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In March 2020, GM held an event where they unveiled multiple new electric vehicles (including the Chevy Bolt EUV).

Mary Barra, GM chairman and CEO, commented on the news:

Our team accepted the challenge to transform product development at GM and position our company for an all-electric future. What we have done is build a multi-brand, multi-segment EV strategy with economies of scale that rival our full-size truck business with much less complexity and even more flexibility.

Below are the links where you can find all our reports on events and all the EV news that GM released today

One of the surprising announcements was the Chevy Bolt EUV (electric utility vehicle).

Chevy Bolt EUV specs and features

The Bolt EUV batteries are the same as the 66kWh Bolt using the same BEV 2 platform. However, with the bigger, heavier vehicle, the range will be shorter. We estimate 245 miles or so using the EPA rating scale.

As Seth Weintraub noted in his article, it’s basically a stretched-out Chevy Bolt.

The Bolt EUV is basically a stretched Bolt with some new amenities. It sits at roughly the same height with a 3-inch longer wheelbase, 3-inch longer trunk space, and a more SUV-like front hood. If you are coming into the Bolt cold, check out my description of the 2021 Bolt EV for the basics.

The Chevy Bolt EUV will include a bigger 11kW charging inverter. That compares to the regular Bolt’s 32A or 7.2kW charging. This should allow home and destination charge times to be reduced by 33% or so over the regular Bolt on a kWh basis.

The back seat will be bigger for adults as well. GM is offering a sunroof that opens up in the back. It’s motorized, but it’s not the traditional on the top model. It will also include a tow hitch upgrade option for bikes, but it’s not compatible with trailers.

Chevy Bolt EUV price and release date

GM hasn’t announced a price for the new car, but we expect around a $5,000 increase over the Chevy Bolt.

If you are in the market for an EV (including the current Chevy Bolt), find the lowest purchase and lease price here on Electrek. We’ve found the best deals around the country by calling dealerships, so you can take our pricing and get the best price at your local dealer.

GM also hasn’t announced a delivery date for the EUV but plans to announce more this summer. It will come after the 2021 Bolt so expect that it will arrive mid-2021 or so.

GM stops replacing ’20-22 Bolt recall batteries, offers diagnostics software instead

Chevy Bolt EV Mom

2020-2022 Chevy Bolt owners, starting yesterday evening, began receiving messages that their high voltage battery/module replacements would no longer be happening. Instead, a software diagnostics tool would be used to verify if the batteries had problems before a replacement would be performed. As you might imagine, affected Bolt owners are up in arms.

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The Chevy Bolt is still a screaming deal after tax credit changes

GM bolt production

The Chevy Bolt is already a great enough deal to get our Electrek Vehicle of the Year award, but after the US Treasury delayed its guidance on battery sourcing requirements, that deal might be even better – but only for the next couple of months.

Update: Treasury finally released its battery guidance, but now that everything has shaken out, it looks like the Chevy Bolt still qualifies for the full $7,500 credit. So the Bolt is still a screaming deal, as long as you can find one.

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Electrek’s vehicle of the year is the svelte $25K Chevy Bolt

Chevy Bolt 2023 Electrek

The lowest-priced EV in the US is somehow also one of the best. Now in its sixth year, the Bolt EV is also seasoned, having worked through a battery fiasco/recall and significant lapses by GM’s decision-makers while receiving modest but significant updates.

With a clean bill of health, the Bolt is now a huge outlier in bang-for-buck. But the 2023 Bolt is also quick, fun to drive, useful, and often more so than cars twice its price. In fact, I think we should be looking to the diminutive Bolt as the future of transportation.

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General Motors (GM) reports a record $41.9 billion in Q3 2022 revenue and reaffirms earnings guidance

GM EV breakout

GM shared its Q3 2022 financial report today, which is highlighted by an EBIT-adjusted $4.3 billion bolstered by a quarterly revenue of $41.9 billion. As a result, the American automaker has reaffirmed its full-year earnings guidance as it continues to scale its Ultium platform and expand EV production throughout its marques.

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Chevy Bolt EUV First Drive: The best value EV gets the best autonomy

If you’ve driven the Bolt EV from any of the past five years, you’ve got a pretty good idea of what it is like to drive the 6-inches-longer Bolt EUV. It has the same 200 horsepower FWD drivetrain, and that includes the lackluster 55kW fast charging.

But instead of upgrading the powertrain over the past five years (AWD, faster charging?), GM added something important to the driving experience that may even put them ahead of *gasp* Tesla…

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