30-07-2025
2027 Chevrolet Bolt First Photos! The Affordable EV Is New, Yet Somehow Familiar...
The Chevrolet Bolt EV, introduced in 2017, may have looked like a wheeled baby shoe, but it was beloved by many as a no-nonsense cheap, cheerful urban electric runabout. Sure, it had a smallish 65kWh battery and at 55 kW, its maximum DC fast charging speed was very pokey. But its 259-mile range could get the daily commuting done and a Level 2 AC charger on the garage wall would top it up overnight. What more did most two-car households need from a second car? Canceled at the end of the 2023 model year even as sales were surging, CEO Mary Barra has been promising a replacement almost ever since. It's coming next year.
The 2027 Chevrolet Bolt has been refreshed with updated styling and a NACS charging port. While maintaining familiar elements, it promises higher charging speeds and possibly a 300-mile range. The new Bolt aims to remain an affordable, beloved EV option.
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Teaser images clearly show that the styling has been updated. In front the large body-colored shield has been replaced with a more traditional body color bumper with slim upper and large lower grille openings, though the 'expanded metal' texture element carries over. And while the headlamp graphic used to extend as a black accent that connected to the mirror, that line now tapers out where the hood cutline swoops up. Revised Rear
Large, wide taillamps used to occupy a blacked out area that included the rear window, but images show a thinner lamps joined by a black stripe, separated from the backlight by a swath of body color. The image shows just enough or the rear quarter panel and fascia cutline to determine it's not a carryover stamping, which is also true for the front fender. NACS Charging
A charge port image clearly indicates that the North American Charging System (Tesla style) charge port has been adopted, and so we fervently hope that the charging speed has been increased to at least 100–150 kW, but such specifics will have to come later, along with confirmation of what we expect will be a lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery. Everything Else Somewhat Familiar?
When we originally learned about the new Bolt's timing, we gamely hoped it might be an Equinox lite. But these images suggest that much of the rest of the Bolt to look pretty familiar, taking a page from the Tesla playbook (if it ain't broke or extremely old, don't mess with it, and even then, just tinker around the edges). The Bolt EV won our Car of the Year when it first appeared. A truly affordable 'Juniperhighland' redo capable of charging rates that are not embarrassing, with a 300ish-mile range and a $30,000-ish price tag, might just manage to repeat that feat.
