Red Sage
The Cybernetic Samurai
Just as there are Tesla Naysayers, I have taken the role of Traditional Automobile Manufacturers Naysayer, in regard to the notion of their actually bringing viable, long range, fully electric, performance cars to the market at affordable prices, if indeed at all. It isn't that they can't do it. I firmly believe that they won't.
I know that GM showed one car in September 2014 that they called 'BOLT' and that they showed something entirely different in January 2015 that was called 'BOLT'.
I know that the Cadillac ELR did not reach the market until five years after the Cadillac Converj concept was first unveiled.
I know that the Pontiac Banshee was never built, but that a few pieces of plastic bodywork were added to the Firebird around five years later.
I know that GM created multiple alternative drivetrains for their EV1 program and that only one of those was fully electric.
I know that traditional automobile manufacturers in general, and GM in particular, tend to be very slow about bringing concepts to market. GM has never brought a car from concept to market in less than three years. Not once. There is no reason to expect a fully electric BOLT will arrive in less than two calendar years -- January 2015 to October 2016.
I know that GM showed one car in September 2014 that they called 'BOLT' and that they showed something entirely different in January 2015 that was called 'BOLT'.
I know that the Cadillac ELR did not reach the market until five years after the Cadillac Converj concept was first unveiled.
I know that the Pontiac Banshee was never built, but that a few pieces of plastic bodywork were added to the Firebird around five years later.
I know that GM created multiple alternative drivetrains for their EV1 program and that only one of those was fully electric.
I know that traditional automobile manufacturers in general, and GM in particular, tend to be very slow about bringing concepts to market. GM has never brought a car from concept to market in less than three years. Not once. There is no reason to expect a fully electric BOLT will arrive in less than two calendar years -- January 2015 to October 2016.