GM confirms Bolt 50-state electric car built in Mich. (a new ObamaMobile!)

Reuters ^ | 02/12/15

[GodAndCountryFirst]

General Motors Co (GM.N) said Thursday it will build the Chevrolet Bolt electric car at an assembly plant near Detroit, where it will invest $200 million for the project.

The compact Bolt, shown as a concept vehicle at the Detroit auto show last month, is designed to have a range of 200 miles, and will cost about $30,000 apiece after tax breaks.

GM's announcement confirms a report last week by Reuters that the Bolt would be produced at the under-used Orion assembly plant in Michigan.

The only electric car currently available with a 200-mile range is the Tesla Model S, which starts at $71,070 before tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs).

[GodAndCountryFirst]

The article does not mention how many of these will be bought by the government with our tax dollars of whether each will come with a 100-mile-long extension cord.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Reuters cleverly tries to hide the fact that roughly half the cost of a $70,000 electrical vehicle is being borne by the taxpayers.

[Dr. Sivana]

GM has now announced a new electric only vehicle that will provide unlimited mileage on updated roadways:

[Olog-hai]

Too bad that they don’t come with trolley poles so that you can use San Francisco’s rather extensive trolley bus wire network . . .

[molson209]

With the Huge demand for electric cars ,these will Fly Off the Lot , LOL

[yoe]

You have to ‘fill’ these cars by recharging them.....a good many Power Plants are fueled by c-o-a-l....where ever the electricity comes from it is very expensive....

[MtnClimber]

They should rename it the PRICK.

[V_TWIN]

So exactly where does the other end of that charging cord lead to again? /s/

[SMARTY]

“Obama car”? Oh brother! These people are megalomaniacs!

They want their mark on EVERYTHING.

When is MO going to authorize an "O" tampon?

[central_va]

So exactly where does the other end of that charging cord lead to again? /s/

You'll have several hours to contemplate that during rechage.

[GodAndCountryFirst]

I was hoping GM would drop its government-mandated Volt program after the government sold its shares. But it looks like the money-losing company is still deep in OZero’s pocket. So, they are creating ANOTHER ObamaMobile!

[dhs12345]

$70,000 for an electric go cart?

And even at $30K it is still not affordable for most Americans. Worst of all it is GM who build a crappy product and when the business started to go bad for them, they got a sweet bail out from the same taxpayers whom they screwed over the years.

BTW, I am not bitter from being screwed by GM a few years back. No, not at all. /sarc

[Paine in the Neck]

[ConservativeInPA]

Hmm, a .50 cal, bolt action car. Impressive idea.

[ErnBatavia]

70K or even 30K is too expensive for anything with only 200 miles of range — making all of these things “around town only” cars.

[AU72]

They could name it the Peoples Car but that’s was already trademarked by Hitler.

[posterchild]

Generally the per mile equivalent costs are much cheaper for electricity - about 1/3rd when gas is at $3.50/gallon and burning coal is one of the cheaper ways to produce electricity.

[Duckdog]

They want their mark on EVERYTHING.

So do dogs.

[cripplecreek]

While the jobs are nice to have they might as well make wagon wheels for what electric cars are worth.



Michigan legislative action thread

[V_TWIN]

Yeah, according to the guys on Top Gear BBC more like 13 hours for the Nissan leaf.