GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra introduced throughout the firm’s quarterly earnings convention name that Chevrolet will introduce a next-generation Bolt, persevering with to ship what prospects have come to anticipate: nice affordability, vary and expertise.
“Our prospects love at present’s Bolt. It has been delivering file gross sales and a few of the highest buyer satisfaction and loyalty scores within the trade,” mentioned Barra. “It’s additionally an necessary supply of conquest gross sales for the corporate and for Chevrolet.”
“We are going to preserve the momentum going by delivering a brand new Bolt…and we’ll execute it extra rapidly in comparison with an all-new program with considerably decrease engineering expense and capital funding by updating the car with Ultium and Ultifi applied sciences and by making use of our ‘profitable with simplicity’ self-discipline.”
Drawing on varied Ultium and Ultifi technological developments will assist GM carry this standard mannequin again to market on an accelerated timeline. Timing and particular particulars in regards to the next-generation Bolt will probably be introduced at a later date. The Bolt is anticipated to hitch Chevrolet’s rising lineup of all-electric autos, three of that are launching this 12 months — Silverado EV, Blazer EV and Equinox EV.
From its market introduction in 2017, the Chevrolet Bolt modified the sport as the primary long-range, mass-produced EV obtainable to prospects at a very inexpensive value. Gross sales of Bolt EV and Bolt EUV by way of the primary half of 2023 have been the strongest up to now. Eighty % of Bolt house owners are staying loyal to Chevy and practically 70 % of patrons who’re buying and selling in a car for Bolt are buying and selling in a non-GM product.
Jul 25, 2023