Yesterday evening, ChevyJoltEV.com went live, sending the internet into a fury over its authenticity. Well, it’s not real, internet. But, the man behind the website deserves a round of applause, because it’s really well done.
The epic ruse features a Chevrolet Jolt EV based on the old Tru 140S concept, and everything looks pretty legitimate. The fonts, the language, the branding, it’s all classic Chevrolet and this guy nailed it. There’s even aerodynamics, feature listings and color selections.
The pseudo sports car reportedly will snap 0-60 in just five seconds, while going 230 miles on a full charge. It’s fake price point is merely $30,000. The creator even went the extra step with authenticity, stating 4G LTE WiFi and a 10.2-inch touchscreen is all available inside.
Road and Track decided to find the man behind the site, and they were successful. Matt Teske, a self-described branding and marketing consultant, stepped forth as responsible, and told R&T why he went through all the trouble.
In the end, my goal with building this website, the brand of Jolt EV and the supporting assets, is to prove that the market is hungry for more EV options. Chevrolet has a golden opportunity to combine their new EV platform with one of their existing concepts to produce a very exciting vehicle that will only further cement the Chevrolet brand as the leading automaker on the planet.
And Chevrolet, if you are reading this, I am one of your customers. I drive a 2016 Chevrolet Volt and my wife drives a 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV. That said, I am also a Tesla Model 3 reservation holder. But if you were to build this idea of mine, the Jolt EV, and develop an EV savvy dealership network that includes DC fast charging, you will get my business instead.
Am I alone in this? I honestly don’t think so. I think consumers are hungry for more EV options, and I think that this proposal for the Jolt EV will help to prove that theory. I only hope that like myself, other consumers hungry for innovation from traditional automotive brands can see beyond what has been a lack of vision and truly be excited for the Jolt EV that could be in their driveway in no time at all.
Is it possible the “Jolt” name is used in the future? We think so. But, it probably won’t be an electric sports car. Dream on.
Comments
Haha, this guy. He missed deleting the grille though. I think at some point everyone will have a hybrid or electric sports car, see ecocar3.org
Wow, pretty amazing website he setup for a fake car.
I totally agree with Mr Teske, the market needs sporty electric cars, and I would buy this Jolt. Tesla Model 3 is my only option. BMW was really dumb doing the i3 as a golf cart instead of doing a good looking i4. The ELR is just too far above what I can afford, if it comes down another $10k, I could buy it, but the tech coming from the previous volt is too old now.
We can only dream that GM would built an E car this attractive.
I would totally buy this if it were real! The design screams performance! Hopefully, GM will one day engineer a performance-oriented EV vehicle!
Excellent. I would like to see —
1. Chevy Volt, Bolt, and Jolt
2. Buick Volt (Based on Astra?), Bolt (Based on Encore), and Jolt (based on Avista)
3. Three Caddies would be nice too
All it is missing is a page to spec your own model. And no, I think he was smart to leave in the grill. Grill-free cars look dorky.
VERY cool concept which GM should be inspired by. Nah…they deprived us of the Avista on the alpha platform for Buick enthusiasts so this will fade away as well while they force feed the Caddy market, which by the way is tanking badly. Smarten up GM, you NEED aggressive but not ANGULAR products…..please debate me as your competitors suck up YOUR market share, seriously.
Given how General Motors has said of not wanting EV or PHEV to be unusual looking like Toyota’s Prius or even Nissan’s Leaf; fitting components from Chevy’s Bolt to the Chevy Tru 140S concept vehicle to create a sporty 2-door EV coupe makes a lot of sense; but the question is whether this is simply too logical for General Motors to consider building (although another possibility would be to fit the electric components of the Bolt inside the Buick Encore for a compact EV CUV).
I expect a Electric sports sedan at Cadillac at some point first. That would be in the meat of the market and the best to prove profitable in lower numbers like the S model.
A coupe would be a neat idea but gas coupes are already difficult to sell and a electric one would prove to be a major risk. While the ELR had a lot of issues with cost and the like the coupe styling also damaged its appeal in the market. The back seat was as usable as a 911 back seat.
I would love to see a CTS size car on a light Omega with electric power. Keep the price below the S model and offer more options and refinement. give it a sports appeal with a coupe like roof line and use a large enough battery to make it have a range as long or longer than a CTS gas model. I also would love to see this as a Fuel cell option vehicle too. Give buyers their choice once filling stations are more available.
As for grills I expect them to remain even faked as they are seen as the face of the car and people relate to them very much. It is a very important styling element. But since it is non functioning more liberties can be taken as it no longer has to fit a spec for cooling outside of the batteries and AC condenser.
Do any of you remember the dead GM electric car of “who killed it” fame. That WAS the jolt. THEY CRUSHED THEM INTO A HEAP IN MESA AZ. Bring that body back with new technology for a retro blast. I would scoop one up. So would Ed Begley Jr!!!
Ed Begley feels at home on a bike too.
Have you ever been in an Impact? They were not what I would call Sporty or fully refined.
Also at the time as they got older there was no place to service them or parts to fix much on them. The cost was prohibitive for a GM that really did not have the money to put them into long term production and sale.
GM lost money on them as they were more an experiment. Even now GM is lucky to break even if they even do that.
You get a bunch of goof balls making a movie with out telling the full story just to trash GM. Time to stop making the Impact into a car it really was not what they like you to believe it was.
At best best the Impact was a Test Mule that was safe enough to put people in for a short term. No one paid GM off. GM stood more to gain with a successful car than any oil company could pay them. The truth was they had no way to deal with them as they has no systems in place nor were they going to last like the cars for today’s cars.
To be honest they were not any different than the Fuel Cell Equinox I drove and just not a long term sellable car at the time.
I have been in and around the Impact enough to know what they were really like.