Chevrolet surprised the 2015 North American International Auto Show when it showed its vision for a pure electric vehicle in the Chevrolet Bolt concept. A quirky, sleek hatchback design houses unknown specifications to power the Bolt for some 200 miles on one electric charge.
Months later, General Motors confirmed it intended to produce the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt, and announced production for the Orion, Michigan plant. It seems as if the timeline is moving quite smoothly because Autoblog has spied the 2017 Bolt testing in the wild for the first time.
Heavy camouflage adorns the 2017 Bolt, but there’s no hiding its hatchback looks style creasing running through the sides of the EV. The over-styled headlights seem to have been replaced with more production ready ones, but have been mostly skewed with three openings in the camo. The rear’s shape looks very true to the Bolt concept vehicle, as does the large greenhouse.
Chevrolet says when the 2017 Bolt arrived, consumers will be able to enter the world of electric vehicles for around $30,000 after federal tax credits. Affordability, high style and impressive range could make the 2017 Bolt a game changer in the EV market. Have a look at the spy shots here, and then bring it back in to let us know what you think.
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Is it just me or is it kind of pointless to 'hide' a test model after a concept has been revealed?
1. It makes way more sense to hide a concept -- since it could be a 'big' surprise of sorts. The Bolt is out of the bag, people.
2. Typically real versions of cars dumb down the concept flair. Well... why not find out NOW if they've dumbed it down too much? Or not enough?
3. Unless you attach big ugly shapes over a car, you can basically see it anyway.
Gm did a great neutral design that can pass for either Chevrolet or Opel with Bolt's Envision-like crease positioned above Chevy Heartbeat lines.
It is smart to fuse Opel and Chevrolet design when it's obvious that the car will pop up in varying markets.
Something about Bolt reminds me of the old AMC Pacer but in a good way.
I am ready to buy one. Good job, GM
I doubt these are production ready headlights - seems like all of the masked prototypes from GM have these little round, uncovered projector beams. I'm sure the final units will be more aerodynamic.