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2023 Chevy Bolt EV is still the best value EV in America, by far

by Seth Weintraub

Long time Electrek readers will know that I leased a Chevy Bolt EV from 2017 until the pandemic and really loved that electric blue “Micro-SUV” EV; we’ve already taken a look at its younger sibling, the EUV with Super Cruise.

But considering recent events GM has cleaned up the battery “issue” and lowered the price by $6000, and introduced 2023 model year – as well as a tax rebate refresh opportunity – I thought it would be fun to take another look at the now $30,000 Bolt EUV.

I’ve been driving one version or another of this car since way back at CES in January of 2016. At that time it was a prototype, and we were among the first to actually get to drive it.

We weren’t allowed on streets, just a big parking lot, but it was immediately obvious that there had been some great engineering and packaging work done here.

I loved it so much, I even wrote some blasphemy like “10 things I like on my Chevy Bolt EV vs the Tesla Model S.”

When my 3-year lease was up, I tried to buy out the Bolt, but GM somehow wanted to charge me more than a new one so I passed. I also didn’t want to go through Chevy dealer hell again to get a new one.

So I wrote a retrospective and moved on, but of course, GM wasn’t yet done with the Bolt.

Soon after GM wouldn’t sell me my Bolt, they began having Bolt battery fires and started buybacks and halted production. I dodged a bullet there.

Continue reading about the Chevy Bolt, how it differs from its larger sibling the new Bolt EUV, and follow along as I go through changes Chevy has made to the Bolt (both good and bad) at Electrek.co.