General Motors is preparing the final details of the all-new 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV crossover’s world debut, along with the simultaneously refreshed 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV, which is scheduled for this Sunday, February 14th. As a prelude to the presentation event, the company’s South American subsidiary just revealed that it will soon expand Chevy’s EV range in the region.
GM South America confirmed that the company plans to market the upcoming Chevrolet Bolt EUV in the southern countries of the continent as the newest and second member of the Bolt family, which is currently the best-selling fully electric vehicle in Brazil. In conjunction with the Bolt EV mid-cycle refresh, GM will offer a fresh Chevrolet EV portfolio in order to lead electrification efforts in the American subregion.
2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV Teaser
“GM is committed to leading electrification in Brazil and the region. Since we introduced the Bolt EV at the São Paulo Auto Show in November 2018, we have seen a growing consumer interest in electric cars,” said GM South America President, Carlos Zarlenga, in a press release. “The Bolt EV’s success encourages us to continue investing in the segment. We have plans to grow our offer in the coming years,” he added.
After the Chevrolet Bolt EV was first introduced in South America in late 2018, the long-range battery-electric crossover drew the attention of the public and target customers by being the first EV to combine similar price and range than that of a car with a combustion engine. These important characteristics quickly allowed the vehicle to become the best-selling fully electric car in its category in the region.
2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV Teaser
As is the case in North America and other regions of the world, GM decided to convert the Bolt nameplate into a family of rational all-electric vehicles, aiming to democratize access to the propulsion technology. In fact, the revamped Chevrolet EV portfolio is expected to offer greater maximum driving range.
The all-new 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV and refreshed 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV will starting being shipped in the United States during the second half of the year, manufacturer exclusively at the GM Lake Orion plant in Michigan. For now, the automaker hasn’t announced an estimated arrival date for the EVs in South America, but it will most likely happen sometime next year.
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Slow news week…. You would think there would be at least ONE FACT in the entire article, such as what the current range of the BOLTs shipped to South America is, and/or what the ‘new’ range would be. I suppose actual kilowatt-hour capacities (real information) is asking too much.
These guys get paid $60,000 to $80,000 a year for this? As the old song says, “Nice work if you can GET IT”.
I hear you. And on that same note:
This site also seems to lack any manner of moderation of replies; many stories’ replies wander way-off-topic and often degenerate into political arguments with never any action to correct or delete such posts. Several weeks ago, I emailed the site Admin concerning this issue, but—if you can imagine this—got zero response.
IMO, this site will soon either be completely overrun by trolls or else disappear completely due to irrelevance.
I think this article’s author purposely used the word “range” to get us to click on it. There’s no electric range increase. What they meant was that the area in which GM is selling the Bolt family of EVs is growing larger.
“As a prelude to the presentation event, the company’s South American subsidiary just revealed that it will soon expand Chevy’s EV range in the region.
“GM South America confirmed that the company plans to market the upcoming Chevrolet Bolt EUV in the southern countries of the continent as the newest and second member of the Bolt family.”
Or maybe they just meant that the Bolt EV will have more range, but said it in a super confusing way.
I almost read it as area, but reading more carefully I conclude that what they mean by range is range of vehicles as in sedan/suv/compact/etc. This is a site that specializes in good news and complements about GM vehicles of all kinds, and the writer is probably blissfully unaware of the specialized meaning and concern when talking about EV’s.
Bolt EUV looks a lot like Bolt compact hatch. Why copy a vehicle that has been a design flop devoid of any originality? Why offer abject failure 2.0?
GM could have offered an electrified Trailblazer and called it a day. PSAFCA, Stellantis, already offers an EV variant of most European models and is spreading the strategy across Opel and this will effect Chrysler dealerships. Would drivers rather have an EV Cherokee or a tiny Bolt?
No automaker should rely on evolutionary design unless we are talking about a successful segment leader like Tahoe, Equinox, Enclave.
Good, let them have them all.