While we won’t have the “official” specifications for the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV until 4 p.m. Eastern time, The Detroit Free Press has compiled what it has learned so far after spending some time driving the EV.
Below are preliminary specs for the 2017 Bolt EV, which Chevrolet is expected to announce during the official reveal:
- Nine hours to fully recharge on Level 2
- EPA-estimated range of 200 miles or more
- Available in late 2016
- Expected output of 150 horsepower
- 300 pound-feet of torque
- 0 to 60 MPH in seven seconds
- Top speed of more than 90 MPH
- DC fast charger will recharge car from 0 to 80% in 45 minutes
- Price still claimed to be less than $30,000 after the $7,500 tax credit
- 10.2-inch touchscreen
- Exterior structure is made of aluminum, carbon fiber and mineral magnesium
- Battery tucked under floor
- Seating for five
- Four USB ports, as well as the OnStar 4G LTE.
Be sure to tune into the live reveal on Facebook Live, and check out first drive impressions of the 2017 Bolt EV right here.
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Not sure I want to know the Level 1 charge time, sounds like it may be over 24 hours.
Still a good deal overall. Could see myself buying one.
Is this the sort of thing where you’ll never use all of the charge on a typical day? Meaning you might only recharge a third or half of the battery? Making Level one maybe doable?
200 miles is a pretty normal long-distance drive range. Without a Level 2 charger nearby, you could be waiting more than a day (or at least half a day) to use your car again when you reach your destination.
There are more SAE Combo (Level 3 Bolt-compatible) chargers than I had thought in California, largely due to ChargePoint betting on the success of it. That means Bolt will have at least a skeleton supercharger network of its own in CA.
My big fear is Level 3 charger traffic jams. The Tesla Supercharger grid is set up for many cars in use at once. I am not sure ChargePoint will be ready for that demand, with some places only having Level 3 SAE chargers for 1-2 cars currently.
The Volt exists to solve this problem.
A married couple with two cars. The one with the longer daily commute would likely use the Bolt. The other person would own a car that has no issues with long distance drives.
If they can only afford one car, a Volt. If they want to be as green as possible (and can afford it), a Volt and a Bolt.
Thanks to poor marketing I ‘missed’ the entire deal of the Volt. That it was a green car for limited miles and a regular car for the rest. I took that to mean it’s not ‘really’ a green car. But it is if you use it as intended.
Would the bolt ride on the gamma ?
Yes, G2XX more specifically. It will continue to share underpinnings with Spark more specifically, same as Spark EV. Just a lot more batteries and a bit more upscale interior (to compete with Tesla Model 3).
Something in me says “they kill their own”. Can’t trust yet but happy to see the promised of another EV on the horizon