Chevrolet Bolt family. Part 1.
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GM made an interesting short statement recently about the next-generation Chevrolet Bolt. Mark Reuss mentioned it would be ” just one member of a family of Bolts, including an even lower cost option”.
Quite a vague statement that could mean a number of things. He also mentioned the next Bolt might not be as cheap as the previous one which started at under $29,000. This is fine since it will no doubt charge much faster and could even have a longer range thanks to the Ultium platform.
As far as the “family”, it seems obvious Chevrolet would add some sort of SUV body style to the regular Bolt. Something smaller and cheaper than the current Equinox EV. Which is actually quite large at over 20 inches longer than the previous Bolt EUV. There is plenty of room for something smaller and cuter than the rather generic Equinox.
The big change for GM will be making a profit from the next Bolt. Since they have just announced they are now making money from their current EVs. Something Ford has yet to achieve. That’s probably why they are even mentioning a “cheaper “lower-cost option”.
With not one but a few new Chevrolet Bolt models, it seems GM will be getting even more ahead of Ford in the growing EV market. GM is now making money from all these cars and they are on a roll with even more models coming from all their brands. Meanwhile, Ford has a 2nd generation Mach-e planned for late 2026 if that’s still in the cards. They’ve either canceled or delayed their 3-row EV SUVS. And we haven’t heard of these 2 cheaper models on the new platform yet…
We will probably see the new Bolt later this year. With 2nd body style by the end of the year, at least as a concept. There could be 1 or 2 more. And I will talk about it in “part 2”.
The illustrations above show what a Bolt and Bolt SUV could look like.