Concept cars at automobile shows generally offer the following: great opps for selfies, dreams over driving a vehicle that will never exist and, of course, the occasional eye roll. But this week at the\u00a0North American International Auto Show (NAIAS)\u00a0in Detroit, one concept car dazzled because of its design and its potential to transform the automobile industry: General Motors\u2019 (GM)\u00a0Chevrolet Bolt\u00a0EV, which could hit the market as soon as 2017.The Bolt is a huge step closer toward the holy grail of\u00a0electric vehicles (EVs): affordability and sustainability \u2014 the latter of which in this case is defined by range, the current bugaboo of most EVs. Sure, we love\u00a0Tesla\u00a0for its phenomenal design and range of 265 miles between charges. Unfortunately, the sticker price, which ranges between $70,000 and $90,000, is out of range of most of our budgets. GM\u2019s\u00a0Chevy Spark EV\u00a0could be\u00a0a car for the rest of us,\u00a0with a price of about $20,000 after federal rebates. But with a range of about 82 miles, it fails to snag interest from most consumers due to that massive hurdle: \u201crange anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-32909","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n