Mary Barra Hints Chevy Bolt May Return On Ultium Platform
GM CEO Mary Barra suggested in a radio interview this week that there might be a next generation Chevy Bolt in the works.Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, sat down for an in-depth interview with Kai Ryssdal, the long time host of American Public Media’s, a half hour show that focuses on financial matters.
Presumably, the computers that schedule the sequence of manufacturing at the factory decided the orders could not be completed by the time build-out occurs this year. Since there will be no Chevy Bolt production the following model year, there was no alternative but to say, “Thanks for your business but we aren’t making that car anymore. Sorry.” Well, without the “Sorry” part, in this case.
At the end of the tour, my wife and I agreed that, if it were our money, we would buy a Bolt. The Model S was simply too pricey for our budget and too big. We are lifelong Honda Civic, Saturn SL2 kind of people. While the Teslas were quite spectacular, they were too large for our tastes. The i3 simply did not have enough range for our needs. We both agreed that while the Bolt, while seriously lacking in interior appointments, would be a fine car for us if we decided to go electric.
The Ultium platform today is the basis for the Hummer EV, the Silverado EV, and the Cadillac Lyriq. It will soon be the platform for the upcoming Equinox EV and Blazer EV. Does that mean it could also work for an updated Chevy Bolt? That’s a definite maybe.GM has spent a considerable amount of time smoothing and polishing the Chevy Bolt. It has added a slightly larger, more SUV-like version called the Bolt EUV.
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