The Chevrolet
Bolt is about to be updated for the 2019MY, Electrek reports after getting
their hands on claimed dealer documentation. The revisions are modest, though,
and they include certain optional extras. One of them is called ‘Smartphone
Interface’ and comes with a feature described as ‘vehicle entry, start and
operation, and car sharing’.
General Motors has already tapped
into the car-sharing market with Maven. The company uses several hundreds of
Bolts in its fleet, and one program allows San Diego residents to rent one for US$ 229 per week and put it to work with Uber, Lyft, Roadie, Instacart and
GrubHub.
Elsewhere, the 2019 Bolt will also welcome three new
color options. These are called Green Mist Metallic, Slate Gray Metallic and
Shock. The former is already available for the larger Volt EV, and the second
one is used by GM on several other vehicles, but the quoted publication
couldn’t find any reference of the latter shade.
No technical upgrades appear to have been performed
across the Bolt lineup for the 2019MY, as the electric car still uses a 200 hp and 360 Nm of torque motor, and a 60kWh lithium-ion
battery pack.
Officially, the zero-emission model needs less than
6.5 seconds to accelerate from naught to 96 km/h, and can travel up to 383 kilometers in between charges, as certified by the EPA.
