Chevrolet Bolt EV Engineers Reveal 11 Cool Facts About our Car of the Year

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We spent weeks shaking down the Chevrolet Bolt EV during the process that culminated in its being awarded our coveted Car of the Year calipers, testing the metaphorical electrical beejeebers out of it in the high desert last September. We feel like we know it pretty well. But a recent opportunity to hang out with the engineers who created it proved we still had plenty to learn. Herewith: our book of Bolt EV revelations.

  • 160-mile top-speed range
  • Asymmetric front seats
  • Preflight diagnostics
  • Tricky shifter
  • Tankless water heater
  • The body weighs less than the battery
  • How to prank your neighbor's Bolt EV
  • Braking out charges a DC fast charger
  • Hilltop Reserve
  • Rear-camera washer
  • Bolt charging Morse Code

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