The Bolt (and two other cars) are on the cover of Car and Driver for September.
There's an article ("Nuts About Bolt") with pictures. Little new in terms of concrete information, but it gives driving impressions. Here are a few quotes.
Jab the accelerator and the Bolt makes good on its name...the seats of our pants suggest than seven seconds is conservative. Right pedal down, this front-drive hatchback tears out of the hole and scratches for traction in bends....
Yardsticks aside, the Bolt feels roomy, able to swallow everything short of four-by-eight building materials. Entering the front seat is a horizontal slide, with little up or down translation necessary. The rear bench is chair high with ample footroom....While there are three belts in back, there's only enough witdth to carry that many kids. Two adults fit nicely with the center armrest deployed.
The most disappointing line from the article is this: "According to Tavel, the 200-hp motor's output had to be trimmed at times to diminish torque steer. While passing a tractor-trailer outside GM's Milford proving grounds, we feel exactly what he's talking about. Those who summon all the loose electrons for acceleration will need more than a couple of pinkies on the steering wheel."
Publications like this are becoming less and less helpful. Just looking up feedback you can find online will give you a better baseline of knowledge to work off of than this, it's even more powerful when its information coming from someone with a long history of testing these vehicles or even an owner.
Those are definitely more helpful because they're more experienced in what people want to hear. I recently seen an automotive news article post on Chrysler Pacifica drag racing... I just don't get it..
Possibly, but honestly, it wasn't much of a review. They had a chance to drive it, but the real interesting info will come from MT or C&D when they are allowed to drive one around for a few days and do an instrumented test. That'll probably be in a few months.
Possibly, but honestly, it wasn't much of a review. They had a chance to drive it, but the real interesting info will come from MT or C&D when they are allowed to drive one around for a few days and do an instrumented test. That'll probably be in a few months.
I'll be on the look out for long term tests, left lane news being one of them, but these days there's a growing chance to see that come from an actual owner which to me matters more. Sometimes car makers make special tweaks to press cars.
I think Edmunds is one publication that performs long term tests too, things like getting groceries, taking kids places, etc. I can't wait to read what they have to say after driving a Bolt around for a week.
IMO they're underrated. On the flip side you have publications like Car and Driver that makes you pay for not even half that information, which is information you can find online for free and in abundance. Smaller publications is where its at.
Even guys like TFL Car give great feedback within the short time they have a vehicle, too bad they don't do long term tests.
On the flip side you have publications like Car and Driver that makes you pay for not even half that information, which is information you can find online for free and in abundance. Smaller publications is where its at.
I'm really not too fond of TFL Car. But I disagree, C&D always give you full out information on everything. I've never dealt with pay for anything with them ?
C&D reviews are free and open to the public on their site. Not sure what you need to pay for unless you want to subscribe to their newsletters and magazines.
Here's a little write-up on Bloomberg.com about the Chevy Bolt. They do admit it is a very good vehicle but, just not a looker
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-12-19/the-chevy-bolt-is-the-ugly-car-of-the-very-near-future
I turned the odometer to 1000 miles today, exactly 3 weeks from the day I brought it home. And I am pleased in so many ways. There are things that I am less pleased about, but in no way should any negative criticisms be construed as overall unhappiness.
I supposed technically you could say I...
Pro Bolt, but not necessarily pro GM. You may want to pass unless you have a strong stomach.
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/03/i-bought-a-bolt-today-or-does-gas-trump-fud/
2019 Chevy Bolt EV review:
No longer unique, still something special
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/reviews/2019-chevrolet-bolt-ev-review/
This article starts out :
Chevrolet's far-roaming Bolt EV hit the ground running when it debuted in 2016 with a class-leading 238 miles of EPA estimated...
