Chevy Details the New Bolt's Specs and Pricing At Owner's Event
The new Chevrolet Bolt will arrive for the 2027 model year, and the automaker recently gave current owners a sneak peek at the car, sharing details we hadn’t heard yet. Chevy plans to build the car at its Fairfax, Kansas plant, and the brand claims it will arrive with the lowest price of any EV on sale.
The 2027 Bolt will launch with a price of $29,990 after destination, with a lower-cost LT base model coming later for $28,995. Attendees at the Bolt event posted some of the new model’s specs online, showing a 255-mile range and far faster charging speeds than the previous model.
The new Bolt will charge from 10 to 80 percent in 26 minutes, which Chevy said is three times faster than the outgoing car. That improvement is due in part to a move to GM’s Ultium EV technology for the car, and it will come from the factory with a Tesla NACS charging port.
When it lands, the Bolt’s price tag will make it the most affordable new EV on sale, undercutting the also-affordable Nissan Leaf, which costs $29,990 before the $1,495 destination charge. A $30,000 car wouldn’t have felt that affordable a few years back, but the Bolt’s price should give it a strong competitive foothold among many other more expensive competitors.
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Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.
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I had a Bolt EUV and liked the car EXCEPT for the seats. For the top model I had, the seats were small, with little padding, small bolsters and uncomfortable after 30 minutes in them. Otherwise, the car was pretty nice. There were MANY complaints about the cheap seats. If they are using the same setup for seating, it will limit sales.
But will anyone get stuck--literally--while trying to charge this thing, rendering the vehicle immobile?
Yes, all these tech bros and their platforms. Who needs people on site, we have money to make.