The Chevrolet Bolt is planned to start production next year. It is going to be produced at a small-car plant north of Detroit with a planned run of 25,000 to 30,000 cars per year. The Bolt will most likely be produced in the same factory as the Chevy Sonic and Buick Verano. That factory has been operating below capacity recently.
By the time the Chevy Bolt makes production it may be competing with the Tesla Model 3 as well, depending on if Tesla is able to get that model on the market according to their own time table.
The Tesla car is vapor ware at this point. Its one thing making high dollar low volume cars for wealthier clientele...its another thing all together being held to the opinions of the lowest common denominator, delaer networks supporting the mass aspect of the 3, not to mention a distribution channel system and the small caveat of actually producing them in significant volume...somewhere...
Tesla has been ok to this point because they're dealing in low volume high margin product, once you dip down to $30K you're playing the volume game, I don't see Tesla with the scale to operate efficiently and healthily down at those levels...
I think thats why you're seeing them feet dragging...
Indeed, it's like their first big move at going high volume, tough game to play with what we have already established here about them. Hopefully it works out for them but as many folks, my money is on GM having control of this segment.
There will be growing pains at first for Tesla, but they will have to make a big move like this if they want to really grow and not stay as a smaller car company. They are building factories and making the investments. It's just a matter of having all those investments returning dividends in a timely fashion.
Much of Tesla's success isn't success as a car company, its success selling shares...Wall street is starting to see the cracks in the armour... like for instance predicting earnings of 35 Billion by 2025... Thats selling 8 million plus cars at 10% profit margin...
Let me put it to you this way, Largest Automakers by sales 2014
Tesla sold 17,000 cars in 2014... to put THAT in perspective Tesla will need to achieve FIVE THOUSAND PERCENT GROWTH (YES 5,000%) over the next 10 years to achieve that absurd goal...
Suppliers say the Bolt qwill be in stores for q1 2017, meaning production begins in late 2016...
"The message from consumers about the Bolt EV concept was clear and unequivocal: Build it," GM North America President Alan Batey said in prepared remarks at the Chicago auto show.
Supplier sources told Reuters that Bolt production will start in October 2016 and sales would likely begin in early 2017.
Putting it into numbers that like sure make you think, and really think about how and if they ever will reach that level and in 10 years... at the current state that looks slim to me.
That is true, might just be a matter of time and the right models, first thing I think we all can agree on is them getting key models out to the market
That's actually pretty significant since many EVs are first released in California, then the other states that use California's regulations, then everywhere else.
Chevrolet will need to stockpile a lot of Bolts before the official 50 state release. If they are stockpiling completed units, they could be going into production very soon.
If the Bolt is set to be released in the states in q1 2017, how long will Canadians have to wait... Granted the U.S. will be the beta testers for the first few batches but it's still a long wait.
My guess is by Q2, usually canadians get it right after or even around the same time but when it comes to these vehicles, they don't seem to be as much of a priority.
As long as you have something to get around in waiting shouldn't be that bad. I feel sorry for people wanting this that have a lease ending in timing that doesn't work with with the Bolts release.
I mean the Volt is out and it is quite similar to the Bolt. Most of the difference will be in the body type as I understand it. And there are also things like the Leaf, and maybe there will be others too by that time.
That along with using all the accessories we would typically use while getting that is what i'll be on the look out for. One thing for sure, we'll be hearing and seeing a lot about it, probably have journalists go on road trips for some real world feedback.
I guess I'm not that concerned about range. More is better, but I never drive over 200 miles in a single day. Maybe I'll have to rent a car for road trips, but other than that it would have no impact on my day to day life.
Mark Reuss (GM President) replied to someone's Facebook post hoping that Chevy will release the Bolt on December 5, 2016, just in time to celebrate EV1's 20th anniversary. Not exactly a "yes" from him but not a "no" either.
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