Most EVs sold in the world are short range because of:
Post you were responding to was talking specifically about the first 3 months of this year, not since release, so you are talking about something else.
Forget about the A4. From the comments on that Jalopnik article, the Bolt has lower quality interior materials (namely the lowest rent hard plastic possible on virtually every surface, even the ones touched directly like armrests) than even the Leaf, much less something like an e-Golf. This was also pointed out in practically every initial review of the car.
You are over-analyzing/misinterpreting a bit. He obviously read this line from the article: "As we recently reported, it resulted in GM delivering only ~3,000 Bolt EVs so far this year". It doesn't mention model year anywhere, in fact, the link leads to an article talking about Q1 2017 sales (first 3 months of the year), so definitely not talking about model year.
Hmmm. Maybe you're onto something there. Did GM go with a very different cell architecture than Tesla; not based on ganged cylindrical cells?
That refers to annual volume limit, not to initial pack supply. The Model S/X initial roll outs were never held back by pack supply either, it was always assembly line issues and other car parts. Pack supply becomes a problem later on in the game, when at much higher volumes.
Well, I'm saying that is highly unlikely. If even a newbie like Tesla can allocate enough packs/cells for the initial production, I doubt that GM can't do that. LG is the supplier and they started production 2-3 months before Bolt production did.
