The days of electric cars are more prevalent than ever now. The 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV looks a bit similar to the standard Bolt EV, but it's loaded with a heavy dose of new tech that is advanced but budget-minded to boot. Everyone here at the Mid-Missouri Powerhouse is thrilled to finally see the time when advanced driver assistance technology and very capable electric drivetrains are available within reach of the everyday American consumer. As an integral part of the plan to introduce 30 new electric vehicles over the next 4 years, this new Bolt EUV has been released with GM's very advanced Super Cruise system.
The EUV is the longer and larger between the two, and the addition of Super Cruise now allows for hands-free driving, which is the largest leap into fully autonomous driving that any manufacturer has brought to the table yet. Power is derived from a 288-cell, 5-kWh battery pack that generates 200 horsepower and 266 lb-ft of torque, and one stat that customers are interested in is how far you can go on a charge. In this case, that sought-after marker is 250 miles, which is more than a full week of driving for many urban commuters averaging about 20 miles of driving a day!
If you are short on time along with many other busy families these days, you can regain up to 96 miles of range in just a half an hour courtesy of a DC fast charger, while a full charge on standard power will take around 7 or 8 hours, easily accomplished during a night's rest. One of the great benefits you'll enjoy with this new and Eco-conscious breed of car is one of Chevy's latest team efforts: home charging installer Qmerit will step up to the plate and provide free charger installation if you buy or lease a new Bolt or EUV.
Since its introduction in 2017, Super Cruise has shown up in numerous Cadillac products such as the CT6 and CT5. The Bolt EUV is the first production vehicle residing outside the luxury category of GM, and drivers will certainly enjoy the intense injection of automation while driving on highways within its network. The Launch Edition of the Bolt EUV currently has every single model reserved, the LT and Premium trim models are still available. The implementation of Super Cruise is not just to give drivers a sense of lazy existence on the road: chief engineers involved heavily in its design had lofty goals of bringing crashes along with congestion down to zero.
The next ten years are going to have even more exciting changes as far as autonomous driving goes, and some of that technology will see more extensive development and success. Every time the Super Cruise system is added to a new vehicle, the software processing and sensors need to be updated because of each car's different dimensions along with other characteristics. Feeling a bit like pushing the limits? Probably not going to happen: if Super Cruise senses you falling asleep or glancing at your phone, alarms sound reminding you that for now, the driver needs to keep their eyes on the road. Five years down the road? We'll all have to wait and see!
