Gadgetory

before electric cars really revolutionize the market they need to be two things cheap and practical a lot of people have been waiting for Tesla dope crack that nut with the model 3 but Chevy is about to beat them to the punch with this it's the new bolt it has a 200 mile range it's going to be available for less than thirty thousand dollars we got to drive it we're in the bolts we're going to take it for a quick spin we're gonna start with an acceleration test the car will do zero to 60 in under seven seconds and it's pretty good that's certainly on par with pretty much any other small economy car that you'd expect in a segment the car is very nice and roomy there's a lot of room in here flat floor as well which makes getting from the left side of the car to the right side nice and easy which given the partnership will lift you can see being a good thing dropping off partners are pedestrians i should say be nice and easy regardless of a shot of the curb you're on you can adjust the regenerative braking here by shifting into low which means that the car will basically allow one pedal driving meaning you don't have to worry about using the brakes too often that'll mean that the brakes will last longer it also mean you can go longer on a charge which is good of course we're talking about 200 miles to a charge but of course that'll depend on your driving characteristics now have you are on that right pedal weather and other factors will also affect your driving range but ultimately car drives quite nicely it's of course nice and quiet as you would expect from an EV and again pretty good amount of power inside the bolt we have a customized version of chevys MyLink system which is completely different than what we've seen in any other cars it's actually quite customizable and it looks a lot like Android as a matter of fact you can actually go through here and choose a variety of different layouts you can even do a custom layout pick whichever widgets that you want to these will then be tied back to the driver profile so as you get in the car remember who you are and show you the appropriate things will even remember what you were listening to when you got out last time and being an EV of course the car gives you plenty of information about all the electricity and where it's going in the car how you're using it can also get information about you or driving economy and also factors that will impact your range things like terrain and temperature basically things will help you to optimize the amount of distance that you can get out of your battery pack also some other nice features in here like an LCD dashboard and a pretty cool mirror that actually uses a camera to see behind you instead of just optics like the Model S the bolt has its battery pack situated down low in the floral this has a lot of advantages one being handling it will help the car to corner better but it also means you get a lot more room inside a nice flat floor plenty of room for plants or pets or pretty much anything else would you want to put into a compact car now again Chevy isn't giving us a formal price for the car this is just a pre-production model which explains why these headlights are a little bit ugly and why there's lots of vinyl everywhere but again they're saying the price will be under thirty thousand dollars after the federal tax rebate and it will have over 200 miles for the formal numbers we're going to wait a little bit longer but for my first time behind the wheel it's a pretty impressive little car