Chevy Bolt: As Lame as its Name?

NLPC ^ | January 13, 2015 | Mark Modica

[GeronL]

and taxpayers should not be subsidizing these things.

[Nervous Tick]

>> really nice looking car!

Thanks to taxpayer subsidies, you own part of it.

(That tingle up your leg you got when it sped past was your part. Hope it was worth it.)

[GeronL]

Will probably come standard!

[lormand]

I usually see one/day Model S here in North Austin. I don’t see one everyday, but I get most excited when I see a Ferrari.

[jazusamo]

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

[CrazyIvan]

Stove Bolt Bolt.

[dfwgator]

It’s like trying to sell the Chevy “Nova” in Spanish-Speaking countries.

For those Espanol-Challenged, “No Va” in Spanish means “Don’t Go.”

[jazusamo]

Congress needs to dump that $7,500 subsidy for one thing.

You've got that right, what a ripoff.

[GeronL]

bump

[Da Coyote]

I loathe GM, but the Bolt is not bad looking.

However, it, along with the vast majority of new cars, appear to suffer the “fugly” front end disease.

[Huskrrrr]

Coming back from FL I saw a Tesla drive past me, and I was doing about 75mph...really nice looking car!”

I see 4 or 5 Teslas everyday here in the Silicon Valley. I encountered a new Tesla the other day. We both accelerated after a red light turned green, with me trying to pass the Tesla in my BMW. I won....barely.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Send any time at all on the road here in So Cal and you’ll see six to maybe a dozen every day.

[Noumenon]

The name is is off by only two consonants.

[Dagnabitt]

I was at a shopping mall in Aalesund Norway this Christmas. Tesla had a mobile sales office there with about a half dozen vehicles, peddling test drives. As an EV Teslas are exempt from Norway's punitive taxes on performance cars, so in a government-mandated way, they sort of make sense there.

(Of course the speed limit is 80kph in most of Norway, so no performance vehicle really makes sense there)

[beethovenfan]

First the Volt, next the Bolt,.........to be followed by the Dolt?

[Bryanw92]

It’s French. I used to work for a major French manufacturer and they defined a bolt as a “screw and nut”.

It takes a nut to buy one, and the taxpayers get screwed.

[ozzymandus]

Build one that can go 400 miles with the air conditioner on, and be recharged from any 110V outlet in 5 minutes, and cost no more than a comparable gas-powered car, and I might (might) think about it.

[Greysard]

I see 4 or 5 Teslas everyday here in the Silicon Valley. I encountered a new Tesla the other day. We both accelerated after a red light turned green, with me trying to pass the Tesla in my BMW. I won....barely.

Electric powertrain has advantages in performance, this is not even a debatable point. The problems begin when you need to charge the vehicle - it takes too much time. EVs are OK, physics-wise, only for a very regular commute, with no surprises. Then the car charges at home. Still, high cost does not make them financially attractive. Perhaps this Bolt thing will go under $30K in MSRP. This, along with the tax credit and the right to use diamond lanes, may make it practical for the first time. But it's vaporware so far, and the price estimates may be wrong.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

From the dolts at Government Motors that brought you the Volt and the Bolt, comes the brand new Chevy Poult! Coming soon to a dealer near you.

(MSRP: $23,985. freight, dealer prep and rotisserie charges may apply. Sauce not included. Dealer may sell for less.)

[Future Snake Eater]

That was car was designed? By people?