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The Chevrolet Bolt is one of the most anticipated cars of 2016. GM's first long-range battery electric vehicle is due to hit dealerships before the end of 2016 and beat Tesla's Model 3 to market as the first mass-market long-range BEV. There has been speculation until now as to the Bolt's actual range; on Tuesday morning, Chevrolet confirmed that you can expect an EPA-estimate of 238 miles on a full battery.
We're still not entirely sure how much the Bolt will cost, but Chevrolet says the MSRP will be under $37,500 before any rebates or tax incentives are taken into account. Since its 60kWh battery qualifies the Bolt for the most generous federal tax credit ($7,500), you should be able to pick one up for $30,000—slightly under the average US car price of $33,000.
The race to dominate the mass-market electric vehicle segment is on.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @11:31PM
It's just come out that a Tesla was involved in a fatal accident earlier this year...in China --
http://www.motortrend.com/news/reports-of-fatal-tesla-crash-earlier-this-year-in-china-surface/ [motortrend.com]
> Yet another Tesla crash has made its way into the headlines, and this one actually occurred before the first reported fatal crash of a Model S in Florida this May. Now, Tesla is investigating a fatal Model S crash that occurred in China this past January, although it remains unclear if Autopilot was involved.
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> A 23-year-old man was killed after hitting a street sweeping truck while driving down a highway in his father’s Tesla Model S. Police found no indication that the Tesla braked before colliding with the truck, reports Eletrek. It’s unclear if Autopilot was engaged at the time of the crash.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday September 14 2016, @11:36PM
Summary of facts: young guy, from rich family, in fast car, killed in highway accident.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by KilroySmith on Wednesday September 14 2016, @11:46PM
In other news, there were roughly 3424 deaths worldwide in cars powered by gasoline yesterday, and none of them were reported.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @11:58PM
false [wtsp.com]
(Score: 2) by KilroySmith on Thursday September 15 2016, @01:00AM
Damn. Only 3423 left to go...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 15 2016, @04:06AM
"none of them were reported"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 15 2016, @11:17AM
Then by definition the one you cited was not part of that group. They didn't write that all accidents were not reported, just that 3424 were not reported.
Stupid pedant can't even do pedantry right, Lets see you apologize for being wrong. no? that's what I thought, coward.
(Score: 2) by arslan on Thursday September 15 2016, @04:09AM
I suspect, looking at the way the news is trending, they will be once Tesla manufactures gasoline cars...
(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Thursday September 15 2016, @09:23AM
The amount of press coverage isn't dependent on what power source a car has... Tesla has been a little too boastful about the superior safety of their driver-assist (or "autopilot") features, and it's pretty much guaranteed that whenever somebody has that attitude, people pay proportionate attention to anything that contradicts their claim.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @11:46PM
...in an electric car!
Putting batteries in cars is a recipe for disaster.
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Thursday September 15 2016, @01:55PM
As opposed to filling them up with petroleum distillate and putting a massive chunk of metal in the front bit, which is totally safe.
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