The race is on for car manufacturers to provide cleaner, eco-friendly vehicles and the Chevrolet Bolt EV is here to help make the transition from fossil-fuel to electric easier
Give me an honest-to-goodness 6.6-litre V8 that chugs down Super 98 octane via a four-barrel Holley over an overly complex electric motor that uses a magnetic field any day of the week. I enjoy auditory stimulus in patterns such as the rhythm of an internal combustion engine and that deep throb from a muscle car is automotive music to my ears. I will always defend the honour of the more than 140-year-old internal combustion engine. My 1980 Firebird is fast. It’s loud. When I crank it, startled birds fly off of tree tops. People jump. It get smiles rather than miles to the gallon. It’s the most fun car to drive ever — as long as I don’t have to go anywhere. It isn’t practical and isn’t supposed to be. I don’t care if an electric drivetrain is better in every measurable way, it lacks in one critical area for us enthusiasts — it lacks soul. My Pontiac has more of that than James Brown. I have a severe dislike for this electric revolution, but then I met the 2019 Bolt EV...
Most of the major carmakers either already have or soon will move towards electrification. Volvo has gone on record to say it’ll stop designing new oil sapping motors as early as next year and Audi plans on flooding its lineup with 10 EVs by 2025. We know China’s stance on this brave new dawn; this market alone has the power to reset the entire automotive industry as it accounts for half the world’s production and sales of EVs.
この記事は Wheels Magazine の September 28, 2018 版に掲載されています。
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