G. David Felt

That is a really interesting picture, you can see more of the divots in the background on those rails.

I happily would kick out all Italian brands from my Garage. I would love some SUV's Baby!

Outstanding MPG for the new models as well as a well deserved refinement. I expect this to be the last major change as they move to the CT branding.

Very informative write up, learned a few things I did not know about the car. Yet still this orange paint job and the ugly predator mouth just makes this a Lose / Lose auto for me.

Nothing like dumping out the trash every so often. Make a speedy recovery and move forward, leaving the little turd in the past!

Would agree, electric motors have been proven now with superior torque and HP to really move large auto's, no reason not to have the suburban be a Voltec auto. An electric powertrain with a generator would really make it rock.

Will have to say that saying the new Tacoma has a better interior was them throwing the Taco truck a bone as they knew it was going down. That interior is not better IMHO than the colorado.

image.jpeg Thanks for posting it, I have cropped and rotated so easier to read. Thanks again,

About time you see America Clobber the Asians. Been far too long for this, well overdue.

GM will have a home run once they get the BOLT right and into production. My wife has already told me she wants the Bolt. I have talked with others who want it also. I think we will see this become a big hit yet. I hope you are right. But right now a good solid double would be great for a EV. This is not a car that is going to bump the Cruze out of the top place at Chevy in sales anytime soon. This is a slow growth segment but it needs to be a well done car and one that will grow not only the model over time but the future of other models. The volume increase this car can lead to will help bring the needed changes for changed minds in the public as well as more chargers and more investment for even better batteries. The real hang up with the EV including the Tesla is the charging times. Even on a Supercharger you can still not match the time it takes to refuel a gas car. This is a life style charger for many owners as they will never wait 45 mins for a part charge or 12 hours for a full charge. Also the damage the fast charge does to the battery is not good either. But there is a growing segment interested and this car will be a key building block to increase sales, interest and infrastructure. While the Tesla proved there was a market for the expensive electric car GM will prove you can build one cheaper and still make a buck on it. While this will not be GM's highest volume or profit car it will prove to be a car that will grow the EV market much like the Prius did the Hybrid. Give me a good solid double or triple here and we will be sitting pretty. GM needs to hit a home run in the Malibu as it will bring in the money to help expand these other programs. If GM can turn 300,000 Malibu's and 300,000 Cruze a year this is where the money will come from to advance the EV even more. The Bolt will be a very big game changer but it is not going to win the game by itself. This is just part of the game not the winning run. This segment is too big for one car to carry the entire load. I agree that this will not win the war nor will it be the all things to everyone, but I do believe that this will be what Prius was to Toyota for GM. I think people will look to change habits and while yes now the bulk of people will not go for 30 min, 4hrs, 8hrs or 12hr charge times, there is a growing group of people that like electronic devices, a habit of plugging in at night and letting the auto charge over night and having it all day running will work. The fact that there is also fast chargers that can charge 100 miles in 30 min, means we will see chargers that will recharge this car fully in 1hr. Then time and advances will move to getting this down even more. The Bolt will address range anxiety for people and for many they will also gain access to those coveted EV parking spots. So this will entice a much larger crowd to go EV I believe. The benefit of Tesla is that they have pushed and 1/3 of their customers are now purchasing said auto's with the 80 amp charging solution so they can fully recharge in 1hr. I have seen many 240V 30 amp solutions that would cover most peoples need to recharge quickly for running around. My hope is that Chevy does the Bolt right by taking the lessons learned from Tesla and incorporate them into the BOLT. 80amp recharging option. Standard 30 Amp 240V charging compared to current 3.3 or 6.6 amp charging today. Use a solar roof panel to allow for added charging or for using AC, Stereo, etc and settings run by your smartphone. I am excited by this.

Any idea of what the big red button is under the center dash screen? I am thinking a temporary disconnect in case of electrical fire or something, Thoughts?

Yeah, I can't believe it either. Oh you weren't talking about the U.S. Congress. +1

Guess it could be the next shuttle in Star Trek. Maybe even in Dark Matter.

GM will have a home run once they get the BOLT right and into production. My wife has already told me she wants the Bolt. I have talked with others who want it also. I think we will see this become a big hit yet.

I disagree, there are plenty of batteries now with high enough amps to support longer range and I see no reason why a suburban could not have a 400-500 mile range as you have all the space on both sides of the drive line and behind the rear wheels so you can have enough battery for a long distance drive plus cost is always coming down on the auto's.

be interesting to see if this is what Ford and GM gets or not.

Incompetent and still covering up the massive scale of how corporate greed got the best of them.

We'll I have to say I am not impressed. The concept does nothing for me either, but then I am an SUV guy not a mini van guy.

G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com Washington State EV Registrations by County. Here is the map of recent registrations in washington state by county of EV auto's. As you can see, this year has been a bumper year as more and more people embrace EV auto's in Washington. Do you think this is being seen around the country also?

Good to know, this will be interesting to see how big and how much these affect VW also.

Electric motors are on the Brain! Gotta love 420HP and 560lbs of torque. Gotta love the instant Torque that is constant and flat plus all the power.

Very interesting seeing this video and reading the comments. Glad to see that Chevy is keeping the interest alive by showing the work being done on the auto and it being out and driven. I will have to say that I like the dash very much in this EV. Anyone know what kind of Torque and HP figures GM is thinking of for the BOLT? I wonder how close it will be to the VOLT specs, Electric unit produces up to 149 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque

My gut tells me they are trying to brush this off with the it is a software update only, but the engineer in me is saying it will have to be much more. The larger injectors, larger cat's are just the tip of this big mess. I suspect the EPA is also going to want to make a statement and make sure VW does this even better than just the majority getting software updates. We still have not seen the class action lawsuits that are sure to follow based in loss of value, HP, etc.

I like the look of the concept, but not a fan of the blind spots all CUVs seem to be getting in the rear. I will say that I am loving the sky roofs. They rock.

I still think the email FYI notice from Bosch was a bit poor and that Bosch did build the software and modules so I think they are far more involved in this than they are letting on.