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Re:BYD Overtakes Tesla as Most Popular EV Maker by alephnerd on Saturday December 30, 2023 @12:56PM (#38817103)
The Bolt was discontinued and hasn't been restarted yet.

The Mini Cooper SE is also being discontinued.

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Re:BYD Overtakes Tesla as Most Popular EV Maker by hn_throwaway_99 on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:02PM (#38817176)
Your comments seem to be non-sequiturs to me. You stated "The lack of affordable daily driver EVs is what's slowing down adoption here in the US."

So why do you think the two most affordable EV options in the US were discontinued? I don't think it's because they were flying out of the showrooms.

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Re:BYD Overtakes Tesla as Most Popular EV Maker by numpad0 on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:20PM (#38817398)
There's also Leaf, and here again it's ignored like it never existed.

I suspect what these people actually wants is 2024 Mediocrity, which Leaf, Bolt, Mini Cooper, etc., are not as they're all hatchbacks, which isn't the mentally defaultest style of a automobile, but Tesla is.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediocrity_(advertising_campai...

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Re:BYD Overtakes Tesla as Most Popular EV Maker by HDThoreaun on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:25PM (#38817437)
It was discontinued because it turns out that affordable EVs aren’t actually what Americans want.
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Re:BYD Overtakes Tesla as Most Popular EV Maker by pajep on Saturday December 30, 2023 @12:59PM (#38817147)
https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/bolt-ev

looks like bolt is still here

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Re:BYD Overtakes Tesla as Most Popular EV Maker by AlotOfReading on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:06PM (#38817220)
There is no production line for the current generation bolts. They're building a production line for a new architecture (MY2025+), but there are some significant changes to that design that many people might consider negative (e.g. lack of Android Auto/carplay) alongside the standard risks of buying a first generation architecture.
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Re:BYD Overtakes Tesla as Most Popular EV Maker by bmurphy1976 on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:02PM (#38817165)
Discontinued doesn't mean unavailable. I thought it was cancelled as well and took a look at Wikipedia. According to that source there will be a new model at some indeterminate point in the future.
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