Chevy Bolt will be available in Europe, but not the UK

[lukestuke]

According to AutoCar, at the Frankfurt Motor Show, General Motors confirmed the Bolt EV will make it to Europe.

However, since it won't be available in right hand drive, the Bolt EV will not be offered in the UK.

via General Motors “sources” that yes, the Bolt will arrive in Europe (quite obviously as an Opel product as the Chevrolet brand has left the building). But that when it does, it will only come in left hand drive – no US RHD production will be undertaken.

And while GM has not put a target on a specific number of total Chevrolet Bolts they are looking to sell, a couple of suppliers for the EV have said GM is looking for enough supply components for its Michigan line to be able to build 25,000 to 30,000 per year.

With Europe getting a limited fraction of this amount, likely no more than 10%-15%, the R&D cost to produce a portion of those Euro-bound Bolts in RHD would make the exercise a money loser.

We expect to see the first Chevrolet Bolts delivered in the United States in early 2017, likely as a 2018 model. Look for any European delivers in volume to start someday in the Fall of 2017.

 

[voltage]

This seems odd to not offer the Chevy Bolt in the UK

 

[boeselhack]

Seems so. Neither the Chevy Bolt nor the Opel/Vauxhall Ampera-E appears on one of the two UK sites:
http://media.gm.com/media/intl/en/chevrolet/vehicles.html
http://media.gm.com/media/gb/en/vauxhall/vehicles.html

Change the location on top of the page to another country and the Opel "Ampera-E" appears on nearly every country other page in Europe.

 

[boeselhack]

I made a comparison of the latest press images between the Chevy Bolt and the Opel AMPERAe:

Full Details on Google Photos: https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_/photo/AF1QipPY8gpE44t0r8Ha-ySj3buwCb5H3eg3-6kcMceF

More details from the latest press news on the Opel AMPERAe:
http://media.gm.com/media/de/de/ope...6/opel/08-24-ampera-e-weltpremiere-paris.html

From 0 to 50 kmph (0 to 31.1 mph): 3.2 seconds
From 80 to 120 kmph (49.7 to 74.6 mph): 4.5 seconds
And high-speed: 150 kmph (93.2 mph)
These are all provisional data according to the press news.

And here's a drag race (30m): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmMdy1TYpsE