I suspect it's well integrated too, but I'm thinking in terms of cars platform sharing, the fact that all the stuff in the hump can function independently of the pack gives more flexibility in placement (battery interconnects and cooling does not have to be redesigned).
The CA Energy Commission was busy last year selecting and approving contracts for installing something like 100 new 50+ kW charging stations at dozens of locations along highway corridors to fill existing gaps. These stations will be installed during the next 2 years with the first installations likely starting in the next several months.
The same basic rebate plan is still in effect as it has been for many years. Like previous years, there is an annually allocated pot of money and at some point it runs dry and people are put on a waiting list until the money pot is replenished. There is little doubt that it will be funded again, as usual. Lower income EV buyers do not face a waitlist because the last $8 million in funds in the pot was reserved for them. Others will have to wait a few months just like they wait months before being able to apply their federal tax credit to their tax returns.
I’m not sure what you mean. If you are referring to the CA Energy Commission grants, the four companies that received them have a roughly 2 year timeframe in which to fulfill their contract obligations. I’m not aware that the state can micromanage the details of their installation schedules.
That seems exceptionally unlikely since the mitigation trust funds (native tribes fund and states fund) just became officially in effect yesterday on October 2, 2017.
And it’s possible the sun won’t rise tomorrow morning....
You can see in the deliveries pdf linked there that the other car made at the Bolt EV factory, the small gas-powered Sonic, saw its sales plunge from 3,851 in September 2016 to 1,356 this September.
