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ksm1717 · 2021-09-15 19:03:42

Exactly my point! It’s a shame that the bolt (a car of indiscriminate quality) has been so named as to cause this confusion with the volt, (a car of discriminate quality).

floatrock | karma 4183 | avg karma 6.35 · | 2019-08-12 16:56:38

Hopefully not as the "Volt". It's a shame the car didn't work out, but the Bolt/Volt naming thing was a source of endless confusion.

mercutio2 | karma 2555 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2019-03-01 02:39:18+00:00

GM's insane decision to give two very different cars names which sound the same when spoken aloud strikes again.

You linked to the Bolt-with-a-b, but said Chevy Volt-with-a-v.

Certainly the Bolt is comparable to the Model 3; the Volt not so much.

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vertex-four | karma 8023 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2019-02-26 23:40:30

The Bolt isn’t the Volt.

MrRadar | karma 2132 | avg karma 4.58 · | 2017-10-22 22:25:25

It's even worse in Europe. There the Volt is called the Ampera and the Bolt is called the Ampera-E... even though it's a completely unrelated design.

lisper | karma 54803 | avg karma 4.63 · | 2019-02-26 23:46:51

That's the Volt, not the Bolt. Completely different car. The Volt is a plug-in hybrid. The Bolt is all-electric.

sokoloff | karma 41892 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2021-09-12 15:35:05

A Volt is a hybrid, not a pure electric. (The Bolt is Chevy’s BEV.)

cptskippy | karma 9386 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2020-06-05 18:23:29+00:00

My point is that, in the absence of the Bolt, there would have been a stronger argument for saving the Volt because of it's role as a compliance car.

The success of the Bolt removed any argument for keeping the Volt around.

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cobookman | karma 2226 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2017-02-27 08:12:24

I think you meant bolt not volt.

cobookman | karma 2226 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2017-02-27 08:12:27

I think you meant bolt not volt.

btgeekboy | karma 1978 | avg karma 2.56 · | 2018-11-27 02:10:55

It's the Volt they're discontinuing, not the Bolt. 2 different cars with unfortunately similar names.

dcooper8 | karma 16 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2019-10-26 01:05:26

OP said the Bolt, not the Volt.

Brakenshire | karma 5334 | avg karma 3.13 · | 2019-02-24 11:41:07+00:00

Opel Ampera is the Volt not the Bolt.

dsfyu404ed | karma 7424 | avg karma 0.98 · | 2019-08-12 17:28:47+00:00

The spark was being sold under other names since long before the volt or the Bolt. When they started calling the Spark the Spark the Bolt was still several years off and they certainly didn't have a name for it at that point. The choice of "Spark" coincided with they giving all their small cars a bunch of active sounding names.

tigeba | karma 362 | avg karma 2.85 · | 2017-10-23 14:29:45+00:00

I came here to make this comment as well. They had to know they were making an all electric vehicle when they named the Volt...

I drive a Leaf and this makes me an un-elected ambassador for EV's in general. When I'm at a charger people will randomly drive up and get out of their car and ask questions about EV's, charging, range, etc. I'm always happy to talk to to folks about my experience with an EV and in my experience there is quite obvious consumer confusion about the Bolt and Volt.

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davexunit | karma 7230 | avg karma 3.8 · | 2017-07-05 16:23:29+00:00

This is why I bought a Chevy Bolt instead of a Volt.

ksm1717 | karma 299 | avg karma 1.78 · | 2021-09-15 18:58:07

That’s my point, why bother with Bolt et al. when the volt has already established as a clear front runner.

brightball | karma 15608 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2017-08-03 20:18:42+00:00

Easy to cite the Chevy Bolt as a failure. The Volt, on the other hand, is fantastic.

ksm1717 | karma 299 | avg karma 1.78 · | 2021-09-15 18:51:32

Eyes on the ball. Bolt is a beat car. We are talking Volt and Tesla. I agree with your sentiment regardless

malshe | karma 5586 | avg karma 4.25 · | 2021-11-26 18:05:49

> Starting that list with the Volt...

I know it's confusing but Chevy Bolt is not Chevy Volt

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