GM is a member of the alliance that requested the emissions requirements be rolled back, but I believe GM is serious about electrification. They have made substantial invesments in both the Bolt and the Volt and that tech will expand into their other models in the future.
According to the tweet announcement by someone near the Waterloo plant, production on the Bolt EV has started, and they are currently producing 9 per hour.
With a little math, that works out to about 18,000 electric vehicles per year.
The tweet says they are looking to increase to 30 per hour...
Seems to me like GM is just being cautious - if you remember the LEAF there was a bunch of negative press when things didn't happen quite like Nissan had said the would.
The less you say, the less people can be upset. Sure, upset about lack of details, but that isn't the same as hearing one...
Extra portable charge cord is $535??
Do they mean extra because it's an additional cord, or extra as in no just portable, but super portable (like it's the size of a smartphone or something?)
I could only find a prediction that the Ampera-e (Bolt) will come to Australia, but no actual press release or announcement from the company. Has anyone heard anything official?
Price for the Base LT Trim package is listed as $42,795 in Canada.
There is also a $1600 destination charge.
The LT trim in Canada comes standard with DC fast charging (in the US the DC Fast charging is $750 USD extra)
Other standard options are Regen on Demand steering wheel paddles, rear view...
The hardest part is putting all the components together into a package. LG is just one of many suppliers.
Any new player to market will have to learn, like Tesla did, that building cars isn't easy
Car makers didn't help build out a network of gas stations, so why help with a charging network? Especially with the ease of charging an EV at home or office or anywhere on the existing electric grid.