Chevy Bolt EV, Bolt EUV Voted Electric Vehicle Top Pick For Commuting
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Automotive classifieds website Cars.com has announced its 2022 Top Picks for the electric vehicle segment, naming the 2022 Chevy Bolt EV and 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV as the top “Commuters” of the segment.
The new top picks were made in conjunction with the website’s latest EV Buying Guide, in which Cars.com looked at the price, range, comfort, and features for more than 30 new all-electric models on sale in Q1 of the 2022 calendar year. Through this evaluation, the website determined Top Picks in several categories, which, in addition to Commuters, also included Top Picks for Value, Families, and Luxury.
With regard to the 2022 Chevy Bolt EV and 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV, Cars.com called the two all-electric Chevys “quick, fun to drive, and compact enough for congested streets and city parking, yet comfortable.”
Additionally, Cars.com acknowledges that both models were recently faced with a major recall, but that “further problems are unlikely for this established model.”
For those readers who may be unaware, General Motors recently recalled all Chevy Bolt EV and Chevy Bolt EUV models after the discovery of a manufacturing defect in the vehicles’ battery packs. The defect may lead to a fire while charging, with GM replacing all battery packs as a precaution following the discovery.
As a reminder, the 2022 Chevy Bolt EV and 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV ride on the GM BEV2 platform, a dedicated all-electric vehicle architecture. Both models feature a 288-cell, 65 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, which provides juice to a front-mounted Voltec motor to put down 200 horsepower and 266 pound-feet of torque at the front axle.
Range-per-charge is rated at 259 miles in the Chevy Bolt EV, and 247 miles in the Chevy Bolt EUV. Both vehicles are produced at the GM Lake Orion Plant in Michigan.
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I think the damage has been done. I think gm will find success with other ev models but I don’t see this one making a rebound on sales.
Agreed. Its toast.
How can a vehicle rebound on sales if it never sold well to begin with?
Actually, I think it’s going to bounce back just fine. Why? Because there’s almost no other EV available in this price range and it’s got an established supply chain. For the next year or so it’s got the budget EV market almost to itself. The current Kia Niro EV is going out of production and its replacement is delayed (of course). And I don’t know for sure but I believe that neither Kia nor Hyundai are selling EVs in all 50 states yet, are they?
You might argue that a top-spec EUV is competing with a low-end Model Y, but Tesla prices have climbed considerably. Ford hasn’t even announced an EV in this segment yet and seems to be hitting production snags with the Mach-E.
Combine all this with the massive new interest in EVs with high fuel prices and I think GM will be selling every Bolt they can make.
I think this much better than the others that refuse to investigate the root cause of the problem.
I feel more comfortable than any others.
Nothing says great for commuting like your vehicle catching on fire and stranding you.
What a joke study lolol
I’ve owned a Bolt since ’17 and agree with all its accolades except front seat comfort which the new ones apparently have addressed. It has excellent maneuverability and handling, is smooth and quick. Its versatility is superb. And it is not affected by the rising costs of gasoline.
Still waiting for the call to change the battery, but I’m not worried due to the very minuscule odds of a fire happening.
I’ve thought that the battery issue would have killed it off, but the car’s excellence has changed my mind. I think prospective EV buyers shall be willing to give it a shot due to its excellence at an entry level price for an EV.
I am on my 2nd one. My wife drives the kids around with it and loves it. She calls it the perfect commuter car. With $6/gal gas where we are it is just killing it. We have solar so no electric bill. And, the best part is we, like you, will be getting a new battery (Your new one will be large/more range) which resets the battery warranty. Total win.
14 Bolts out of 141,000 made caught fire. That’s the odds at 9.9*10^-5 or 0.001%. These all occurred while no one was in the car. Per eSurance, your odds of getting into an accident ever 1000 miles you drive are 0.39%, that’s 2 orders of magnitude more. The moral of the story is, if you can tolerate the risk of driving at all, you should be 100X more able to tolerate the risk of a Bolt catching fire.
I have yet to hear of an Equinox bursting into flames in someone’s garage (0%). Just sayin.
Only because fires in ICE cars aren’t newsworthy.
Gas-powered cars are an order of magnitude more likely to catch on fire spontaneously.
I posted a link to GM’s recall for Equinox fire risk but I guess it got deleted for some reason. Anyway, Old School, please google it and you’ll see the very car you used as an example is, well, not a good example. All vehicles contain an energy source which can be a source of fire. The odds of them catching fire and hurting us are so far below the odds of being hurt just driving a car period that we accept the risk. The Bolt is abnd should be treated no differently.
Because it is an EV it gets sensationalized and people spread FUD.
Best comment on this thread! Trolls are drawn to comment on EV’s for some reason. I see it everywhere.
Still waiting for the replacement battery for my 2020 Bolt. In the meantime my range has gone from great to pathetic.
Did you have the recall done limiting the range? I couldn’t tolerate the range limitation so I never had it done. Or has the battery really worn out that quickly? You didn’t mention how many miles are on the battery, nor what your present range is…
I don’t blame owners for being leery of the software update, but there’s one HUGE benefit: it also includes new diagnostics that can identify problem modules.
I’ve seen a lot of stories of Bolt owners who kind of jumped the queue for battery replacements because the software update flagged bad modules.
My dealer is working through the 2019’s right now. If you call the dealer they should be able to tell you where they are. I have a Spring 2021 vehicle so will be amongst the last in line. The upside is I am running miles like crazy on it so will get a fresh battery and battery warranty reset with close maybe 20k miles on the present battery.
The ’22 Bolt is not currently in production so these accolades are irrelevant. GM sez it will begin producing 2023 models May 9. I remain skeptical.
My dealer has new Bolt’s on the lot right now.
Bolt goes back into production on Monday.
I have a reservation for an EUV Premier that’s set to build the week of April 25. Since they’re only producing ’22 models for a few more weeks I think they’ll qualify as collector’s items 🙂
Lucky you. When did you book yours? We put a deposit down 2 months ago and my dealer hasn’t given me a date yet.
Last October. It wasn’t a special order per se but they had a unit on order already in the spec and colour I wanted.
Ok thanks. We ordered directly from the factory. No word yet on ETA.
LOL, just don’t park it inside the garage or too near the house, they are flammable!
before or after they catch on fire
I am still waiting for the battery replacement on my 2020!!!
I have an un-remedied 2020 Bolt EV Premier. I’m about two weeks away from finding out the buyback amount on my repurchase request.
In the meantime, I’m considering replacing it with a Kia EV6 GT-Line. Heat pump, more range, and 300kW charging (where available) pretty much seal the deal for me.
The EV6 is a great car, no question, and if you can find one that can deliver right away with no dealer markup, you’re lucky…
It’s better than the Bolt by just about any measure but you’re also paying considerably more.
Right. I knew the EV6 would be more considering the big feature differences (way faster charging, 800v battery, better ADAS, AWD, on and on). I have driven both the EV6 and Polestar 2, and honestly I’m still on the fence. I can get a Polestar 2 *now* from a variety of their city locations less than a day’s drive away.
One of the local Kia dealers I’m talking with does NOT dealer markup, and one does. So at least I have a potential source. He quoted me about 100 days for an ordered EV6. I’ll make my final decision when my GM buyback number comes in.
But they can’t sell them until GM lifts the stop sale order.
I’ve been hearing some odd things. Apparently some dealer stock IS getting battery swaps, and I’ve heard of one Chev dealer who claims they can deliver a ’22 with the charge-limiting software update.
I just got am email on Tuesday trying to sell me a new Bolt from a dealer here in SoCal. They said they just got them in.
i just got the replacement battery for my 2019 Bolt….works great so far …does have the extended range, got the software update, battery coolant flushed and the warranty restarted ….glad i waited it out for the new battery since there weren’t any other vehicles i wanted that were NOT suvs , and with the higher gas prices now and the limited amount of new vehicles, and the higher cost dealers are getting for them , it is even better that i kept the Bolt……