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The base model Bolt MSRP is within $1k of the entry level Model 3. The reason you are seeing such cheap bolt prices is because they have to heavily discount th
by pmorici 5y ago
The base model Bolt MSRP is within $1k of the entry level Model 3. The reason you are seeing such cheap bolt prices is because they have to heavily discount them to compete. Even without the 10k fsd option the base model Tesla autopilot and safety features are better than anything you could buy from Chevy at any price. They are competing for the same market Tesla is just dominating so hard it looks like two different price segments.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 5y agoIf you just go on Tesla’s website, click the model 3, switch “potential savings” to “purchase price” you find that the model costs $40k before tax incentives. If you go on Chevy’s site you’ll find that the Bolt price is $31k before tax incentives. So, it looks like I was off by about $1k in my initial estimate. Let me know if you are seeing different numbers. Maybe Tesla has some kind of hidden option to get a cheaper Model 3?
- pmorici 5y agoInteresting looks like they changed pricing. 6 months ago the Tesla Model 3 SR+ was $38,500 and the Bolt was $37,495. In any case the point stands the pricing you are seeing is the result of supply and demand dynamics not a decision by Chevy to target a different market segment. I makes sense for Chevy to sell a certain number of bolts even at a loss so they don’t have to pay their competitors for ev credits that is what is going on there. Chevy didn’t somehow figure out how to make a cheaper ev in the past year.
- throwawayboise 5y agoPerhaps the Bolt is competing for people who do actively do not want Tesla's autopilot. I would put myself in that camp. I don't buy new cars but I might consider an EV if it was just a standard manually operated one.
- mwint 5y agoYou aren’t required to ever use AP…