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2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Rides On Unique, Secret Platform

Secrets, secrets. Despite making correlations between the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and possible platform mates, the Bolt EV does not share a common platform with any other GM vehicles in production today.

That’s the latest from Green Car Reports, which spoke to multiple sources inside General Motors to find out if the Bolt EV is riding on the latest version of GM’s Gamma architecture. Currently, the Gamma 2 platform underpins the Chevrolet Sonic and Chevrolet Spark… but not the Bolt EV.

“There are no Bolt EV parts tied to the G2 architecture,” said lead product engineer Josh Tavel. The response was followed by hushed lips after asking what the architecture actually is.

“That’s not something we’re sharing right now,” replied Liz Winter from the global advanced technology communications group.

However, GM spokesperson Kevin Kelley did follow up to state the Bolt EV originally began on the Gamma architecture but evolved to its own platform over time. Perhaps the small EV is sitting on the Gamma’s successor called G2.

The 2017 Bolt EV and its architecture will arrive later this year with an impressive 238-mile range.

Former GM Authority staff writer.

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  1. Chevrolet’s Bolt EV may ride on a platform which is unique now; but this doesn’t mean General Motors won’t be using the Bolt’s platform in the future.

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    1. Right. The Sonic and Spark are on Gamma 2, which is identified as G1, NOT as G2. The G2/G2XX platform is the successor to Gamma 2/G1, which I believe the Bolt EV is riding on.

      Other GM vehicles that I expect will use the G2 architecture will be the next-gen Chevy Sonic, Chevy Spark, Opel Corsa, Opel Karl/Vauxhall Viva, and possibly the next-gen Opel Adam.

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  2. This isn’t new news, though I guess Green Car missed the memo. I hope it wasn’t unintentional link bait on their part.

    The BEV2 platform started with G2XX’s frame and then was redesigned to accommodate the Li-ion batteries in the floor of the car in skateboard fashion – and also to support a future full-size SUV, something G2XX does not support.

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  3. That flat batteries chassis design is not just for small car’s, it’s going to be for larger car’s/vehicles as well,. Look for it in future gm’s electric car’s PHEV, Fuel Cells, starting with cadillac’s

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