GM’s Secret Trick To Make The Chevy Bolt EV Cheaper: Build Them 30 At A Time

• General Motors revealed one of the manufacturing techniques that lowers the Chevy Bolt EV’s costs.
• The automaker ditched the old way of assembling cars, where different trims and configurations converged on the line.
• For the Bolt EV, GM is making identical cars in batches; a pair of “clones” is also on standby to keep the line rolling.

The 2027 Chevrolet Bolt is marketed as “America’s most affordable EV,” but to get that title, General Motors had to find some clever solutions. One of those was to fit modern components under a body that shares a lot of components with the previous-generation Bolt EUV.