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Aiming To Beat Tesla's "3", Chevy Tests and Teases a Cheaper 200-Mile Electric Car
PC Magazine is one of many to note Chevrolet's upcoming effort to beat Tesla's Model 3 to market with a car that is "affordable" (a lot more affordable than the Model S) but which tops the 200-mile range that right now only Tesla beats in a widely available pure electric car. The Model 3 is expected to feature many of the features of the currently Tesla S variants, but in a smaller package and with a much lower price tag. The linked article features GM-supplied video of Chevy's all-elecric bolt, about which it says The car maker doesn't reveal much beyond what we already know: 200-plus-mile range and a starting price tag of $30,000. The video shows various Chevy engineers putting the camouflage-wrapped Bolt EV through its paces—climbing hills, accelerating, and coming to a stop, as well as enduring extreme heat and charging.
It is frigging ugly in that paint job.
And the shape itself is nothing to write home about - the Model S besides looking Sexy has an extremely efficient shape wind-tunnel wise too.. this thing is just short of being a box.
Truth in Advertising - I live in the town where the Teslas are built and we have a HUGE number of them around here... plus I drive by their test track almost every day.
Have you compiled your kernel today??
It is frigging ugly in that paint job.
You are SUPPOSED to think it is ugly, you are NOT SUPPOSED to appreciate what it looks like. This is standard procedure for an unreleased automobile. They don't want the public to get expectations about what it's going to look like. They don't want the auto press to splash pictures of it on their magazines and web sites. The exterior design is not yet complete, they paint it like that on purpose. The design may change and they don't want to disappoint people who were expecting what they saw.
which tops the 200-mile range
Sounds to me like Chevy is picking a range that they can beat, rather than competing with the Tesla.
Model S base = $69K
Bolt base = $30K
That's not really a fair comparison. On top of that, the 200 mile marker was set by Musk when he announced that the Model 3 will have "over 200 miles range in the real world." Musk also stated that "anything below 200 miles isn't a passing grade." So why is Chevy's use of 200 miles arbitrary and Tesla's use proper? For the record, I have Nissan Leaf which I lease in anticipation of getting a Tesla Model 3 or X when the lease is up, so I'm not a Tesla hate or Chevy fanboy. But your complaint about Chevy's 200 mile milestone is hypocritical when you give Tesla a pass for the same thing.
People that believe in Apple's reality distortion field are the kind of people that fall for perpetual motion machines.
If Apple didn't actually deliver devices that people love, they wouldn't be able to continue to be the most popular brand of smartphones whilst charging a significant premium.
The so called RDF Is a simply a trustworthy brand. A brand is a promise of quality, and even though they aren't perfect, they do deliver better quality than any other manufacturer. They deliver on their promise. They beat all other companies in customer satisfaction surveys year in year out.
You're a complete idiot that doesn't understand what concept car camouflage is.
BeauHD. Worst editor since kdawson.