Chevy Bolt screams middle America like Walmart Khakis

[3Victoria]

The Bolt looks like a Japanese subcompact hatchback on the outside (the profile is a doppelganger for the Honda Fit), and the interior has clear Korean aesthetic.

If this be true (and I would have to take your opinion at face value), then what part of this car is GM? Perhaps that is unfair, since currently most things are very international. For example, we have discussions in Canada over how much a song is Canadian based on who wrote it, performed it, produced it, etc.

 

[BluestarE3]

For example, we have discussions in Canada over how much a song is Canadian based on who wrote it, performed it, produced it, etc.

And does it have to performed in both French and English?

 

[anticitizen13.7]

If this be true (and I would have to take your opinion at face value), then what part of this car is GM? Perhaps that is unfair, since currently most things are very international. For example, we have discussions in Canada over how much a song is Canadian based on who wrote it, performed it, produced it, etc.

All of it.

GM is a multinational automaker. If I remember correctly, the prior generation Chevy Cruze was largely designed and engineered by GM employees in South Korea.

 

[3Victoria]

? I thought the batteries, battery pack, drive train, and electronics (at least) were built by LG?

 

[astrotoy]

Bolts will be sold at Chevy dealerships. That means if the demand is low, there will be plenty of negotiating room on price. There may even be factory incentives. If the demand is high, that means there will be extra dealer markup, beyond the sticker price. A key will be how the sales people are compensated. If Bolts are treated like all other Chevys, then there will be no incentive for the salesperson to recommend to a customer that they buy a Bolt, over some other car. The dealership, if Bolts have similar maintenance needs as a Tesla, will not have an aftermarket service profit as an extra incentive. On the other hand, if Chevy gives the salesman an extra bonus for selling a Bolt, and the dealer is paid something extra for factory warranty service, then you will see sales people steering customers to the Bolt.

 

[jerjozwik]

No. The $16-18K Fit. The Fit EV has what? An 80 mile range for $37,000?
And it looks just like the $16,000 model.
How many have they sold, do you suppose?
Robin

late to the reply, but honda never sold the fit ev. lease only, and only 980[ish] were built. it was a compliance car in the purest form. and, started deliveries in 2012.

 

[EV-lutioin]

That carswithcords article from February is out of date as it precedes the Volkswagen dieselgate settlement. VW is all but certain to build a nationwide wall of fast DC CCS chargers for everyone to use along highway corridors and their German HQ will pay for it.

VW Settlement May Supercharge non-Tesla DC Rollout in US - HybridCars.com

Nothing is "all but certain" with VW, except maybe their lack of credibility.