As GM Authority covered back in November 2023, production of the Chevy Bolt EV and Chevy Bolt EUV was slated to conclude in December 2023, marking the end of the first generation of the two affordable electric vehicles. Now, it appears as though this was exactly when production of the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV officially sunsetted.
The 2023 Bolt EV and 2023 Bolt EUV ended production at the GM Lake Orion plant in Michigan on December 20th, 2023. General Motors will now shift its focus towards development on the next-generation of the Bolt EV.
“We can confirm the current Bolt ended production in December as was previously communicated,” a Chevy spokesperson stated. “However, customers may still find available Bolt EVs in dealerships across the country. We look forward to sharing news on the upcoming next-generation Bolt, which builds on the formula that has made it one of Chevrolet’s most popular products, in the near future.”
It’s worth noting that preliminary numbers indicate that The General reached its own goal of building 70,000 Bolt EV and Bolt EUV units during the 2023 calendar year. Looking at GM’s sales numbers, 62,045 units were sold in the U.S. during the 2023 calendar year, along with another 14,075 units delivered in Canada during the same timeframe.
As previously stated, General Motors confirmed that there will be a second-generation of the two electric vehicles. Arriving for the 2025 model year, the next-gen Bolt EV will be based on the current model rather than a clean-sheet design, and could be built at the GM Fairfax plant in Kansas.
In addition, the second-gen Chevy Bolts will be equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, which will be purchased from a supplier. Interestingly, the GM Ultium batteries found in almost every GM electric vehicle feature a nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum (NCMA) chemistry.
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Wannabe Tesla vehicles.
Nobody wants to be like Tesla. In fact the best thing a manufacturer can do is be a non-Tesla and it will garner its own cult following.
Nobody, Humm?
LFP’s are less expensive to make, so not surprising. LFP is also less energy dense, so range will be less or weight higher. Several manufacturers are going LFP for the economy EV’s. I think the good side of this is LFP’s are less prone to fire when there is a fault.
LiFeP batts most often use lithium hexafluorophosphate as an electrolyte, which is nonflammable. They contain no nickel or cobalt either.
Tesla is also using LFP batteries in some of their vehicles. LFP batteries have some unique benefits: (1) could be charged up to 100% without battery degradation, (2) better handling for a cold climate, (3) my higher charge/discharge cycles.
LFP batteries perform worse in cold climates than other lithium chemistries.
Not that it matters but could have sworn they said the new model would be Ultium based.
What is so “mind-bogglingly stupid” about hydrogen powered cars as Elon Musk has stated? EV’s aren’t too hateful, but it would be wise to maintain a clean combustion alternative.
What’s stupid about it? No place in my part of the state to refill. Much too expensive compared to gasoline or diesel.
At least electrics are usually much cheaper to refuel, and 80% of the time it’s done at home.
Then an EV isn’t for you right now. Given ~90% of car sales in the US are still ICE I think you have plenty of selection. That doesn’t mean in 5 years, or 10 years from now the situation hasn’t changed.
I own 3 plug ins.
They work for me
This is a crazy non sense move. How are they ending production at the same time they are introducing the Bolt for sale in South American markets? Are they building the Bolt for Chile, Brazil and other countries in the US?
No, they are not building the Bolt in the US for other countries. The factory where the Bolt is built is going to be used for other Ultium based vehicles. Technically GM does build a Bolt EUV like vehicle in China. So maybe they’ll import that,
But that’s my whole point. Why are they taking out of the US market when it is finally selling well and keeping it for other markets?
GM should keep it here too, at least until the new version gets ready.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/04/gm-introduces-the-chevy-bolt-euv-in-brazil/
My Chevy Bolt has been one of the most reliable, enjoyable, trouble free cars I have ever owned. My granddaughter has a Tesla, but she prefers to drive mine Teslas are nice don’t get me wrong. You can tell that a little Chevy Bolt are going to be around for a long time even after they quit manufacturing them.
They didn’t stop. They just took it away from the US and started factories in South America to sell it to them instead.
There are no factories in Central or South America building the Bolt at this time. Even the new Ultium based Bolt is being rumored for GM’s Fairfax plant in Kansas
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/04/gm-introduces-the-chevy-bolt-euv-in-brazil/
That says nothing about selling them. The Cadillac Lyriq was introduced in the fall of 2021. I just received my a week before Christmas.
You missed half the article?
” The new Chevy Bolt EUV was officially presented as Chevrolet’s second all-electric vehicle in Brazil after the Chevy Bolt EV, and its launch is expected to take place during the second half of this year, when it is scheduled to hit the dealer network. GM Brazil had already confirmed plans to introduce the Bolt EUV, as well as the all-new Chevy Blazer EV and Chevy Equinox EV in major South American countries starting this year.”
Did you miss the fact that the story was from April 2023? Everything I said still holds. They built Bolts for the South American market at the Orion plant last year (2023). Looking at the data in Q3 they sold 37 in Columbia and 23 in Brazil. I’m sure they sold additional ones in Q4. They might sell some in 2024 Q1/Q2, depending on how long it takes to ship and sell the remaining Bolts headed to South America.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/11/chevrolet-bolt-sales-numbers-figures-results-third-quarter-2023-q3/
After that point, they will either get the Bolt EUV equivalent from China or no Bolts until the Ultium based Bolt are available.
I could have sworn I live in the US! But I guess they are going to move Kansas to South America!
They may introduce it, but with no factory they won’t build them.
This is GM’s forte, that of discontinuing plug in cars with no replacements.
More than 13 years after the first mass produced V olt, they, with the stop sale order on the Lyriq and Blazer EVs, they are currently manufacturing not a single middle class plug in.
Really bright to discontinue your sales leaders.
They’d rather sell ICE vehicles so they could get residual income from repairs and frequent replacements
There’s is no stop sale on the Lyriq. I picked up my Luxury 3 AWD Lyriq on December 19th. People are posting daily about receiving them on Facebook and the Cadillac Lyriq forums.
“Just as the manufacturer anticipated when announcing its EV product strategy for South America earlier this year, General Motors has just officially launched the 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV in Colombia – the first country in the region to receive the electric crossover.”
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https://gmauthority.com/blog/2022/11/2023-chevy-bolt-euv-officially-launches-in-colombia/
Meanwhile, the Nissan LEAF keeps chugging along and gets a re-style next year…