you cannot really extend Chevy reliability on Bolt here. battery, most of the software and drivetrain is not made by GM. only time will tell if Bolt is on par with other EVs in terms of reliability.
It's a nice little car, but let's not compare it to a Model 3. The Model 3 looks 911 pretty, the Bolt looks like a a prettier i3, which is not exactly a looker to put it politely. The big problem is that it's losing $9k a car due to the fact that GM doesn't have a gigafactory or as far as we know ANY INTENTION to build one. Without a gigafactory the battery cost is going to always mean the car is sold at a loss. Tesla is so far ahead of GM when it comes to EVs. 600k pre-orders, with zero spent on advertising. How much has GM spent advertising the Bolt to sell 2000 cars? When you look at all the anti Tesla stuff and all the Pro Tesla stuff and weigh up all the good and bad points, you'd have to be litterally insane to bet against Tesla at this point. PS. Truly great channel by the way
Hello, Larry Smith, still trolling Tesla I see. Bolt generations ahead of the Model 3? Really? Bolt 4WD? Self-drive? Software updates? Charging network? What I'm impressed with you is the number of bogus names you think of...my compliments.
Larry, the Model 3 easily out-classes the 911. Some versions will be faster and all Teslas are more practical then the 911. The 911 is a stretch VW Beetle from the bygone days of rear-engine cars.
Larry, some versions will be faster than many 100K cars. More storage and cabin space. Better build quality and ultra reliability. Continual updates via WiFi, so the car gets better after you own it. Need any more, or do you want to pay $100K for a decades-old VW design?
Hi, Larry Smith! You might want to change your comments (you delete them from time to time) as Tesla is shutting down their factory this month (for a week) to switch over and start making the Model 3. Please make comments about the Chevy charging network...oh wait, there isn't one.
EV Owner, Model 3 definetly the car of the year for 2018, unless at the end of 2017 Nissan releases "Leaf 2.0" with 200+ range, true L3 self driving and lower price than Model 3 with similar capabilities.
Robert Blackford No need to go into an outdated dealer, you can order it online, yes currently there is a long wait for a Model 3 because it craps on this piece of rubbish , Don't forget if you want to take your Tesla out there are thousands of charging stations., how stupid companies like Chevy lose money making the Bolt so they get offsets for selling zero emission cars so they can produce more ICE cars, plain stupidity
Robert Blackford, Yes but they are in the initial stages of building infrastructure, the other manufacturers already have their production facilities, Tesla is still building facilities such as Giga factories R&D, Superchargers etc, the Giga factory cost $5 Billion to build, can you tell me any other car manufacturer in the world could set aside $5 Billion just to build one factor and still pull a profit ? so of course they will be losing money and why they need to get the Model 3's delivered to customers ASAP, one problem with the 3 was the battery pack. The manufacturing process at Tesla's Gigafactory 1 held Model 3 production back, Tesla had to take over part of the manufacturing process from suppliers and redesign the process, this is all part of the teething process of any new company and new product. You need to remember Tesla's are basically at the cutting edge of Technology, the other EV'S are nowhere near as complicated as a Tesla, and none of the other manufacturers are investing in infrastructure, they just produce a vehicle then say see you later charge it wherever you can it's your problem. If it wasn't for Tesla, no other manufacturer would have bothered to consider the technology, they would have only followed VW line and tricked everyone into thinking the car was environmental, Anyway irrespective of if you like the technology or not EURO emission standards will kill off the ICE sooner rather than later.
it's futuristic looking proof. Your mind just hasn't adjusted to the look of it yet. Reminds me when I first saw the 2000 Ford Focus on TV from an autoshow back in 1997 and thought why in the world did Ford make the car look so sloppy round, too round. Now look at that car some 17 years later and see how it was smartly designed.
Sadly, considering the rumors that GM is loosing money on every Bolt. I think the only goal of this car is to beat model 3 to the market. Or simply only compliance car since the only sell them in California or Washington
Evgeny Ananyev that article is from an anonymous source. why would gm made a new EV when the spark ev is already for sale? there is no way gm is lossing money on this
Ralph McMahan well amazon actually i think last year for the first time reported profits. The first thing you do when you report profits is pay taxes. Tesla is expanding the freemont factory and building gigafactory in Nevada. Not making profits and not reporting profits its 2 completely different things. Apple and google report a lot of profits because the money is overseas
Jonathan Dittmar spark ev cost is 25000$ with 19kw battery and goes 82 miles. On the market just to compete with the leaf. Bolt is much bigger, much more tech in it and the battery is 60kw, 3 times bigger. And msrp only 10000$ more and it's profitable?
You can't pre-order a product that's already on the market your comment makes no sense. And we'll see how many of Tesla's pre-orders turn to into an actual car.
just 3.9 percent of cars sold in U.S. were built with manual transmissions, but in the rest of the world, manual transmissions are still overwhelmingly the top choice. In Europe and Japan, for example, more than 80 percent of cars sold have manual transmissions. Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) been fitted to manual car's since 2012
It looks great in person too, the only issue I saw was the white leather interior looked blue at a car show...On a brand new car! That's gonna be an issue for owners.
As a Nissan Leaf owner I can say I Paid 17.999 for my 2017 leaf... 120 miles range is pretty good for me and the 2500 California incentive bring the cost down to 15.499. I know the Bolt is better because the range, but for me 120 miles daily works pretty good.
“I no longer have access to General Motors figures, but I would be surprised and shocked if the 200-mile electric Bolt is going to make money,” stated Lutz (this was at an Automotive News roundtable back in August). “You look at the cost per kilowatt hour of batteries and the number of kilowatt hours they have got in there and then you look at the selling price. It’s just not going to work.” cleantechnica.com/2015/12/27/bob-lutz-thinks-chevy-bolt-will-lose-gm-money/
Love the BOLT's ergonomic interface using buttons and screen. Buttons are just more efficient in that 1) you don't have to dig through the screens 2) you can change settings without taking your eyes off the road 3) prettier 4) you have a giant speed gauge instead of a tiny font on the screen that you have to turn your head to take your eyes off the road to hunt for it.
Ari Spelius Wait, you can disable autobraking? I thought it is not possible (in general) to turn off safety systems; like (automatic) seat belts, airbag, etc.
jim liu in Chevy you can set the auto breaking system to either warn you that a collision is about to occur, warn you and auto break, or not trigger. The ability to turn off the system is there in case the system is triggering when not needed. You can also disable the pedestrian collision breaking system for the same reason. I don't recommend disabling the system unless it is malfunctioning. I suspect that as the system becomes less likely to trigger when not needed, the automakers will make these systems unable to disable.
Bias from the beginning. Listen to the comparative statements he makes about the Bolt and Model 3. Same model for upselling by the industry and guess what, they still losing money - $9000 per unit. Lol
Great show! One thing about the speedometer. You wondered why they went so high? Aside from the marketing (my car registers 160), there is a calibration aspect called range and range will contain multiplicative error. All speedos start at 0 mph, but as they progress up the scale, error starts to show-all gauges do. What we want is as accurate as we can get so the lower in the range our usable speeds are, the more likely; or closer to accurate the reading. Back in the days of the 80 mph gauge, we were near the top of the range of the devise, and, therefore, at the max error. Now, there are tricks that can be employed to hide the upper range but then you enter the marketing end of the issue. Another consideration is that, if you build in the accuracy, you are producing a more robust gauge allowing it to enjoy a longer lifespan; and who wouldn't like that?
I don't usually like to disagree with Cooley but here in the UK almost all the cars sold here are manual and we've got an EU regulation that says all new cars need to have it by November 2018. Loads of new cars brought to the market today have a plethora of these AEB systems as standard and they're all available on manual cars. Things like adaptive cruise control are (kinda obviously) limited to automatic cars.
Because they're cheaper to buy, cheaper to fix, and actually take skill to drive properly. Unlike Americans that get drivers licenses from a cereal box, plop into any old slushbox car and think they "know how to drive".
It used to be the case that manuals were significantly more efficient than automatics, but with modern cars they are comparable. Sometimes the automatic is even more efficient. And, I personally have never had an automatic or manual go out, so it's not something I worry about. I drove a manual for over ten years, so it's not a question of skill. Manuals are more hassle than they're worth. I didn't miss it for a second when I switched to automatic. In real life, winding country roads are an insignificant percentage of driving. Manuals really lose their appeal in stop-and-go traffic. Regardless, multi-speed transmissions of any type are an artifact of the narrow torque curve of the internal combustion engine. I can't wait to see both types disappear.
I don't know, I've been driving manual cars only since 1996. Since 2001 I've had an Integra GSR manual with lightweight 8 pound flywheel, and I get along just fine with it. Yeah my wife's 2014 Mazda CX-5 with 6-speed auto is nice, and I enjoy driving that car, but I still love my manual gearbox. If I ever replace the Integra it has to have manual. It's the only thing that makes an otherwise mundane commute a little more fun.
i have to have a bolt...i really hate going to the gas station all the time but what i hate more is car maintenance, thats why i bought toyotas but now im stuck doing oil changes every 7500 miles and brake pads every 80k and im sick of it...i just want a car that fuels itself at home and will never need 5 quarts of oil to throw away in a few miles...actually the wife needs the bolt and i need an electrified tacoma that i can charge with solar panels
phil tripe solar panels doesnt do you much good with battery tech being where it is right now. it can be used to power accessories but the benefit of having it for range will be not be very cost effective. give it time though and im sure it will be viable.
This was the best, most professional Bolt review I've seen so far from a mainstream car channel. Traditional car reviewers struggle to properly review electric cars out of lack of knowledge and also general dislike to these cars which seem to be "soulless" compared with gas cars. So it's nice to see a show that's forward looking and gives as a good a review as any I've seen in dedicated EV sites.
Jonathan Dittmar: Interesting. For an automatic, I can see that (before the era of paddle shifters, "drivesport" transmission mode, etc). However for a manual transmission, the tach would seem to be a very logical, perhaps even essential piece of equipment for a driver who wants to get more performance from the car.
A lot of older cars don't have tachs even with manual in North America, and many still don't overseas. My 89 Camry 5-speed didn't. Probably because it was during the time when lots of people knew how to drive standard well, because I never needed a tach in my Camry to know when to shift yet I was perfectly fine with that.
He didn't mention that GM seems to coming back in the diesel game. The Chevrolet Cruze, Equinox, and GMC Terrain will offer a diesel engine in a year or so.
Fuel economy I guess. If a driver takes lots of long highway trips, the Diesel Cruze will get better gas mileage then a Volt. A Volt is more of a city car.
Elliott Manning diesel fuel is more expensive and need exhaust fuild to be refilled. i drive a diesel f250 so unless you are towing often you will not save a cent over the extra cost of the engine.
Jonathan Dittmar With diesel or hybrid powertrains, there is always the question of will the additional costs upfront will be worth it in the long run.
Elliott Manning at least with a plug in you get more reliability because they have a much simpler transmission and the engine is not running the entire time. A diesel is very expensive to repair especially if the emissions systems are the problem.
Pat McDaniel what state do you live in?, when did you place your Model 3 reservation? Are you a current Tesla owner (bought from Tesla)? And how much do you plan to spend (how well equipped) for your Model 3?
You're right. I wanted a Bolt after getting involved in an accident with my VW TDI. They told me EXACTLY THE SAME you're saying. All shipped to California. VERY hard to get one where I am.
a week or 2 ago, I saw a tesla get stuck in a driveway in snow. pretty expensive car and then my 02 corolla didn't. you tell me which one is the best car.
Holy cow that's insane. Ny father in law bought a dual motor Tesla S and he got up my street before it was plowed with ten inches of snow on it. He's got winter tires on it though. The right tires makes all the difference. I used to get stuck with my old 4x4 CJ when I didn't switch off my summer tires.
No one talks about the effects to the environment from making the batteries and disposing of them. There is also the crux of power from power plants is generated by fusel fuels. So the carbon foot print for an electric car is the same as a gas car with 30MPG.
Why exactly someone would want to "dispose" of them? Even when the battery have exceded its usefull life in a car, you still have a powerfull self contained battery pack for other uses, like home storage if you have solar panel or other mean of producing energy at home. Even with a genset it make sense. Run it twice a week (two hours a day if you can't unplug you microwave oven, air conditionner ...), charge the battery, enjoy the silence the rest of the time in your cabin in the woods. And if you don't, the metal in it is not goneanywhere. The lithium, nickel, whatever, is still in there, it still have the value of it's made of. So, no one is talking about the issues of making and disposing of them because even shot to death a battery is valuable. No landfill for nickel or lithium battery. Beside, last time i check an ICE vehicle also use a huge amount of lubricants, coolant fluid and other to works over it's lifetime, much more than an EV.
Re. auto braking on cars with manual transmissions, would it be possible to release the clutch on these through the hydraulic clutch assist (or are the assists now electrical) instead of shutting the engine off?
What a Crock !! Too expensive, Looks like a Grocery getter, and it has no reliability rating unless the past for GM stuff is the future with this EV then.. Well.. We all know reliability will be awful !! When will Lexus do an all Electric? We know they are reliable.
JD Power 2016 reliability report GM receives eight segment awards and Toyota Motor Corporation six GM models receiving an award include the Buick Encore; Buick LaCrosse; Buick Verano; Chevrolet Camaro; Chevrolet Equinox; Chevrolet Malibu; Chevrolet Silverado HD; and GMC Yukon ohh, I am a Ford man who grew up with a pathological hatred of all things GM
Jonathan Dittmar By Who? The Volt is a Hybrid POS ! What idiots buy Hybrids? Its all electric or gas... Stupid Hybrids for stupid people !! Electrics are the future... But not from Government motors POS !
Both With Speedometer and Tachometer, you can determine which gear you are in without having to fumble if you have a manual transmission. This is the main advantage of having them both.
Great episode! On a side note about speedometers, it's true that for eons many cars have had very optimistic top speeds. Ask any Fiat 500 Abarth owner however if their numbers are too high ... I can attest that they're not. 😊
What about the cool BMW i3. I own it and love it. Free charging and with all discounts it cost me 43K. The story about how it made and where it's made and BMW taking ECO into consideration while building the car. The fact that it wrapped in a carbon fiber shell makes it very safe and light.
If we and our governments want to convert the auto fleet to lower CO2 emissions faster (a lot faster). Get some rear wheel electric hub motor conversion kits out that will move a petrol car around to neighborhood errands for 20 miles or so. Set it up on a low $ affordable lease or sale. Make it efficient enough to offset the gas that would have been burned to pay for itself plus a little incentive savings. If you watch your instantaneous MPG you know you burn much of your fuel on launching your car from a red light or stop sign. The electric hub motor boost would knock that number way down. I know these things are in development and have seen some here on RUclips.
The part about older bmw cars and apple carplay wasn't exactly correct. I've seen there are after market companies such as bimmer retrofit and bimmer tech offer retrofits(iDrive Nbt Evo) for older bmw cars, but those are very expansive and cost more than 1k.
I'll throw in my two cents into this. I believe the reason that Mazda will sell the cx-5 with a diesel is because it will be already on sale in Europe. They are testing the water and if it fails in the USA then it won't be a massive R&D loss, just a logistical one. In relation to the Mazda autonomous brake, it does stall the engine if it's a manual. My Mazda 3 thought that I was going to hit a parking barrier and all hell broke loose, engine stalled and no damage. It's main function is for slow bumper shunts such at a roundabout. Oh, my Mazda is a diesel which is great to drive but the DPF cycle is a pain sometimes.
If you live in a big city and most of your driving is in the city, and you can get carpool stickers for electric, *and* if your office has chargers installed, Bolt might make good sense.
This is awesome. Just one little problem. The last time GM built something that wasn't a breakdown P.O.S. it was 1972 and the car was called the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.
This is the future. the only thing holding these cars back now is the lack of charging spaces. If charging places were far more common these kind of cars would sell alot more
The only problem I see is every time I go to dealerships they're advertised MSRP is $45,000 for the Chevy Bolt so I can spend $10,000 less and get something that looks and performs better
In Europe, some cars are sold with a manual transmission and no tachometer - so if you think an automatic with a rev counter is stupid, think again. And yes, I drove some and you hear the engine pretty loudly so you know when you have to change the gear.
Excellent car but please render videos in 1080p to avoid the interlacing issue i'm seeing. If it is rendered in 1080p than you need to change your export settings to fix the de-interlaced video.
who would even want to drive a chevy?
those who think in numbers, not style and do not care if they look cool or not in the some other's eyes
GiovanniLACA17XD just a corvette tbh
lol probably just a shitty in reliability and interior as all of the chevy products
Also, Tesla ranked 25 out of 29 in reliability. They did score 100+ in the CR road test score and consumer satisfaction. I've owned 3 Mazdas myself.
you cannot really extend Chevy reliability on Bolt here. battery, most of the software and drivetrain is not made by GM. only time will tell if Bolt is on par with other EVs in terms of reliability.
It's a nice little car, but let's not compare it to a Model 3. The Model 3 looks 911 pretty, the Bolt looks like a a prettier i3, which is not exactly a looker to put it politely. The big problem is that it's losing $9k a car due to the fact that GM doesn't have a gigafactory or as far as we know ANY INTENTION to build one. Without a gigafactory the battery cost is going to always mean the car is sold at a loss. Tesla is so far ahead of GM when it comes to EVs. 600k pre-orders, with zero spent on advertising. How much has GM spent advertising the Bolt to sell 2000 cars? When you look at all the anti Tesla stuff and all the Pro Tesla stuff and weigh up all the good and bad points, you'd have to be litterally insane to bet against Tesla at this point. PS. Truly great channel by the way
Hello, Larry Smith, still trolling Tesla I see. Bolt generations ahead of the Model 3? Really? Bolt 4WD? Self-drive? Software updates? Charging network? What I'm impressed with you is the number of bogus names you think of...my compliments.
waaaaiiiit how is model 3 anything like 911...911 makes model 3 lookin like prius
Larry, the Model 3 easily out-classes the 911. Some versions will be faster and all Teslas are more practical then the 911. The 911 is a stretch VW Beetle from the bygone days of rear-engine cars.
EV Owner lol ok. not sure how 30k car can out class a 100k car but im sure u r right
Larry, some versions will be faster than many 100K cars. More storage and cabin space. Better build quality and ultra reliability. Continual updates via WiFi, so the car gets better after you own it. Need any more, or do you want to pay $100K for a decades-old VW design?
The Model 3 will outsell the Chevy Bolt in the USA for 2017 and every year going forward.
That makes the Model 3 the auto story of the year.
Hi, Larry Smith! You might want to change your comments (you delete them from time to time) as Tesla is shutting down their factory this month (for a week) to switch over and start making the Model 3. Please make comments about the Chevy charging network...oh wait, there isn't one.
Planned first batch delivery in July. Trial production starts on 20th, 4 days from now. Definitely ahead of schedule.
GG2K, exactly right. The Tesla haters make wild-arse statements then disappear. I certainly believe they'll be shipping Model 3's by 3QTR 2017.
EV Owner I think Q3 is a little optimistic, it is always good to factor in some delays due to unforeseen complications, I think Q4 is more realistic.
EV Owner, Model 3 definetly the car of the year for 2018, unless at the end of 2017 Nissan releases "Leaf 2.0" with 200+ range, true L3 self driving and lower price than Model 3 with similar capabilities.
There is no comparison with Tesla. Only the title has the mention of Tesla!
Robert Blackford No need to go into an outdated dealer, you can order it online, yes currently there is a long wait for a Model 3 because it craps on this piece of rubbish , Don't forget if you want to take your Tesla out there are thousands of charging stations., how stupid companies like Chevy lose money making the Bolt so they get offsets for selling zero emission cars so they can produce more ICE cars, plain stupidity
Robert Blackford, Yes but they are in the initial stages of building infrastructure, the other manufacturers already have their production facilities, Tesla is still building facilities such as Giga factories R&D, Superchargers etc, the Giga factory cost $5 Billion to build, can you tell me any other car manufacturer in the world could set aside $5 Billion just to build one factor and still pull a profit ? so of course they will be losing money and why they need to get the Model 3's delivered to customers ASAP, one problem with the 3 was the battery pack.
The manufacturing process at Tesla's Gigafactory 1 held Model 3 production back, Tesla had to take over part of the manufacturing process from suppliers and redesign the process, this is all part of the teething process of any new company and new product.
You need to remember Tesla's are basically at the cutting edge of Technology, the other EV'S are nowhere near as complicated as a Tesla, and none of the other manufacturers are investing in infrastructure, they just produce a vehicle then say see you later charge it wherever you can it's your problem.
If it wasn't for Tesla, no other manufacturer would have bothered to consider the technology, they would have only followed VW line and tricked everyone into thinking the car was environmental, Anyway irrespective of if you like the technology or not EURO emission standards will kill off the ICE sooner rather than later.
whatever Tesla stockholder pumping up the stock.
Tesla Model 3 is going to destroy in sales to Chevrolet Bolt Ev.
It already has...
lol
so how many Model 3 were sold so far?
Cameron Freestone And that's not even the other's that will Preorder after the final reveal coming in the coming weeks.
Do you guys not understand the difference between a sale and a order or what ?
Watching this two years later... I don't know a single person that owns this or seen it on the street ever.
Exactly! All I see are Model 3s everywhere now
watching this 3 years later and still the Tesla model 3 and y are selling like hotcakes
Yeah this guy is dumb because he clearly is about frugality and doesn’t know what sells cars.
I see them in San Francisco everyday
Why is the design so dorky looking?
because to save money it's based on an existing platform
Ralph McMahan vw can make a good looking small car
yes, they do.
it's futuristic looking proof.
Your mind just hasn't adjusted to the look of it yet.
Reminds me when I first saw the 2000 Ford Focus on TV from an autoshow back in 1997 and thought why in the world did Ford make the car look so sloppy round, too round. Now look at that car some 17 years later and see how it was smartly designed.
it was made by asians.
Sadly, considering the rumors that GM is loosing money on every Bolt. I think the only goal of this car is to beat model 3 to the market. Or simply only compliance car since the only sell them in California or Washington
Tesla has yet to make a profit, yes they made 0.95%profit in one quarter of 2016 but from the companies start til now they are still in the red
Evgeny Ananyev that article is from an anonymous source. why would gm made a new EV when the spark ev is already for sale? there is no way gm is lossing money on this
Ralph McMahan well amazon actually i think last year for the first time reported profits. The first thing you do when you report profits is pay taxes. Tesla is expanding the freemont factory and building gigafactory in Nevada. Not making profits and not reporting profits its 2 completely different things. Apple and google report a lot of profits because the money is overseas
Jonathan Dittmar spark ev cost is 25000$ with 19kw battery and goes 82 miles. On the market just to compete with the leaf. Bolt is much bigger, much more tech in it and the battery is 60kw, 3 times bigger. And msrp only 10000$ more and it's profitable?
Evgeny Ananyev but the spark already met ZEV credit requirements so no need for a new model. same story with the volt
How many Pre-Orders does Chevey Bolt have?....bahaha that's a real punch.
You can't pre-order a product that's already on the market your comment makes no sense. And we'll see how many of Tesla's pre-orders turn to into an actual car.
Watching this in 2021… this aged like mayonnaise
Brian Cooley is by far my favorite auto reviewer. He has a style that is interesting, informative, and entertaining. Thanks, Brian.
just 3.9 percent of cars sold in U.S. were built with manual transmissions, but in the rest of the world, manual transmissions are still overwhelmingly the top choice. In Europe and Japan, for example, more than 80 percent of cars sold have manual transmissions.
Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) been fitted to manual car's since 2012
They are in different classes...but I hope the Bolt does well.
Josh McCullough
It will. Mod3 will have a lot of problems. Fun to watch the Musk dupes dance.
I'm loving that new 2017 Lincoln Continental your driving at 10:37 :)
FWD though.
***** So its not RWD like a conventional proper full size luxury sedan.
But its a pretty car I give you that.
It looks great in person too, the only issue I saw was the white leather interior looked blue at a car show...On a brand new car! That's gonna be an issue for owners.
I think you can at least get it awd though
What about his driving at 10:37?
As a Nissan Leaf owner I can say I Paid 17.999 for my 2017 leaf... 120 miles range is pretty good for me and the 2500 California incentive bring the cost down to 15.499.
I know the Bolt is better because the range, but for me 120 miles daily works pretty good.
Love going back in time to listen to these know-it-all forecasts that were terrible then and proven wrong now.
Please stop spreading the myth that GM lose $9k per Bolt. It's not true.
“I no longer have access to General Motors figures, but I would be surprised and shocked if the 200-mile electric Bolt is going to make money,” stated Lutz (this was at an Automotive News roundtable back in August). “You look at the cost per kilowatt hour of batteries and the number of kilowatt hours they have got in there and then you look at the selling price. It’s just not going to work.”
cleantechnica.com/2015/12/27/bob-lutz-thinks-chevy-bolt-will-lose-gm-money/
apparently EPA isn't happy with dodge and the Ecodiesel either
Thank you for another rich episode Brian. Every now and then you remind me that you are the best.
Love the BOLT's ergonomic interface using buttons and screen. Buttons are just more efficient in that 1) you don't have to dig through the screens 2) you can change settings without taking your eyes off the road 3) prettier 4) you have a giant speed gauge instead of a tiny font on the screen that you have to turn your head to take your eyes off the road to hunt for it.
Hello from Year 2021.... your video is hilarious.
It's an obvious advertisement:)
obviously. as if Garbage motors could develop anything worth buying
I love the point on speedos. My dad used to tell me that just because a speedometer has 90 mph doesn't mean it will do that fast.
if it takes a 20% incentive from the government for it to be worth the money, then it just isn't
well the steak you eat is 80 percent subsidized by the government
AMGV Media every time you fill up a gas car some of the money goes overseas. so how is this any different?
Speaking about autobraking: What if I Want to run over someone; like a bad guy?
jim liu than disable auto braking in the settings. A good car should meet the needs of all drivers, not just the law abiding ones.
Ari Spelius Wait, you can disable autobraking? I thought it is not possible (in general) to turn off safety systems; like (automatic) seat belts, airbag, etc.
jim liu in Chevy you can set the auto breaking system to either warn you that a collision is about to occur, warn you and auto break, or not trigger. The ability to turn off the system is there in case the system is triggering when not needed. You can also disable the pedestrian collision breaking system for the same reason. I don't recommend disabling the system unless it is malfunctioning. I suspect that as the system becomes less likely to trigger when not needed, the automakers will make these systems unable to disable.
Bias from the beginning. Listen to the comparative statements he makes about the Bolt and Model 3.
Same model for upselling by the industry and guess what, they still losing money - $9000 per unit. Lol
Great show! One thing about the speedometer. You wondered why they went so high? Aside from the marketing (my car registers 160), there is a calibration aspect called range and range will contain multiplicative error. All speedos start at 0 mph, but as they progress up the scale, error starts to show-all gauges do. What we want is as accurate as we can get so the lower in the range our usable speeds are, the more likely; or closer to accurate the reading. Back in the days of the 80 mph gauge, we were near the top of the range of the devise, and, therefore, at the max error. Now, there are tricks that can be employed to hide the upper range but then you enter the marketing end of the issue. Another consideration is that, if you build in the accuracy, you are producing a more robust gauge allowing it to enjoy a longer lifespan; and who wouldn't like that?
I just love how Brian Cooley explains things. I hope I had him as my highschool math teacher. I'd be a rocket scientist by now LOL
Why is the fast charger not standard? Just stupid manufacturing? Or is it just to fleece the customer?
5:48 .....
A button for regenerative breaking, wonderful! Screw one pedal driving, this gives you the option to coast, wonderful feeling.
Nice to see a car show guy with REAL world knowledge about the stuff he talks about.
I don't usually like to disagree with Cooley but here in the UK almost all the cars sold here are manual and we've got an EU regulation that says all new cars need to have it by November 2018. Loads of new cars brought to the market today have a plethora of these AEB systems as standard and they're all available on manual cars. Things like adaptive cruise control are (kinda obviously) limited to automatic cars.
I don't get the European love affair with manuals. Fortunately, EVs will make the issue moot.
Because they're cheaper to buy, cheaper to fix, and actually take skill to drive properly. Unlike Americans that get drivers licenses from a cereal box, plop into any old slushbox car and think they "know how to drive".
It used to be the case that manuals were significantly more efficient than automatics, but with modern cars they are comparable. Sometimes the automatic is even more efficient. And, I personally have never had an automatic or manual go out, so it's not something I worry about.
I drove a manual for over ten years, so it's not a question of skill. Manuals are more hassle than they're worth. I didn't miss it for a second when I switched to automatic. In real life, winding country roads are an insignificant percentage of driving. Manuals really lose their appeal in stop-and-go traffic.
Regardless, multi-speed transmissions of any type are an artifact of the narrow torque curve of the internal combustion engine. I can't wait to see both types disappear.
I don't know, I've been driving manual cars only since 1996. Since 2001 I've had an Integra GSR manual with lightweight 8 pound flywheel, and I get along just fine with it. Yeah my wife's 2014 Mazda CX-5 with 6-speed auto is nice, and I enjoy driving that car, but I still love my manual gearbox. If I ever replace the Integra it has to have manual. It's the only thing that makes an otherwise mundane commute a little more fun.
manual gear reduce accident by not allowing teenagers to chat on smartphone
i have to have a bolt...i really hate going to the gas station all the time but what i hate more is car maintenance, thats why i bought toyotas but now im stuck doing oil changes every 7500 miles and brake pads every 80k and im sick of it...i just want a car that fuels itself at home and will never need 5 quarts of oil to throw away in a few miles...actually the wife needs the bolt and i need an electrified tacoma that i can charge with solar panels
phil tripe lmaooooo!!! Ditto!!!
phil tripe solar panels doesnt do you much good with battery tech being where it is right now. it can be used to power accessories but the benefit of having it for range will be not be very cost effective. give it time though and im sure it will be viable.
phil tripe just so you know that oil isn't thrown away. it is cleaned and recycled and reused
9a2er how many miles did you get out of the battery pack. also are you getting a remanufactured unit
model y is a few years away
This was the best, most professional Bolt review I've seen so far from a mainstream car channel. Traditional car reviewers struggle to properly review electric cars out of lack of knowledge and also general dislike to these cars which seem to be "soulless" compared with gas cars. So it's nice to see a show that's forward looking and gives as a good a review as any I've seen in dedicated EV sites.
"evidently not" - the red skull
obviously this guy never saw a tesla nevermind drive in one
drevilatwork Wrong.
i listen to the engine a lot more then i look at the tachometer, actually when i look at the gauge cluster is to check how much gas is it the tank
Anthony Webber i have driven old datsun and dodge compact pickups and those didn't even have a tach on the standard transmission.
Jonathan Dittmar: Interesting. For an automatic, I can see that (before the era of paddle shifters, "drivesport" transmission mode, etc).
However for a manual transmission, the tach would seem to be a very logical, perhaps even essential piece of equipment for a driver who wants to get more performance from the car.
not necessarily
A lot of older cars don't have tachs even with manual in North America, and many still don't overseas. My 89 Camry 5-speed didn't. Probably because it was during the time when lots of people knew how to drive standard well, because I never needed a tach in my Camry to know when to shift yet I was perfectly fine with that.
I can confirm that chevy boolt sets a bar for undead cars
Cooley is still the best announcer that CNET has ever had keep up the great work love your voice!
He didn't mention that GM seems to coming back in the diesel game. The Chevrolet Cruze, Equinox, and GMC Terrain will offer a diesel engine in a year or so.
Elliott Manning the volt is actually cheaper then the cruze diesel so i don't know why gm even bothered with a new cruze diesel.
Fuel economy I guess. If a driver takes lots of long highway trips, the Diesel Cruze will get better gas mileage then a Volt. A Volt is more of a city car.
Elliott Manning diesel fuel is more expensive and need exhaust fuild to be refilled. i drive a diesel f250 so unless you are towing often you will not save a cent over the extra cost of the engine.
Jonathan Dittmar With diesel or hybrid powertrains, there is always the question of will the additional costs upfront will be worth it in the long run.
Elliott Manning at least with a plug in you get more reliability because they have a much simpler transmission and the engine is not running the entire time. A diesel is very expensive to repair especially if the emissions systems are the problem.
I bet 1,000$ I have my 3 before Gm is selling the Bolt in my state. What a lie. It is only available in 2 states. For sale my ass.
Pat McDaniel
Pat McDaniel what state do you live in?, when did you place your Model 3 reservation? Are you a current Tesla owner (bought from Tesla)? And how much do you plan to spend (how well equipped) for your Model 3?
You're right. I wanted a Bolt after getting involved in an accident with my VW TDI. They told me EXACTLY THE SAME you're saying. All shipped to California. VERY hard to get one where I am.
Pat McDaniel I will take that bet. The Bolt is in my drive way.
"since when does a fiat go 200?
when it's in neutral being dragged by a viper?"
ahahahah Brian is awesome!!
Great episode. Best for a long time! :)
a week or 2 ago, I saw a tesla get stuck in a driveway in snow. pretty expensive car and then my 02 corolla didn't. you tell me which one is the best car.
Tesla, I'm telling you.
Holy cow that's insane. Ny father in law bought a dual motor Tesla S and he got up my street before it was plowed with ten inches of snow on it. He's got winter tires on it though. The right tires makes all the difference. I used to get stuck with my old 4x4 CJ when I didn't switch off my summer tires.
Budgie Whisperer just some idiot used the wrong tires thats all
No one talks about the effects to the environment from making the batteries and disposing of them. There is also the crux of power from power plants is generated by fusel fuels. So the carbon foot print for an electric car is the same as a gas car with 30MPG.
What are you talking about? The batteries in electric cars are made with magic pixie dust!
samin90 My bad... I thought they ran on liberal tears after their Trump smashing.
fokin gotem
Why exactly someone would want to "dispose" of them? Even when the battery have exceded its usefull life in a car, you still have a powerfull self contained battery pack for other uses, like home storage if you have solar panel or other mean of producing energy at home. Even with a genset it make sense. Run it twice a week (two hours a day if you can't unplug you microwave oven, air conditionner ...), charge the battery, enjoy the silence the rest of the time in your cabin in the woods.
And if you don't, the metal in it is not goneanywhere. The lithium, nickel, whatever, is still in there, it still have the value of it's made of.
So, no one is talking about the issues of making and disposing of them because even shot to death a battery is valuable. No landfill for nickel or lithium battery. Beside, last time i check an ICE vehicle also use a huge amount of lubricants, coolant fluid and other to works over it's lifetime, much more than an EV.
"making the batteries and disposing of them"
they are designed to be recycled from the start.
How have I never come across this channel before? This is a great show.
Re. auto braking on cars with manual transmissions, would it be possible to release the clutch on these through the hydraulic clutch assist (or are the assists now electrical) instead of shutting the engine off?
What a Crock !! Too expensive, Looks like a Grocery getter, and it has no reliability rating unless the past for GM stuff is the future with this EV then.. Well.. We all know reliability will be awful !! When will Lexus do an all Electric? We know they are reliable.
grabir01 ? the volt is considered the most reliable car gm has ever made.
JD Power 2016 reliability report GM receives eight segment awards and Toyota Motor Corporation six
GM models receiving an award include the Buick Encore; Buick LaCrosse; Buick Verano; Chevrolet Camaro; Chevrolet Equinox; Chevrolet Malibu; Chevrolet Silverado HD; and GMC Yukon
ohh, I am a Ford man who grew up with a pathological hatred of all things GM
grabir01 also consider total cost of ownership not just initial price
Jonathan Dittmar By Who? The Volt is a Hybrid POS ! What idiots buy Hybrids? Its all electric or gas... Stupid Hybrids for stupid people !! Electrics are the future... But not from Government motors POS !
grabir01 by anyone who doesn't have an obvious bias against gm
Love the rear end design at 5:46
very nice.
one of the hardest workers in car review industry. he has tons of info whenever you ask. another interesting video. thanks for posting.
They always do such a good job with these episodes, how come they don't get nearly as many views as I think they deserve?
This has NOTHING over Tesla lol hahaha =P
here is the 3rd option. the Hele Shaw clutch. it's a viscosity based clutch. best of both worlds, and none of their drawbacks.
Great show ... always enjoy Brian Cooley's take on the tech
Dam you go into detail about everything important I want to know thank you
Both With Speedometer and Tachometer, you can determine which gear you are in without having to fumble if you have a manual transmission. This is the main advantage of having them both.
I totally agree with you and Speedo Machismo. A 100 mph speedometer is more than enough. I'm more interested in greater detail at lower speeds.
First time watching this program. Very Enjoyable. Really informative.
love this show. wish you make it more often.
Brain been watching you for years, love your shows!!!
Brian, greetings from Australia. As always a superb review. Thank you...
Quality show! Thanks
Cooley!! Always watch the full video
Your coworker on your channel drove it almost 250 miles with miles still to spare. So yes, it will even on roads like California has along the ocean.
That moment when your Impala shows 140 and you can only do 107
Bargainteers get a old police Impala from an auction. My 05 has done 120 and the newer ones do 140+
Great episode! On a side note about speedometers, it's true that for eons many cars have had very optimistic top speeds. Ask any Fiat 500 Abarth owner however if their numbers are too high ... I can attest that they're not. 😊
When it's in nuetral being pushed by a Viper . Another classic Cooleyism .😂
What about the cool BMW i3. I own it and love it. Free charging and with all discounts it cost me 43K. The story about how it made and where it's made and BMW taking ECO into consideration while building the car. The fact that it wrapped in a carbon fiber shell makes it very safe and light.
If we and our governments want to convert the auto fleet to lower CO2 emissions faster (a lot faster). Get some rear wheel electric hub motor conversion kits out that will move a petrol car around to neighborhood errands for 20 miles or so. Set it up on a low $ affordable lease or sale. Make it efficient enough to offset the gas that would have been burned to pay for itself plus a little incentive savings.
If you watch your instantaneous MPG you know you burn much of your fuel on launching your car from a red light or stop sign. The electric hub motor boost would knock that number way down.
I know these things are in development and have seen some here on RUclips.
Great job! Again thanks
Thanks for that vid I learned a lot of things I didn’t know
"Styled in GM's Korean design studio".....lol, answered all my questions on why it is so dorky looking.
I have owned a Leaf for 5 years and a Cadillac ELR for 2 years, love them both. I don't think I can go back to a ICE car
Great show Cooley
as usual
The part about older bmw cars and apple carplay wasn't exactly correct. I've seen there are after market companies such as bimmer retrofit and bimmer tech offer retrofits(iDrive Nbt Evo) for older bmw cars, but those are very expansive and cost more than 1k.
I'll throw in my two cents into this. I believe the reason that Mazda will sell the cx-5 with a diesel is because it will be already on sale in Europe. They are testing the water and if it fails in the USA then it won't be a massive R&D loss, just a logistical one. In relation to the Mazda autonomous brake, it does stall the engine if it's a manual. My Mazda 3 thought that I was going to hit a parking barrier and all hell broke loose, engine stalled and no damage. It's main function is for slow bumper shunts such at a roundabout. Oh, my Mazda is a diesel which is great to drive but the DPF cycle is a pain sometimes.
15:00 AMEN Cooley! Give me a useful Speedo any day!
If you live in a big city and most of your driving is in the city, and you can get carpool stickers for electric, *and* if your office has chargers installed, Bolt might make good sense.
This is awesome. Just one little problem. The last time GM built something that wasn't a breakdown P.O.S. it was 1972 and the car was called the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.
Father Time guess you have never driven a post bankruptcy gm product? they are much better.
This is the future. the only thing holding these cars back now is the lack of charging spaces. If charging places were far more common these kind of cars would sell alot more
For manual AEB, dip the clutch and robotically shift to neutral.
At 5:47 I wonder how much it costs to include that rear bumper, it sure looks good 😊
Interlaced footage in 2017? You are such a pro!
The tester didn't had time to check the range. Ok...
The only problem I see is every time I go to dealerships they're advertised MSRP is $45,000 for the Chevy Bolt so I can spend $10,000 less and get something that looks and performs better
wow, so much tech and performance for that price, amazing product, just wish it had an optional on board generator.
05:47 Nice charger
In Europe, some cars are sold with a manual transmission and no tachometer - so if you think an automatic with a rev counter is stupid, think again. And yes, I drove some and you hear the engine pretty loudly so you know when you have to change the gear.
While I don't disagree I think the deal breaker for most people who live in cities is going to be that it doesn't fast charge.
7 Seconds to 60??!?!?!?!
That's faster than most compact cars Lmao
thanx Brian Learns a lot from u being in the opposite hemisphere..... kudos man for no nonsense car program
Excellent car but please render videos in 1080p to avoid the interlacing issue i'm seeing. If it is rendered in 1080p than you need to change your export settings to fix the de-interlaced video.
Always interesting episodes.
hi Brian Cooley I like it when you talk about electric cars wait just cars in general because you always tell the truth thumbs up for that
Very good review, as well as informative review, not just about BOlt, even about Electric cars future & working.
The thing is, EPA isn't going to be around much longer to stop diesel anymore
The FR-s also does the Speedo Machismo thing, though I'm not sure about the new ones.
" when its in neutral being pushed by a viper" XD
I brain Cooley I love watching your show man keep up the good job