2023 Chevy Bolt EV, Bolt EUV Production Start Pushed Back
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Production of the 2023 Chevy Bolt EV and 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV has been pushed back, GM Authority has learned.
According to GM Authority sources, production of the 2023 Chevy Bolt EV and 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV is slated to begin July 21st. Order books will open June 9th. Previously, production for both 2023-model-year vehicles was set to begin May 9th, but that date has since been revised as production for the 2022-model-year vehicles only recently resumed. Both the Bolt EV and the Bolt EUV are produced at the GM Lake Orion Assembly plant in Michigan.
As GM Authority covered previously, General Motors paused production of the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV following a widespread vehicle recall over a manufacturing defect in the vehicles’ battery packs. Both models were potentially produced with faulty batteries that could lead to a fire. Following an internal investigation by battery supplier LG Energy Solution, the fires were linked to two individual manufacturing defects, specifically a torn anode tab and also a folded separator in the packs themselves.
Back in February, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) closed an investigation into the battery pack fires. The investigation was opened in October, 2020 following numerous reports that units of the Chevy Bolt EV and Chevy Bolt EUV had caught fire while charging, or when the vehicles had reached the end of the battery charging cycle. Production of the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV was paused towards the latter half of 2021, only to resume early in April of 2022.
The 2023 Chevy Bolt EV is the seventh model year of the first-generation nameplate, arriving with just a few changes over the preceding, fully refreshed 2022 model year. Meanwhile, the 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV is the second model year of the first-generation nameplate introduced the year prior. Both models feature a 65 kWh battery pack, as well as a single front-mounted Voltec electric motor rated at 200 horsepower and 266 pound-feet of torque. Both models ride on the GM BEV2 platform.
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dealer markups made me forget about this car, and the charger is the slowest
The Toyota and Subaru slow to Level 2 speeds after 80%. That is the slowest of any modern EV and one from BYD.
After 94%, the Busy Forks and Solterra slow to *1* kw, Level 1 speeds! It will take more than four hours to get to 100% on a DC Fast charger, which is downright absurd. Even the relatively slow Bolt can be completely full in about 90 minutes. I don’t know how Toyota flubbed the car so badly; they really don’t want to sell EVs I guess.
no you cant fully charge a bolt in 90 minutes , even a super charger cant charge one that fast, can only charge as fast as the car can take it
The Bolt can take 55kW per hour, and only has a 65kWh battery. So how do you figure it cannot DC fast charge in 90 minutes?
I still believe that GM should drop the Bolt and just make the Bolt EUV the so called regular Bolt.
Or the Bolt should be a one trim vehicle at $25,000 or lower and the Bolt EUV should start at $30,000 but offer at bare minimum 100 kW Charging Speed…..Bare Minimum. Current Fast Charging Speed is a complete and utter joke. You cannot road trip with these cars at all unless it is about 150 Miles round Trip.
How many people road trip a Honda Fit, Kia Soul, Chevy Sonic? They are great around town, commuter, weekend get away cars. Not every car has to do the cannonball run challenge weekly. It also makes a great second vehicle.
Plenty of EUV’s under $28K on autotrader.
Their 55 kw charging is a joke
Most people commute in a Bolt and can charge Level 2 overnight and be ready for it again in thr morning.
Funny. I’ve done great road trips in the Bolt MY20. Didn’t really find the charging part a problem. Car was always ready before I was.
The charging curve for 2020+ models is decent. So it’s not unworkable, particularly if you’re only traveling ~400 miles a day and stopping once.
I’m moving to a new home, 56 miles away, in my 2020 Bolt EV Premier. I charge overnight to 80%, take a load at sunrise, water the grass, unload, return home, put it on the charger, reload the car, have lunch and a little TV news, finish 3 hours of charging, head back to the new place, unload, return home, put it on the charger, reload the car, take a shower, watch a ballgame/have dinner, go to bed and get up at 5:30 am to do it again. Works for ME!!!
Biggest joke is the dealers trying to add 4 grand market adjustments. Lol. Anyone that pays that is an idiot
Plenty of sub-$30K Bolts on autotrader.
Houston’s #1 Chevy dealer offers MSRP less $500 and another $500 military (including veterans) discount. My best friend out in Kirkland, Washington bought a new Toyota Highlander Hybrid recently and, besides the 6-8 week wait, had to pay a $5K markup over MSRP.
if you paid 5 grand over stick, you should see a doctor, that is stupid as hell, ill never pay one penny over sticker
I wouldn’t either, but my best friend lives in Washington State and he had no choice. The Toyota Highlander Hybrid isn’t a Chevy Bolt.
Went passed a Honda, Toyota and Chevy dealerships this week. Inventory so low they looked as if they were out of business. Honda looked like the show room was empty? Oh, passed a Ford dealer today and only saw used cars in lot. Crazy times.
Just let the Bolt have a respectfull and peaceful death. It’s over.
Same to you.
Is your life that miserable that you have nothing better to do than to come on this site and constantly complain about GM?
Still cannot believe GM abandoned the Chevy Volt. Ready for a road trip with its back up four cylinder and great mileage around town. My 2016 Cadillac ELR based on Volt drive train has gotten me 52mpg lifetime in a full size Cadillac. GM sabotaged that car with a $75,000 price tag when, with its asounding good looks, it could have sold at a wonderful pace in the $50,000 range. Too busy building big boy trucks for soccer moms I guess.
HI Bill I have a 2014 ELR – that I got for slightly less than $50,000 brand new.
I don’t comment on my car too much anymore since all the big experts who have never owned, read reviews, or driven one (let alone seen one) are beyond clueless on this forum.
I’m planning on trading in my 90,000 mile ELR on a basic Lyriq – but now I see they have sneakily boosted the MSRP $3000. Talking to dealers this thursday and friday – but preparing to be greatly underwhelmed.
Still waiting for my new battery for my 2022 BOLT EUV, along with ‘reset’ warranty.
Still waiting for your battery is it because it was a recall cause batteries going on fire is that why?
HUH?
York;
I have 6,000 miles on my 2022 Bolt EUV… Low mileage since I wanted to put all the mileage on my 2019 VOLT prior to its warranty expiration last february. (I want failures to happen in-warranty – not out of it)… Nothing turned up failing – but that was the gamble I made.
Originally purchased with a 100,000 mile, 8 year warranty…. If they change the battery TODAY i’ll be given a 106,000 mile, 9 year warranty. The longer this takes, the longer my warranty will be. I’m sure that is why these NEW BOLTS are constantly pushed back since the priority (per the accountants at GM) SHOULD BE to replace all the old batteries FIRST since that way they can start the clock on the extended warranties…
Yes I should have kept my 2017 BOLT EV and gotten a 160,000 mile, 13 year warranty. And bought a 2023 BOLT EUV later on when it is $6,300 cheaper. But used car prices recently and currently still are through the roof, so all in all my decisions have not been all that bad, turns out.
My wife still drives her 2014 Volt. We have taken it to Vegas (we live in California), visiting our son at TwentyNine Palms, down to LA and stuff. For her normal commute, she only uses her electric miles. Last time I check, shes around 95mpgs lifetime. I just never understood why Chevy just didnt stick with that Voltec drive train and improved the hell outta of it. Its a good drivetrain.
Isn’t it nice to see the Bolt EUV commercial on TV for me which means those vehicles have a new replacement battery in them!…In the meantime, here I sit waiting for my turn to have a battery installed in my car which I purchased in July of ’22….really?…I still don’t have any EV credits,since I had to pull a permit and install my own level 2 charger outside the garage, after Qmerit screwed up their job!…
It is a lot simpler to just get gas!
Gas sucks and is extremely inconvenient. Not to mention, basically every gas station around is trashy and awful. Let’s not do that anymore.
Hi Tony – I purchased by 2022 bolt EUV in June – waiting for my new battery also…. I elected to have the $500 EVGO credit – which only took several months to actually get – and the fact there are no EVGO or partner ChargePoint FAST chargers anywhere near where I want to go.
I’m curious – please elaborate as to precisely what QMERIT did – and what damage they did to your home, and how much if anything it cost you to repair it.
Bye for now, Bill
Go troll elsewhere. You’re a joke.
You must live in a dumpy area. You shouldn’t do that anymore.
I’ve had a Bolt for over three years, taken long trips, etc. and the car has been nothing but pleasure. It’s even rechargeable at Tesla stations (with a simple adaptor I keep in the trunk) So what’s the problem? People who don’t own or don’t like electric cars greatly overestimate the difficulty of charging.
People who don’t drive electric cars get smoked off the line by my Bolt.
Jonathan Lopez, thank you for the information. Especially the information about the 2023 order book date being opened June 9th. I have a Bolt which is still eligible for a swap, but was left out when the 2022 order books closed. Now I know when to call the dealer.
In the meantime I will enjoy daily driving my Bolt in the Carpool lane, passing all of the fast vehicles which are stuck in traffic.
I always appreciate the information here at GM Authority.
GM Authority information is great, the comment section not so much.
There are still 2022s at GM distribution centers. You or your GM rep just need to find a dealer who will participate, tag and take delivery for you and get some cash and an allocation for their trouble.
I have a 2020 Chevy Bolt on a three year lease ending next January. I’ve been waiting months for my replacement battery. I called the dealer and they said they had no idea when my turn would come. So I called General Motors to see if they could tell me. They also had no idea. Of course, they are heavily advertising Bolts on television. So the ones they are selling have the replacement or new batteries. The old customer like me waits, while the new customer gets the royal treatment, including the free charger install. This is despicable behavior. I’d like to see someone on the national news interview GM and see how they justify treating consumers this way.
Unless the up the speed a lot for charging, I won’t buy one
Ok , what’s going on here. GM is reporting huge first Q sales , but the real numbers show GM is down 20 percent from Q 4 numbers, someone is cooking the books
Q4 numbers were just 26 EVs. It would be hard to not top that in Q1.
They sold 455 EV’s. The stock is headed to 29 bucks.
I think the Bolt would be OK if you only drove it close to home, but with 55 kilowatt charging it would be a nightmare for long trips, it’s got to be the slowest charging EV in the world, that and dealers adding thousands to the sticker just makes this a poor choice , the Kona Electric seems to be far superior and price is the same
For many an EV is a second or third car so it doesn’t have to do long trips. Even the Bolt can do 300 miles trips with a 30 minute stop.
And the Kona has very limited availability, so it’s not an option for most.
I’ve done a long trip and I got about 150 miles out of at least an hour stop, starting the recharge at around 50 miles (20%) left and finishing around 200 (80%). My best stop was at a motel with Electrify America stations. I recharged myself with a few Frio 6.0s while my Bolt was having a few kWs of electricity.
when they get the batteries replaced on all the bolts that are sitting in fields, and now the factories are making more I think you will see lots full on them, with the dealer markups and the customers finding out that the charging is so slow one them, no one will be standing in line to get one ,
This car has a chance , but only if they at least triple the charging 55kw is a joke, but remember GM really behind the rest of the world in EV’s