Since the Chevy Volt was designed to take care of most of everyone's daily driving with the 35 to 40 miles of electric range originally (2010 version of the Volt), then added in the gas powered part of the car affectionately known as “the range extender” to give the early EV adopters the ability to plug is but also drive everywhere.ĭo consumers really need a range extender when you have 240 miles of electric range? So if we look at the difference between what happened with traditional drivers that drive over the 40 miles average (range of the average consumer) it seems to me that we're looking at a huge difference in terms of what the Chevy Bolt will do to Chevy Volt sales. The Chevy Volt does have an appeal to people that want to drive electric around town but once or twice a year drive a kid away to school someplace far from home or go to see relatives or some other reason. Previously, I’ve written about the facts and figures of Chevy Volt drivers that show a very high percentage of the time the Chevy Volt stays within the Electric mode of driving thus validating the original design idea of 40 miles of EV Range which is the average daily driving miles of Americans. We all know that the gas engine kicks in after the 50 miles of range in the Chevy Volt with the range extender making it a long range car. So why would I think that the Chevy Bolt would Cannibalize Chevy Volt sales? Chevy Volt comparison leans toward the Bolt for a true 5 passenger seating configuration. The Volt has less seating head room in the back so the middle seat is really only useful for small children. The Chevy Bolt vs the Chevy Volt in terms of battery: the Bolt wins every time. The Bolt has a significantly larger battery pack (150kw vs 18.4 kw) which has 288 battery cells structured within 10 modules. Regarding the traction battery configuration of the the Chevy Bolt vs the Chevy Volt, the Bolt has a 60 Kw Battery and 150 Kw Motor and 266 ft pounds of torque (we are Torque News so I knew I had to put that in there.) The Volt on the other hand has slightly higher Torque numbers 294 Ft Lbs of Torque.
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