Although the Jetta comes standard with a digital instrument cluster and a 6.5-inch touchscreen, you won't find automatic climate control, mirrored phone connections require a cord, and drivers still need to insert and turn a key to fire the engine. Refreshed for 2022, the $22,650 Volkswagen Jetta Sport is a basic, no-frills sedan. Adding to the Bolt's appeal, Chevrolet will pay to have a 240-volt outlet installed at the home of qualified buyers and even cover any permit costs. Buyers can add those items optionally, but even in base form, the Bolt includes a 10.2-inch touchscreen, wireless phone mirroring, and a Wi-Fi hotspot. Though, at that price, don't expect niceties such as a power driver's seat, a heated steering wheel, heated front seats, adaptive cruise control, and inductive phone charging. With its $27,495 starting figure, the Bolt is already the cheapest EV, and most shoppers will qualify for the $7500 incentive. What's more, the recent gyrations of the Inflation Reduction Act mean that the Bolt is once again eligible for the maximum EV tax credit. With its tidy footprint, good visibility, and snappy response, the Chevy Bolt EV is at home in the city. But more important-and most unlikely in these inflationary times-the Bolt's price actually decreased. A battery update in 2020 increased its energy to an estimated 63.0 kilowatt-hours of usable capacity, and for 2022, the Bolt received a styling makeover. Since the car debuted in 2016, Chevy has moved nearly 200,000 of the gimmick-free hatchbacks. Most recent electric vehicles have rolled out like models in a fashion show, with glitz and glamour, dazzling light shows, massive screens, and rich prices. To determine whether an entry-level buyer should make the leap, we set off in two opposing budget-priced offerings (both on former 10Best-winning platforms) to sort this out. Many automakers have committed to going fully electric by 2030, even as the current charging infrastructure isn't ready. Within the next decade, shoppers looking to buy a new or secondhand car will face quite possibly the toughest automotive choice of their lives: whether to go internal combustion or electric.Įlectric vehicles have become what peas and carrots are to infants: forced upon us and, for some, worthy of regurgitation. Like so many car buyers, though, we feel the pressure to at least consider the purchase of a tailpipe-free automobile. And that's what the automobile has provided since its early days: the ability to travel freely. We humans aren't keen on being told how to live our lives. From the June 2023 issue of Car and Driver.
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