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Some predictions put the cost per kWh below $75 by the year 2020, that could really make a range difference in electric vehicles of that generation!

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https://youtu.be/yWSnpgNhU_Y Walk-around of 2017 Chevrolet Bolt at the 2016 Toronto International Auto Show It's done by 'The Driver' in Canada, and has good shots of the Bolt with doors open and inside the hatch. The cargo space looks decent - looks like it does down farther than you'd think...

I almost feel bad for Nissan since they were EV pioneers with the LEAF 5 years ago, but I think they've been lazy and riding the coattails of their early success. I mean how long did they think it would take for someone else to come up with an entry level EV with better range and more features...

Wow thanks for sharing! How did I not know about those? ....

Thanks for the details - I just bought one off of Ebay, I'll see how cool it is for real when it gets here :)

The production version of the Bolt EV has a completely different style of wheel. There is no mention anywhere of smooth wheels, or wheel inserts that are completely smooth like the prototype had. Either they figured they look too goofy for a production car, or the Bolt EV didn't see any range...

There, found a smaller image :)

Wow, ok, now maybe I see why you didn't embed the image - it's huge!

Ok spill (or is it dish?)! Where'd you get it!? I want!

Toaster :) The stylish and compelling Battery Electric Vehicle on the market is the Model S, and the rest are cramped compacts and not very compelling appliance vehicles. However, at the price point Chevrolet is targeting, there are plenty of cars sold every year in the same size segment, and...

If other automakers keep putting pressure on, then Chevy will have to roll it out continent wide. Volkswagen just announced they are building an electric vehicle as a Chevy Bolt competitor - which means Chevy has spurred others into action. The same can happen - if the Bolt EV is only available...

Nope, not me. I spoke with my local VW dealership and he said that it was simply the dealership taking reservations in order to have an order to sell the first few Chevy Bolt EVs it receives. A similar thing happened with the LEAF I think, where Nissan dealerships would take orders and...

Yep that's true, good to know a 6' plus person fits with ease!

Another great snippet of article from InsideEVs: http://insideevs.com/chevy-bolt-200-mile-ev-battery-cooling-and-gearbox-details-bower/ Tesla Model S, and BMW i3 however use simple parallel-helical single speed gear reduction gear sets. What do we see in the Bolts Gearbox? It is still a...

Great article from InsideEVs! GM’s Volt, and Tesla’s Model S both use an active liquid battery cooling system. Tesla snakes a flattened cooling tube thru their cylindrical cells resulting in a very simple cooling scheme with very few points for leakage. GM Volt and Spark EV use thin prismatic...

Supercharger is a big advantage for Tesla, if you want to travel long distances along those corridors, and if the Model 3 has access to the network (likely for an additional fee above the $30,000 cost I'd assume). The Tesla Model 3 will be rear wheel drive, possibly with an all wheel drive...

That's a Tesla sized battery.. in a compact car! If it starts at $37,500 I think even late adopters will find the Bolt appealing.

Based on the charge speed of the DC quick charge of 45 minutes to 80%, and of an EPA rated range of 200 miles (which isn't confirmed yet and won't be for some time), and using the Nissan LEAF EPA rating and battery pack size, that puts the Chevy Bolt battery pack size at 51.3 kWh