GM CEO Mary Barra Confirms Plans to Launch Next Generation Chevrolet Bolt EV

GM Chair and CEO, Mary Barra, has announced that its Chevrolet brand will introduce a next-generation, all-electric Bolt. The new model will be built on GM's Ultium electric platform.

It will join Chevrolet’s growing lineup of all-electric vehicles, three of which are launching in 2023 — Silverado EV, Blazer EV and Equinox EV.

Timing and specific details about the next-generation Bolt will be announced at a later date.

The announcement was made during the company’s quarterly earnings conference call.

The original electric Chevrolet Bolt was introduced in 2017. 

In the electric vehicle market, GM says it met its target to produce 50,000 EVs in North America in the first half of 2023. 

Barra says: “Our customers love today’s Bolt. It has been delivering record sales and some of the highest customer satisfaction and loyalty scores in the industry. It’s also an important source of conquest sales for the company and for Chevrolet.”

She adds: “We will keep the momentum going by delivering a new Bolt…and we will execute it more quickly compared to an all-new program with significantly lower engineering expense and capital investment by updating the vehicle with Ultium and Ultifi technologies and by applying our ‘winning with simplicity’ discipline.”

Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is now one of the world's largest car brands.