A reduced-expense version of the subsequent-generation Chevrolet Bolt EUV could be constructed at the company’s Fairfax factory in Kansas City, as component of GM’s tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.

The vehicle manufacturer’s deal with the UAW proposes an investment of $1.25 billion at its Lansing Grand River assembly plant in Michigan, as effectively as a $391 million investment at the Fairfax Assembly Site and $300 million at an engine plant in New York to create electric drive units.

While lately speaking with Reuters, an unnamed supply recommended that GM is pondering about developing a low-expense version of the Bolt EUV at the Fairfax website in 2025 even though much more premium EVs from the Cadillac and Chevrolet brands would be constructed at Lansing from 2027. The summary published by the UAW did not specify goods or timing for either the Fairfax or Lansing internet sites.

 GM Plotting Cheaper Chevy Bolt EUV, Could Be Built In Kansas City

GM will finish production of the present Bolt EV and Bolt EUV at the finish of this year to permit it to retool the Orion Assembly plant in Michigan for electric pickup production that is scheduled to begin in 2025. According to Guidehouse Insights principal study analyst Sam Abuelsamid, it is feasible that GM will create the new Bolt EUV at the Fairfax website alongside other much more cost-effective EVs.

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General Motors confirmed that the Bolt would be updated for a third generation back in July. It will use new lithium iron phosphate battery cells and be brought to life on a quicker improvement timetable, Auto News reports. In July, GM chief executive Mary Barra highlighted the significance of the Bolt for the brand.


“Our customers love today’s Bolt,” she mentioned. “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. 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.”

 GM Plotting Cheaper Chevy Bolt EUV, Could Be Built In Kansas City