Chevrolet Bolt EV vs Tesla Model S
The Bolt EV costs less to run, by the official figures: about $70 a year less in New Zealand, $60 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $60 in the US.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $749 (better)
- $816
- Australia
- $640 (better)
- $696
- United Kingdom
- £486 (better)
- £529
- United States
- $683 (better)
- $743
Official figures
- Uses
- 17.5 kWh/100km (better)
- 19.0 kWh/100km
- UK
- 3.6 mi/kWh (better)
- 3.3 mi/kWh
- US
- 120 MPGe (better)
- 110 MPGe
- Range
- 416 km
- 592 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 478 L
- 793 L (better)
- Length
- 4,166 mm
- 5,021 mm
- Weight
- 1,616 kg
- 2,069 kg
Engine
- Engine
- Single motor
- Dual motor
- Power
- 150 kW
- 500 kW (better)
- Torque
- 360 Nm
- 440 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- Single-speed
- Single-speed
- Drive
- FWD
- AWD
Safety
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 8
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
Bolt EV or Model S?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Bolt EV or the Tesla Model S?
The Chevrolet Bolt EV: about $70 a year less in New Zealand, $60 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $60 in the US than the Tesla Model S at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which has the bigger boot, the Chevrolet Bolt EV or the Tesla Model S?
The Tesla Model S, at 793 L to the Chevrolet Bolt EV's 478 L, for their newest versions.
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