General Motors is moving up the national debut of its Bolt electric car to August, a month earlier than originally planned in what may be a counter move to Tesla starting to ship its rival Model 3 vehicle this summer.
The first Model 3 should roll off the assembly line in July, but with nearly 400,000 reservations made, new orders placed now won’t be fulfilled until mid-2018. That means the well-reviewed Bolt could benefit from spillover demand for the much-anticipated Model 3.
