The Chevrolet Bolt will be discontinued this year

The Chevrolet Bolt it will be discontinued this year, how? Mary BarraExecutive Director of General Motors (GM) it was announced on Tuesday. In addition, the Chevy Bolt’s big brother, the Bolt EUV, it will only be produced until the end of 2023. These are the two best-selling electric vehicles by car manufacturers, as TechCrunch reports.

Instead, GM is launching a new range of electric vehicles such as GMC Hummer and Cadillac Lyriq in the market. These include Ultium Architecture of the group, which includes a new battery cell design. Ultium batteries are based on large format cells that can be stacked vertically and horizontally in the battery pack.

This can increase the capacity. Ultium internal battery capacities vary car between 50 to 200 kW/h, it says out GM.

Competition with Tesla

GM launched the Chevy Bolt in 2016, when it was one of the few electric car options. GM was struggling with this Tesla. However, sales lagged behind those of Tesla model 3.

Two years ago, GM introduced the revised Bolt and the new, larger Chevrolet Bolt EUV and will bring them to the market in the summer of 2021. The EUV electric commercial vehicle is about 15 centimeters longer than the Bolt and offers more legroom in the seats of the back.