The new Chevrolet Bolt will arrive for the 2027 model year, and the automaker recently gave current owners a sneak peek at the car, sharing details we hadn’t heard yet. Chevy plans to build the car at its Fairfax, Kansas plant, and the brand claims it will arrive with the lowest price of any EV on sale.
The 2027 Bolt will launch with a price of $29,990 after destination, with a lower-cost LT base model coming later for $28,995. Attendees at the Bolt event posted some of the new model’s specs online, showing a 255-mile range and far faster charging speeds than the previous model.
The new Bolt will charge from 10 to 80 percent in 26 minutes, which Chevy said is three times faster than the outgoing car. That improvement is due in part to a move to GM’s Ultium EV technology for the car, and it will come from the factory with a Tesla NACS charging port.
When it lands, the Bolt’s price tag will make it the most affordable new EV on sale, undercutting the also-affordable Nissan Leaf, which costs $29,990 before the $1,495 destination charge. A $30,000 car wouldn’t have felt that affordable a few years back, but the Bolt’s price should give it a strong competitive foothold among many other more expensive competitors.
[Images: Chevrolet]
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I’m gonna guess GM priced this AFTER seeing the Leaf’s announcement. And I believe there’s gonna be a cheaper leaf with a smaller battery later on. With Nissan’s current situation, though, they’ll lose any race to the bottom.
Clearly GM cut a fat corner by keeping the look from 10 model years ago and not looking lie their (pretty slick, IMO) current lineup, though that never hurt Tesla.
Their current lineup of not-BOFs is nothing but drop tops and I don’t mean convertibles. Dammed aero.
This is a reboot of the EUV, introduced in 2020, rather than the original Bolt EV introduced in 2017.
Some Teslas (Model S) are literally the same vehicle that came out 13 years ago. No changes whatsoever so ever.
255 miles of range…..um….nope.
I wonder when the new batteries from CATL will enter the American market. More range, less money, not impacted by cold and hot temps.. That might make EV’s practical alternatives to real cars.
