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: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday September 15 2016, @08:31PM
The Tesla Roadster has an 8000W cabin heater.
ICE vehicles stay cold for about 5-10 minutes until the engine warms up. By that time, you may be at your destination.
Of course, 8kW for 30minutes, would use like a third of your overnight charge. However, if you do the heat radiation calculations, you will find that if does not take that much power to maintain the cabin temperature.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Friday September 16 2016, @03:04AM
It's not the cabin temperature, it's the temperature of the batteries that matters.
And Tesla has had a huge amount of trouble as a result of their batteries not performing well in low temperatures. I'm not sure about the other manufacturers, but I doubt they're fairing much better with that.