2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Release Date On Nov 28, BUT Not Nationwide, See Who Gets It Here

Nov 21, 2016 06:05 AM EST | Mariechris Felipe

The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, General Motor's first long-range electric car is announced to be released on November 28 - not nationwide. California and Oregon residents will get the Bolt EV first and the rest of the market will wait until spring to buy the vehicle.

Like the new Opel Ampera-e, the much awaited 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will not fulfill its announced simultaneous release in all markets of the United States. Initial plans stated that the Bolt EV will reach dealerships in all states before the end of this year, however, certain reasons allowed it to launch only at California and Oregon on November 28 and also in limited quantities.

California and Oregon will be the first states to receive the expected electric Chevrolet because along with the Scandinavian countries, the US states mentioned is where the electrical segment is more successful. And therefore it is essential that Chevy enters it as soon as possible.

The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV is expected to be a revolution in the market because not only will have much more autonomy than similar competitors but it will come with a very striking price at only around $37000. A price highly studied, since after the government incentive of $ 7,500 for an electric car the price is reduced to $ 29,995, just $5 below $ 30,000, the price announced by GM in 2014, according to Inside EVs

With 383 km of autonomy certified by the EPA for the moment, the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will become the medium model ranking market with the longest range without the current models of Tesla Motors which is the highly anticipates Tesla Model 3. Other competitors will include the long range BMW i3, longer range Nissan Leaf as well as the newly launched Volkswagen E-Golf.

Bolt EV now has the advantage to gather as many sales as possible while it reigns in its segment. About how much Tesla fans will switch to it? We'll just need to wait and see.

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