Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV Will End Production after 2023

• The 2023 Chevy Bolt EV and its EUV counterpart will end production after this year, GM today announced in an investor call.

• The factory where the Bolt is built will switch to producing electric trucks, with the Chevy Silverado EV set to arrive at the end of 2023.

• The Bolt recovered from its battery fire recall to hit a new sales record last year at 38,120 and is off to a strong start in 2023, with 19,700 units delivered through the first quarter.

The Chevy Bolt EV and EUV are living on borrowed time. General Motors today announced plans to end production of the electric hatchbacks by the end of 2023. CEO Mary Barra revealed the Bolt's planned demise during an investor call, explaining the Orion Assembly plant in Michigan where it is built will begin retooling in order to start churning out the company's electric pickup trucks next year.

When the Bolt arrived for the 2017 model year, it was one of few EVs with respectable range, returning a 238-mile EPA estimate from its 60.0-kWh battery. An upgrade to a 66.0-kWh pack brought a 259-mile rating for 2020, while a styling update for 2022 also saw the introduction of the EUV—an attempt to tap into the surging market for SUVs. Bolt sales never took off quite as much as GM hoped, lagging far behind Tesla, although Chevy still shifted around 20,000 units each year.