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Chevy Bolt - 200 mile range for $30k base price (after incentive)

Discussion in 'Electric Vehicles' started by FredTMC, Jan 9, 2015.

  1. TEG

    TEG Teslafanatic

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    LOL. When I had first production model 3 on order and it was delayed delayed delayed... I test drove a Bolt because I thought for a moment of getting one of those while full tax credits were available. But my sore butt and pinched shoulders after the test drive told me not to buy a Bolt under any circumstances...
     
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  2. wdolson

    wdolson Well-Known Member

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    The limit on every car manufacturer to date has been batteries. Tesla has been the only company to date that could get enough batteries to mass produce any EV. The news is full of legacy makers expanding their battery supply with claims they will start mass producing EVs.

    The Big 3 auto makers have been selling lots of gas guzzling ICE trucks because that's what the market wants. I was talking to a sales guy at the local Ford dealership 5 years ago. He said they keep a handful of used cars on the lot and they could order a new car, but there was zero demand for new cars. He said their new sales are almost all trucks or truck based SUVs.

    GM and Ford have announced EV trucks that will be coming out soon. Most of the legacy automakers see the handwriting on the wall and are scrambling to convert before it's too late.

    GM is slow off the mark, but so is the rest of the legacy industry. Nobody can afford to continue to make EVs in small numbers. The companies that aren't going in that direction will likely be out of business in 10 years.
     
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