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Doesn't Chevy already have an 'affordable' sub-$30k EV? It's called the Chevy Bolt: https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/bolt-ev https://www.chevrolet.com/electri

Doesn't Chevy already have an 'affordable' sub-$30k EV? It's called the Chevy Bolt: https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/bolt-ev https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/bolt-ev

denimnerd42 3y ago
that's what I bought, but it's canceled because it doesn't use their current battery technology called "Ultium." Unfortunately they went all in on big expensive EVs with their first Ultium vehicles so I don't think they will sell that well as hybrid or gas would be my choice for those larger cars.
- Kirby64 3y ago
  They already changed course on this, and have stated they will reintroduce the Bolt and it will actually use the Ultium platform: https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2023/jul/0725-chevrolet.html https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/home.detai...
  - denimnerd42 3y ago
    yeah but it's not even close to available yet. they've got 6 or 7 cars ahead of it to produce. the equinox, blazer, silverado, a cadillac, the acura/honda, others? I'm guessing the Honda was supposed to be based on the equinox and as the Honda that is coming was based on the blazer. the promised 30k equinox will probably never show (at that price) so Honda said lets cancel it.
  - tibbydudeza 3y ago
    Hope they call it Zolt - they killed the Bolt brand forever.
    - Podgajski 3y ago
      Jolt?
hightrix 3y ago
The Bolt falls victim to the same problem as many other cheap EVs, it is ugly as sin. I don't understand why manufacturers won't make EVs that look like normal cars. Yes, some exist, but this ugly beast style seems much more common.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
  You think the Bolt is ugly? Looks like any other compact hatchback to me. Other than the lack of a grill up front, I don't think it looks different from any other car on the road.
  - hightrix 3y ago
    Yes. I do not like compact hatchbacks and would never drive one by choice. I'm not alone in this opinion. Additionally, I don't mean we need EV monstrous SUVs, but just give me a normal looking sedan.
    - Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
      That's fair...but in your original comment, you singled out the Bolt, which implied that you didn't have a problem with compact hatchbacks in general, just the Bolt specifically. Everything in your original comment implies that you hate the Bolt because you think it doesn't look like a normal car, when the reality is that it DOES look like a normal car, you just hate compact hatchbacks.
- bsjaux628 3y ago
  It looks like a normal car in any part of the world that is not the US. The focus for big, gas gusller cars is a very American thing thanks to the cheap gas
  - garciasn 3y ago
    Ok, what about the Merceds EQE/Ss? They're $74K+ Honda Civics. Why not put them in the standard E/S class bodies? Why do they have to look like a piece of shit car even though they come from what, in America, is a luxury auto?

Doesn't Chevy already have an 'affordable' sub-$30k EV? It's called the Chevy Bolt: https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/bolt-ev https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/bolt-ev

denimnerd42 3y ago

that's what I bought, but it's canceled because it doesn't use their current battery technology called "Ultium." Unfortunately they went all in on big expensive EVs with their first Ultium vehicles so I don't think they will sell that well as hybrid or gas would be my choice for those larger cars.

Kirby64 3y ago
They already changed course on this, and have stated they will reintroduce the Bolt and it will actually use the Ultium platform: https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2023/jul/0725-chevrolet.html https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/home.detai...
- denimnerd42 3y ago
  yeah but it's not even close to available yet. they've got 6 or 7 cars ahead of it to produce. the equinox, blazer, silverado, a cadillac, the acura/honda, others? I'm guessing the Honda was supposed to be based on the equinox and as the Honda that is coming was based on the blazer. the promised 30k equinox will probably never show (at that price) so Honda said lets cancel it.
- tibbydudeza 3y ago
  Hope they call it Zolt - they killed the Bolt brand forever.
  - Podgajski 3y ago
    Jolt?

hightrix 3y ago

The Bolt falls victim to the same problem as many other cheap EVs, it is ugly as sin. I don't understand why manufacturers won't make EVs that look like normal cars. Yes, some exist, but this ugly beast style seems much more common.

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
You think the Bolt is ugly? Looks like any other compact hatchback to me. Other than the lack of a grill up front, I don't think it looks different from any other car on the road.
- hightrix 3y ago
  Yes. I do not like compact hatchbacks and would never drive one by choice. I'm not alone in this opinion. Additionally, I don't mean we need EV monstrous SUVs, but just give me a normal looking sedan.
  - Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
    That's fair...but in your original comment, you singled out the Bolt, which implied that you didn't have a problem with compact hatchbacks in general, just the Bolt specifically. Everything in your original comment implies that you hate the Bolt because you think it doesn't look like a normal car, when the reality is that it DOES look like a normal car, you just hate compact hatchbacks.
bsjaux628 3y ago
It looks like a normal car in any part of the world that is not the US. The focus for big, gas gusller cars is a very American thing thanks to the cheap gas
- garciasn 3y ago
  Ok, what about the Merceds EQE/Ss? They're $74K+ Honda Civics. Why not put them in the standard E/S class bodies? Why do they have to look like a piece of shit car even though they come from what, in America, is a luxury auto?