General Motors has unveiled the refreshed 2022 Chevy Bolt EV, dropping cover in a joint debut alongside the all-new 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV.
Outside, we find the 2022 Chevy Bolt EV draped in revised styling that’s now more angular, aggressive, and futuristic, with a more upright fascia, plus revised lighting elements front and back
Inside, we find the refreshed 2022 Chevy Bolt EV features a new instrument panel, new controls, and new seats, as well as a 10.2-inch infotainment screen and 8-inch digital gauge cluster. There’s also a new electronic gear shift design, a flat-bottom steering wheel, and a button providing one-pedal driving button for greater regenerative braking.
Tech goodies include the Chevy Safety Assist suite as standard, which includes features like Forward Collision Alert, Automatic Emergency Braking, Following Distance Indicator, Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning, Front Pedestrian Braking, and Intellibeam. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, wireless phone charging, and 4G LTE Wi-Fi are also offered.
The 2022 Chevy Bolt EV once again rides on the GM BEV2 platform, with motivation sourced from a single-drive electric motor producing 200 horsepower and 266 pound-feet of torque. The motor is juiced by a 65-kWh lithium-ion battery, providing 259 miles of range per charge.
Standard DC fast public charging provides up to 100 miles of range in 30 minutes, while Chevrolet also says it will cover installation of a Level 2 charger for eligible purchasers and lessees.
“In collaboration with Qmerit, the offer gives customers access to faster charging right where they want it – at home – and with the new available Dual Level Charge Cord, a standalone charging station is not required,” Chevy states.
Further public charging options are provided via EVgo, with more than 2,700 locations around the U.S. opening by 2025. Buyers will also have access to location data on an additional 80,000 chargers throughout North America through the myChevrolet app.
Pricing for the refreshed 2022 Chevy Bolt EV starts at $31,995, including destination, before state, local, or utility incentives. That figure is a $5,000 price drop compared to the 2021 model year vehicle. Availability opens up this summer.
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Fantastic update. Really modernized the design.
Completely agree huge step in the styling department.
NOPE, Chevrolet is LOSING MONEY on every 1 it sales that’s why they dropped the price by $5000, Why waste money or time on something that don’t look good and will drop in value faster than a Yugo ?
Why super cruise on the EUV and not the EV?
I agree,
Fantastic update !
Just FYI you have the Bolt EUV in most of these pictures…
of the 7 pictures 3 were of the EUV, but yeah they need to catch that.
Haha…lower case gm… too funny.
No, those are all the Bolt EV
LOL yeah they are now! They fixed the pictures.
i absoultly looove it! a freind already put a order for 2 for him and his wife and his daughter is getting the old bolt{2017]!
The Bolt EV while slightly better looking than the EUV in my opinion, still looks tame. The interior makes up for the tepid exterior with a very functional and ergonomic design.
I wonder if the EUV is available without the roof rails which I don’t need and would not want. They make the car look taller and busier looking IMO.
Hideous, kill it with fire!
at $40K it would be hideous. but with tax credits, i think it is a decent looking vehicle at $25K.
The refresh looks good but the charge times are ridiculously slow. The infotainment is already 3 years old. Nothing new there. Are power seats even available now?
Why bother with near identical Bolt and Bolt EUV? Why bother with such unexciting styling when rivals will offer similar range but finer design like Mustang and whatever PSA sends to Chrysler?
Mustang EV may offend brand die hards but it grabs attention and is an over more appealing car.
This isn’t a criticize of your comments but I have been wondering the same things myself. The only conclusions that I have come to it this. That the Bolt EV and EUV are bread and butter electric vehicles. When the VW id3 and id4 and other similar size vehicles comes to the states. Americans will have the choice, do I buy European cars and give European auto makers my money and jobs or do I support American car makers and jobs. Both Bolts are excellent EVs, as good if not better than European and Asia based car makers. The design of the Bolts is not to offend, I personnel fine them cute. It’s good enough to challenge the dominance of VW in Europe, their small size is ideal for European and Asia where small cars are dominant and parking is at a premium. They will never replace the pickup but they are an excellent second car for those chores that don’t require a larger vehicle.
GM did a great job modernizing the Bolt front and back. The interior is finally not a complete joke.
I am shocked at just how much more modern GM was able to make the Bolt with just updating the front and the rear end.
While I am very glad they lowered the Price it just did not go low enough. I know I keep saying 25K and I still think that should be the price, it should at least have started under 30K
GM better pray that the new rumors that the 25K Tesla vehicle is actually much closer to Production that Elon led us to believe is False. Once that car comes out, it is Game over. GM in my humble opinion needs the Bolt to be their 25K EV Vehicle. I mean it utilizes their OLD Battery and Motor Tech and is just not at all competitive at a DC Charger. Hope I am wrong and this sells in Drives and the Tesla 25K Car truly is Three years away and not 1.5 to 2 as Rumored right now.
GM better show us a Mustang Mach-E, Nissan Ayria, and VW id.4 Segment Chevrolet very soon.
So I just went to Chevrolet’s site and they have both of these up now. Can’t build one, but there are a lot of pics and some videos. I’ve come to the conclusion that if I were looking for an EV from Chevrolet now, I would absolutely go find a 2020 or 2021 Bolt. It’s proportions are better and the overall look is much better. What I noticed and alarms me even more than the exterior is that the interior now has a very Toyota-ish look to it. That is NOT a good thing! Something about the steering wheel and dash that faintly screams Toyota. Too bad. I think Chevy missed the mark on this “new” Bolt and Bolt EUV big time.
LOL Where do you even see the Toyota look, There is nothing that screams Toyota at all.
Alarmist reaction over a massive improvement over the previous model.
Nebula: Can you expand on your claim of “massive improvement over the previous model”? In what way?
Significant improvement in charging? Nope. Looks? Nope. Interior space? Nope. Range? Nope. Interior style? Not in my opinion. Prove me wrong, but I’m not reading or seeing anything that makes this new model any better than the old one. Because I feel the inside and outside look worse, I therefore feel GM missed the mark big-time on this. So share why you disagree.
There is no Toyota styling here. I describe all of Toyota’s style as “catfish mouth” styling and there in none in the Bolt or any other GM product.
Ah, Walt and Nebula: You may want to go back and actually read what I said. Quote from my post above:
“that the interior now has a very Toyota-ish look to it. That is NOT a good thing! Something about the steering wheel and dash that faintly screams Toyota. ”
THE INTERIOR!! Now, google a Toyota Yaris or Camry or Avalon interior pics. No, they are not identical. But there is a very significant similarity. Look at the dash, screen, door panels and steering wheel specifically. This is not an improvement over the last model in any way. Add that to the exterior blunder and you have a huge swing and miss in my opinion. But again, that’s just my opinion and you don’t have to agree with it.
Yeah no, sorry don’t see it.
Why super cruise on the EUV and not the EV?
The EUV is more premium, likely has more room for the sensors, and I think GM will be marketing the Bolt EV more towards Fleets and the EUV to consumers.
To keep the cost down. Maybe GM are setting up the EV to be the bargain basement EV for the masses. Over time in will migrate downwards to be included in future models.
Guess the original Bolt owners will like it…. not sure about anyone else.
Ok first a question: Why are the EUV and EV batteries 65 kwh when brand new – the current BOLT EV has 66 kwh? Long term, my 2017 Bolt ev that was 60 kwh when new is ‘rated’ long term at 57 kwh. Long term, likewise the current bolt’s new 66 kwh battery should be 62.7 kwh.
Assuming these are all the same batteries since the EPA range of the NEW Bolt EV is still 259 miles (250 for the EUV), why the ‘nomenclature change’?
It was not mentioned, other than saying the new ‘occasional use cord’ is 7.2 kw standard in the EUV and optionally available with the EV, I wonder why the main charging ‘improvement’ (Fast charging for both cars remains at 55 kw) the at-home charge rate is now supposedly 11 kw (with a 48 ampere wall box).
I have heard no one ANYWHERE complain about the existing 7.7 kw on-board-charger the car has had since the 2017 model. Unless GM got a good price on this larger 11 kw model and plans on using it as the base charger on ALL electric vehicles from now on, with an optional 19 kw unit for the Caddy Lyriq and presumably also for the more expensive GMC hummers..
Myself, If I was buying a 2022 BOLT EV (seeing as it has many better dimensions and a lower-price than the EUV) 1LT super-basic trim level – I would just like to have some of this stuff that I’ll never use remain optional..
With the Toyota Rav4 PRIME – buyers will have the OPPOSITE problem. Those who want a ‘BIG’ 6.6 kw on-board-charger, and a 1,500 watt inverter (to cook bacon or whatever when camping) have to spend almost $10,000 extra to get these features over the base model sold in the USA. If they spend less than $10,000 then they get a S-L-O-W 3.3 kw charger and a 400 watt inverter – enough to charge up a big laptop, or a fast charging tool battery – but that is it.
Time to buy an aftermarket ‘Harbor Junk Tools’ cheapie inverter for the bacon.
Why why why, it’s still early days in the EV evolution. For example, pug in chargers are a temporary solution, eventually charging will be done by base plates which use Wi Fi. The first thing they have to do, is get the prize down so expect compromises.
I have to admit as a quite liberal person in a blue state, I much prefer the idea of a PHEV than a pure EV. We live in a major west coast city in a downtown highrise. So only need/have one car (pre-pandemic we got by on no car, instead relying on public transit and Uber/Lyft).
While an EV covers us for 95% of our driving, it’s that last 5%, where you do a long road trip, which makes me squeamish about not having access to an EV charger.
Our building is getting EV chargers installed in our garage stalls later this year, and for sure our next vehicle will be a PHEV. 90% of our trips are easily less than 25 miles roundtrip, so most of the time we’ll be going electric.
Kinda wish that GM had continued with the Volt, TBH.
MikeDR: I 100% agree with you. Points are spot on. And you hit the nail on the head with the comment about the Volt. I have zero clue as to why GM dropped the Volt instead of improving on it. They were the leaders in that segment IMO. They had the best one out there with the longest pure electric range. All with zero range anxiety! But the stupid’s at the top couldn’t see that. And now we go from a very nice looking Volt and the ok looking Bolt to these now more ugly and less appealing Bolt and Bolt EUV’s.
@MikeDr
The issue is mostly that the other Automakers haven’t caught up to Tesla tech yet.
I road trip and have zero issues. I stop to use the bathroom, grab coffee, or to eat and I plug in. Super Easy.
Get up to 190 miles within 15 minutes. I bet you most Rest area stops people will spend at least 10 minutes if not more.
Just imagine when Tesla starts to utilize their 4680 Cells.
A Model 3 will get like 450 Miles if not more.
You can but shouldn’t Road-trip in these Chevrolet Bolt vehicles. They simply do not charge fast enough at DC Chargers. These are mostly city cars or secondary vehicle in my humble opinion.
Plug-in-hybrids are a temporary solution, Pure EVs have only 1% of the moving parts of ICE/Hybrids, not zero maintenance but less maintenance. They have greater acceleration, torque, less noise, this makes them more enjoyable to drive.
Unfortunately, they won’t have a real world towing capacity.
You won’t have problems towing a small trailer for domestic purposes with these small vehicles because of the their high torque. If you want something larger for towing you will have to wait for the Tesla Cyber truck or semi or other such vehicles. It’s still early days in the EV evolution.
Hmmm, Tesla Cyber truck….I don’t think so.
Turning radius – one of the most ignored yet important traits of a car. With its longer length, I wonder if the EUV has the same turning radius as the EV. My 2017 Bolt just barely completes a U-turn on my street without having to stop, back up, and resume forward. Something I do each and every day.
So why did you buy a GM product like the Bolt if it barely meets your standard? Did you not test drive it with a u turn on your street? Too many people have cheap criticisms of GM and it’s like they are forced to buy something that they don’t like.
Funny you mention that cause that’s how I feel when I see the complaints about the 8 speed transmission, did you not drive it first before buying it then complaining that it never shifted properly! Obviously not I guess… lol
That is interesting! We have turning radius constraints when buying a vehicle, because it’s a tight turn-in to get from the alley into our parking garage. I rented a Bolt via Turo, and didn’t have any issues getting it into our garage.
It actually has a fairly tight turning circle of 35-feet and change. Many vehicles are in the 38-40 foot range, which is just abysmal.
The Bolt is no Fiat 500 in this respect (which has a 31 or 32 foot circle if memory serves), but I found it quite competitive and at the lower end of modern vehicles.
What vehicle did you drive previously that was better?
Most all of what I have owned needed to stop, back up and proceed with making a U-turn on my street which is a dead end. Just the way it is, you live with it. But then I leased a Spark EV – a real pocket rocket – and I became spoiled with its handling ease. Suddenly a U-turn was a snap to do.
Eventually the lease ended, and I soon bought a Bolt which is bigger than the Spark, yet still is capable of making the U-turn on my dead end street.
Power grid not looking too good right about now for some people….
There is also Chinese Chevrolet EV Menlo, & it’s larger, and has less “look at me, I’m EV” ethos. Bolt and Bolt EUV leave me cold with those tiny wheels and Astra proportions. Neither Bolt looks substantial or exciting!
I like PSA strategy where a vehicle like Mokka can be ICE or EV. I keep waiting for a domestic to be influenced by Subaru which is rapidly growing. A Bolt that looked and handled like Forester would put dents into Tesla.
For the EV Bolt the wheels are 215*50*17, also remember you are getting GTi performance for the price. The new GTi Golf does the 0-100 in 6.3 seconds, while the Bolt does it in 6.5 seconds and it is about $9,000.00US less in price than the Golf. These are conversion figures so they differ from one country to the next. I agree with you about the looks, they are a bit bland but so are Audi’s. Bland doesn’t age as quickly, this maybe the reason of the conservative look of the car but I still personnel think its’ attractive, others will disagree of cause.