For 2017 Chevy Bolt EV To Get Small Cadillac SUV As Well: UPDATE
General Motors will invest $245 million and add 300 jobs at its Orion Assembly plant.
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Chevy Bolt EV Prototype Electric Cars Now Testing In Public
When General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced the Chevrolet Bolt Concept, it changed everything in the world of electric cars. She said it would have a battery range of 200 miles, cost $37,500 before incentives--putting it squarely into the mass market--and be sold in all 50 states. Now spy shots...
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Chevy Bolt EV Trademark To Be Shared With Yamaha After U.S. Patent Office Suspension: UPDATE
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has suspended GM's application for the Chevrolet Bolt trademark.
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GM Confirms Electric-Car Name Will Be 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV
Well, they did it. General Motors confirmed yesterday that its upcoming 200-mile battery-electric car will be named the Chevrolet Bolt EV. That's Bolt-with-a-B, not Volt-with-a-V. The Volt-with-a-V is Chevy's now-established plug-in hybrid compact hatchback. DON'T MISS: Why 'Bolt' Is A Really...
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GM Officially Confirms It Will Build Chevy Bolt Electric Car With 200-Mile Range
Six days ago, Reuters broke the story that GM would indeed build and sell the Chevrolet Bolt electric car, but that production would start late next year--not in 2017 as previously expected. This morning, the company's North America President, Alan Batey, officially confirmed at the Chicago Auto...
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The Chevrolet Bolt, a subcompact electric car with 200 miles of range, is to go into production earlier than expected, just 20 months from now. According to a breaking news story early this morning, the Bolt will start production in October 2016--possibly as a 2017 model. DON'T MISS: Chevrolet Bolt Concept: 200-Mile, $37,500 Electric Car Concept (Live Video & Photos) According to a Reuters exclusive this morning, the Bolt--or whatever it is finally named--will go into production at the Orion Township assembly plant in Michigan, where the Chevy Sonic subcompact is also built. Both cars...
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Should GM Name Its Bolt Electric Car The 2017 Chevrolet EV2?
Without a doubt, Chevrolet dominated the news in plug-in electric cars at the recent Detroit Auto Show. It unveiled not only the new 2016 Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, but also a concept that showed what a 2018 battery-electric hatchback with a 200-mile range might look like. The subcompact concept...
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Chevrolet Bolt Electric Car Concept Video
Chevrolet went out on a limb back in 2010 when it introduced the 2011 Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle. Now it’s taking a much riskier step by showing off the upcoming battery-powered Bolt—a pure electric car with a promised 200-mile range. ALSO SEE: Chevrolet Bolt Concept...
Joel Feder -
2018 Chevrolet Bolt Electric Car: What It Is & Isn't, What It Means For Tesla
The great thing about the Detroit Auto Show is that it brings so many global auto industry executives together under one roof. So there's been a lot of discussion about the Chevrolet Bolt electric-car concept here: what it is (for buyers, for GM, and for other carmakers), what it isn't...
John Voelcker -
Chevrolet Bolt Concept: 200-Mile, $37,500 Electric Car Concept (Live Video & Photos)
General Motors CEO Mary Barra had hoped to have a Steve Jobs moment this morning, but news about the Chevrolet Bolt Concept for a 200-mile electric car leaked late Friday night. Still, with no advance information, the Bolt Concept was both a surprise to open the Detroit Auto Show and a bold...
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Why 'Bolt' Is A Really Terrible Name For Chevy's Electric Car
Monday morning, General Motors CEO Mary Barra is expected to unveil a new battery-electric concept car at the Detroit Auto Show. It's the first look at a future production vehicle with a projected 200 miles of electric range, at a price said to be around $30,000. Assuming the leaked stories are...
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On Monday, General Motors will unveil a concept version of a $30,000 battery-electric vehicle with 200 miles of electric range that will arrive on the market before the planned Tesla Model 3, according to reports. Called the Chevrolet Bolt, the concept is a compact five-door hatchback that uses lithium-ion cells from LG Chem, GM's established battery partner. DON'T MISS: Detroit Auto Show Preview: New Green Production Cars Late last night, reports appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The Detroit News giving leaked details of the car, attributed only to "sources" within the auto industry...