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Tesla fans (e.g over at r/teslamotors) are watching the Chevvy Bolt with interest. Persuading other manufacturers to make electric cars is, after all, consisten
by codeulike 10y ago
Tesla fans (e.g over at r/teslamotors) are watching the Chevvy Bolt with interest. Persuading other manufacturers to make electric cars is, after all, consistent with Tesla's mission (accelerate the advent of sustainable transport...). I think the Bolt looks really good, and the recent range announcement is really exciting. I still can't quite believe it is happening, it seems like GM might still mess it up somehow. Will they make the Bolt in large enough numbers? Will the dealerships bury the car and fail to promote it properly? It will be really interesting to see how the launch goes.
- codeulike 10y agoAlso: The Bolt is rumoured to have a 60kwh pack, I'd be interested to know how GM are building those at that price point.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoMaybe by leasing them, and recycling? Something creative anyway.
- JoelBennett 10y agoA special deal with LG, because they are the one making the packs? I suspect LG gave them a discount because they contracted LG to take care of a bunch of other stuff in the car. A bit like a lost-leader sale. You lose a bit on one thing, but you gain it back on something else.
- WalterSear 10y agoLike, perhaps, their rideshare adventure.
- PeterisP 10y agoAs the article states, due to current implementation of emission laws it may make economic sense to cross-subsidize Bolts and sell them below cost because it then allows them to sell more high-priced high-emission cars.
- mikeash 10y agoThe Bolt has no realistic story for long distance travel. No manufacturer other than Tesla does. I don't understand why they aren't rushing to replicate (or buy into) Tesla's Supercharger network.
- codeulike 10y agoThe Bolt would work for me, long distance. It will have SAE combo as an option which means something like stopping for 1 hour every 200 miles. Not as good as Tesla but OK-ish. YMMV. edit: I'm in the UK where coverage is pretty good.
- mikeash 10y agoWhere do you live? SAE combo is just barely fast enough to be a viable solution for long-distance travel, but the availability just completely sucks in many places. You couldn't do a coast-to-coast trip in the US that way, for example.
- codeulike 10y agoI'm in the UK, we've got Chademo and SAE at every motorway service station. The UK is small, it kind of helps.
- mikeash 10y agoYeah, the story looks to be quite different in Europe in general. SAE should be very good for long-distance travel there. Here in the US, coverage is extremely spotty, with dense coverage in some areas but zero coverage in many others, including a lot of pretty busy corridors.
- jseliger 10y agoThe Bolt has no realistic story for long distance travel. No manufacturer other than Tesla does That appears to be changing: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/09/chargepoint-bmw-and-vw-complete-a-pair-of-coastal-fast-charging-corridors/ http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/09/chargepoint-bmw-and-vw-c....
- kmonsen 10y agoThe Bolt also has no driver aids that is expected for a $35k car, not even adaptive cruise control.