2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV (left) and Bolt EV
At present Chevrolet unveiled its redesigned-for-2022 Bolt EV electrical automobile, and likewise took the wraps off the Bolt EV’s all-new, SUV-like sibling: the 2022 Bolt EUV.
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The Bolt EUV shares its powertrain and primary structure with the Bolt EV, but it surely’s about 6 inches longer general, which provides it 3 inches extra legroom than the EV within the again seat. Nevertheless, the EUV’s cargo room just isn’t improved over the EV. It’s really a shade much less, measuring at 16.3 cubic ft behind the rear seat and 56.9 cu. ft. with the rear seat backs folded, in comparison with the EV’s respective measurements of 16.6 and 57.0 cubic ft.
2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV
The Bolts’ all-electric powertrain is a single-motor drive unit that makes 200 horsepower. It has a 65 kWh lithium-ion battery that allows a Chevrolet-estimated driving vary of 259 miles for the Bolt EV, and 250 miles for the marginally bigger, heavier Bolt EUV.
The front-end design of each automobiles is highlighted by “high-eye” daytime operating lamps (which additionally operate as sequential flip alerts) perched above the headlamps. Inside options embody an 8-inch configurable digital gauge cluster, 10.2-inch infotainment touchscreen, and space-saving push-pull gear-selector buttons instead of a conventional shifter. A driver-selectable one-pedal driving mode will increase regenerative braking to the diploma that the driving force can pace up, decelerate, and are available to a whole cease utilizing solely the accelerator pedal. Additionally included is a Regen on Demand function, which allows the driving force to provoke regenerative braking by pulling on a steering-wheel-mounted paddle.
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2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV
Heated/ventilated entrance seats and heated outboard seats can be found on each Bolts, as are a 360-degree surround-view monitor, rearview-mirror digital camera show, wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot, and wi-fi charging.
The Bolt EUV is accessible with GM’s Tremendous Cruise semi-autonomous hands-free driver-assistance system. It’s the primary Chevrolet to supply the function, which is at the moment provided solely on choose Cadillac fashions. The EUV will get the bottom model of Tremendous Cruise—not the improved model provided at Cadillac, which incorporates hands-free lane-change functionality.
DC fast-charging functionality, which allows the Bolt EV so as to add as much as 100 miles of driving vary in half-hour of charging (as much as 95 miles for the Bolt EUV), is customary. The myChevrolet smartphone app has an Vitality function that allows customers to find charging stations throughout the nation to plan for a highway journey. A Twin Stage Cost Wire, which has a changeable plug that permits charging on an ordinary 120-volt three-prong outlet or a 240-volt outlet, is customary on the EUV and out there on the EV. And, in partnership with EV home-charging firm Qmerit, Chevrolet will cowl the set up of Stage-2 charging functionality within the houses of eligible patrons/leasers of a Bolt EV or EUV.
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2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV
Each Bolts are slated to go on sale in all 50 states this summer time. The Bolt EV begins at $31,995, and the Bolt EUV begins at $33,995 (each costs embody vacation spot). The Bolt EV’s sub-$32K base MSRP represents a value discount of greater than $5000 over the 2021 mannequin. A limited-production Launch Version model of the Bolt EUV, which incorporates Tremendous Cruise, a panoramic sunroof, distinctive wheels, an illuminated cost port, and particular badging, will begin at $43,495. Regardless that the federal tax credit score of $7500 is now not provided on Normal Motors automobiles, there could also be different state and native incentives that might decrease the precise transaction value a bit extra.
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The redesigned Chevrolet Bolt EV and new Bolt EUV signify an extra dedication to an all-EV future from Normal Motors, however neither automobile appears like a full step ahead at this level. The electrical powertrain is basically carryover expertise, and the Bolt EUV isn’t radically totally different from its Bolt EV sibling. The EUV’s further passenger room and added options are welcome enhancements which will nab prospects who wouldn’t have thought of a Bolt EV, however all-wheel drive just isn’t on the menu, and even Chevrolet calls the EUV “SUV-like”—not an SUV—in its official press supplies.
Nevertheless, the pricing of each 2022 Bolts may be very aggressive—even with no federal tax credit score—and the opposite new options and enhancements ought to assist these automobiles entice extra first-time EV patrons and bridge the hole to when GM’s forthcoming, next-generation Ultium battery expertise hits the market.
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