Chevrolet Bolt or Chevrolet Bolt EV is a battery electric subcompact hatchback produced by General Motors under the Chevrolet marque.
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21 Facts About Chevrolet Bolt
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Sales of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt began in California in December 2016, with nationwide US and international markets release in 2017.
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The Bolt was the U S second best selling plug-in car in 2017.
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Chevrolet Bolt was named the 2017 Motor Trend Car of the Year, the 2017 North American Car of the Year, an Automobile magazine 2017 All Star, and was listed in Time magazine's Best 25 Inventions of 2016.
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Chevrolet Bolt has been subject to a number of recalls, with concerns over the battery pack spontaneously catching fire.
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Alan Batey, head of General Motors North America, announced in February 2015 that the Chevrolet Bolt EV was headed for production, and would be available in all 50 states.
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Chevrolet Bolt was designed from 2012 by a team of 180 people in GM's Korea studio, as B-segment size on its own platform, the GM BEV2.
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Pre-production versions of the Chevrolet Bolt EV were built at Orion Assembly in March 2016 and sent to Cruise, who modified the cars by adding sensors in San Francisco.
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Chevrolet Bolt EV is delivered with self-sealing tires whose interior surfaces are coated with a sticky compound to automatically seal small leaks and punctures in the tread area.
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Several other journalists conducted a preproduction Chevrolet Bolt test drive on the same route, and all reported similar results regarding the Chevrolet Bolt EPA-estimated range.
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The rebadged Chevrolet Bolt traveled 259 miles with 50 miles of range remaining.
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Pre-production versions of the Chevrolet Bolt EV were built in March 2016 and sent to Cruise Automation, which modified them as test vehicles for autonomous driving.
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However, in the last months of 2017 Chevrolet Bolt demand rose rapidly; by October, it outsold any other model of electric car, including those from Tesla.
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The Chevrolet Bolt led the state's subcompact segment in 2017, with a market share of 14.
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Chevrolet Bolt has been available in Canada since the beginning of 2017.
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Chevrolet Bolt won the 2017 Motor Trend Car of the Year award, the 2017 North American Car of the Year, the 2017 AutoGuide.
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The Chevrolet Bolt EV beat out the Cadillac CT6 and Jaguar XE to win the Detroit Free Press award for Car of the Year.
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In 2015, Chevrolet acknowledged confusion between two vehicles with a similar-sounding names; Bolt and Volt.
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Autoblog projected similar confusion among European customers where the Opel Ampera-e is just one letter off from the Opel Ampera, the previous-generation Chevrolet Volt sold in Europe – suggesting the names could confuse customers who think the new all-electric hatchback is closely related to the old plug-in hybrid hatchback.
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