Posted on 01/23/2026 10:02:17 PM PST by Olog-hai
General Motors has announced that production of the newly updated 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV will end after approximately 18 months to make way for a gas-powered Buick crossover at its Kansas manufacturing facility.
Inside EVs reports that General Motors has confirmed plans to discontinue production of the heavily updated 2027 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle after a limited production run of about one and a half years. The decision will allow the automaker to repurpose its Fairfax, Kansas, factory for manufacturing the Buick Envision, a gas-powered crossover currently built in China that will be reshored to the United States.
A Chevrolet spokesperson confirmed the move, stating that when the company revealed the Bolt in October, they indicated it would be a limited-run model being brought back due to strong customer demand. The spokesperson added that the Bolt would account for the majority of electric vehicle volume for Chevrolet in 2026, alongside the Chevrolet Equinox EV. …
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More winning!
I thought the Volt was a clever conceot. It is too bad they didnt continue to develop that concept.
Wow...prematurely ending the “Bolt” EV AND restoring the Buick Envision gas-powered crossover from China to the USA.
Concept development needs sales to keep it going, if subsidies don’t work (and they don’t).
It’s a sound thing!
“Built v-8’s” have that unmistakeable sound that you feel and know the ponies want to run.
SLot car racing is a better investment for electric motors, unless it is a locomotive or a submarine.
Finally realizing the “invisible hand” that guides the market is smarter than a political agenda. Now if they can get rid of their political appointee CEO Mary Barra, that would really be a win for capitalism.
I’ve seen one of these cars around town. License plate: “JA VOLT” LOL!
Ah, Chevrolet was Re-Volting...
Next your going to tell me the windmill driven car is no longer on the drawing board!
The moves by GM and Ford away from electrics is no real surprise. The Cho BiDung administration grabbed the US automakers by the proverbial family jewels and said “Nice little car company youse got here ... too bad you don’t build cars approved by the GND. We would really hate to see your business go under because youse don’t.”
When Trump took over and the GND was neutered, GM and Ford began to pivot towards what the buying public wants - ICE powered vehicles that are reasonably priced, durable and owner repairable. Unfortunately the last three points have yet to be recognized by the GM and Ford ivory tower types but capitalism will prevail.
I recently saw a very good suggestion regarding the complexity and repairability of today’s autos: no auto engineer should be allowed to work in the corporate design department until s/he has spent a year working in a dealership repair facility actually working on vehicles.
Locomotives are diesel/electric. A 6600 horsepower diesel engine turns a large generator that produces enough power to run an electric motor between the wheels. This setup can move about 10,000 tons per locomotive engine.
Most locomotives are diesel-electric. There have been some diesel-hydraulic ones, and of course diesel-mechanical in the early days of diesel traction.
Majority of freight locos are around the 4400-horse mark; most trains run at a max speed of 75 mph. It’s a rarity to be as high as 6600 horses.
Damn good idea.
“Chevrolet was Re-Volting...”
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They were stupid as hell to go in so heavily on electric cars anyway. There is a limited market for them and Tesla is already miles ahead of them in that market. Stick to what you know which is ICEs. They’re the vast majority of the market anyway.
“They were stupid as hell to go in so heavily on electric cars anyway.”
All because of an insane hoax invented by left-wing retards. The decades-long bump in the road this caused for America is shameful.
PHEVs aren't all that popular. BEVs outsell them ~4 to 1
I just think they were onto something for a hybrid. The next generations after 2 probably would have outperformed Teslas.
I remember visiting the Fairfax assembly plant back in the 70s. It’s located at a sharp bend in the Missouri River and is nearly surrounded by the river. There is a placard at the plant showing how high the water had been during a previous flood. I had to reach up to touch the line. Now that we’re into a return of the global cooling of the time, they need to be careful of another such flood.
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