> "Our customers love today’s Bolt."
AFAICT, it's not so much that they love the Bolt, it's that they love the price of the Bolt. So hopefully the new version keeps compelling pricing.
AFAICT, it's not so much that they love the Bolt, it's that they love the price of the Bolt. So hopefully the new version keeps compelling pricing.
Love ours too, especially now that we've finally had the battery replaced as part of that recall. The supply of batteries to the dealerships was ridiculously slow. Both they and we got tired of asking for when they'd be able to do the recall for our car.
I believe the commenter is referencing things like the Hummer EV at 9000 pounds, or 4.5 tons
Vehicle size is a classic prisoner's dilemma. In a two-car accident, the larger car is likely to fare better. So I totally understand why folks are buying crossover SUVs when they could just as easily fit in a car. Trying to guilt people into buying smaller cars than reason dictates is a losing strategy.
The only solution here is to stop subsidizing cheap oil and get rid of the weird emissions and tax loopholes that make trucks more attractive than they ought to be.
If you've ever heard about the numerous SUV rollovers in the 90s - especially on poorly designed roads (see: reduced-turning-radius cloverleaf intersections) - you would realize that collisions with other vehicles are a mere fraction of the accidents you can have.
People buy big because they can afford it - guess what, economy sucks and the used market is crazy so there is incentive for new smaller cars.
Did you only hear about them in the 90s? because in the 00s sway bars [1] became very popular so perhaps the rollovers stopped happening.
I also don't think people really consider accidents when purchasing cars or Volvo wouldn't've had such a hard time growing.
Part of this may also align with the fact that SUVs are so varied a category that now there are 5+ size categories of SUV [1] as opposed to maybe two from the 90s - dilution of the brand in a marketable way.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_(automobile)#Size_ca...
Bolt: 3,680 pounds
Model 3: 3,862 to 4,048 lbs
BMW i4: 4,680 to 5,018 lbs
BMW i3: 2,972 to 3,309 lbs
Bolt back then was $35k+ with incentives. Mine was less than $18k with incentives.
Range sucked on my FF (good enough to get me to work + back + leftover) but a) it cost half the Bolt b) had fast charging and c) I didn't have to go far to get one in stock.
I probably would have liked both of them - roomy enough to fit 5 + fast enough to enjoy the drive part. Ford discontinued the Focus, but honestly Bolt/Focus are decent EVs for a lot of people.