Very well done best review of the "Bolt" I have seen so far. So nice to have good questions and answers from people who know something about electric vehicles.

Very interessting and good Video. A Car like this from Opel is a Surprise. I only can say: Opel, good Job.

The Opel badge/logo seems particularly appropriate for this model!

Very good first drive video, very smart questions and very well informed driver. This last thing very unsual in this kind of test!!

Congratulations and still waiting for it!

It''s a good car, hopefully we got more of that.

Pro tip. 4min intro is probably way too long.

very nice Car and a good first video how to drive it, a lot of more questions, about loading home and other things, i am waiting for it

do the brake lights turn ON when decelerating quickly by Regen?

The Ampera-e's starting price will be 299,900 crowns (33,500 euros) in Norway (the first market for Ampera-e in Europe). The Leaf costs 204,990 crowns while the i3 starts at 267,500 crowns. Full info: europe.autonews.com/article/20161214/ANE/161219952/opel-prices-ampera-e-above-bmw-i3-nissan-leaf-in-its-first-european?cciid=email-ane-daily

Looks like this is a very interesting vehicle. With reasonable pricing it will find many buyers for sure.

Very nice car and video. Thank you!

When will they get the shifter off the floor, taking up precious cargo space. Having owned the Volt and two Prii, I appreciate the shifter up out of the way, as in the Prius. Heck, it's all electronic. They can bring back push-buttons and take up even less space.

Thanks for sharing, good info on intresting car.

Great car from Opel as usual

10:50 Average 19,9 kwh / 100 km, and that is in not-so-quick conditions. What 500 km are they talking about with a 60 kwh battery?

good video..nice info.. hope they sell a lot of em

That is a really nice car.

I'm predicting it'll have huge success in europe

Thank you

Thank's for the video. (& the heads up on the intro Phillip :-)) So it would appear from the view of the logbook that this too is not homologated to tow a trailer. Another electric car off the list. Oh well I'll just have to sell my family in order to buy a TESLA Model X

fantastic car really

The Opel Ampera-e (and the Chevy Bolt EV) can read the speed limits of road signs and adjust itself to that speed when in "Cruise" mode. See it at 11:21

I think Opel chose well to release the Ampera-e to Norway first, one of the best fast charger networks in the world, at least in Europe. With both a good Tesla, and ChaDemo network! And also the biggest market for electric cars in Europe. My mother gets hers in end of April or start of May, look forward to do testing on it until my Tesla 3 arrives in 2018 !

so its a chevy bolt?

Can this car Autosail like VW and MB? It looks like there is no choice to zero out recuperation. When driving an electric car it is very nice to be able to take your foot of the accelerator without the car entering recuperation. This is more comfortable and also saves energy as energy is lost every time you enter recuperation and don't really wish to loose speed. As in seeing a light turn to red 100m in front of you; it is nice to go of the pedal, and sail towards light hoping it will go green before you need to stop completely.

Warum bekommt denn kein deutscher Kanal so ein Interview? Will Opel das Teil nicht in DE verkaufe?

Hey, Opel, it is a very interesting e-car. Iĺl the best. Günter

Opel has just been sold off by GM to the PSA Peugot/Citroen group. I wonder what this will mean for the European version of the Chevy Bolt? This car is the leader at the moment in terms of range & cost specs, so it could do very well if supplied/marketed properly. This model beats the 200+mile range that could be the 'tipping point' for much greater EV take-up. HOWEVER... Here in the UK the car is not for sale and it seems no announcement that it ever will be has been made. If there was a Vauxhall branded RHD version here I reckon it would gain some real interest/sales in this market.

My next car!

Exactly the same as Chevy Bolt EV?

Not coming to UK or. Ireland in left hand drive any time soon apparently.

ich finde es immer sehr interessant zu sehn wie lang mein Handy Akku hält auch im Bezug zur Ausen Temperatur da sich Akkus bei kälteren Temperaturen schneller entladen als bei warmer Ausen Temperaturen frage ich mich wie man Haltbarkeit auch 100% gewährleisten kann dennoch finde ich 8 Jahre ist ein super zeit denoch frage ich mich ob ein abgeschwächter Akku trotz Vielnutzung immer noch die Reichweite einhält die ein neuer Akku verspricht gern würde es mich interessieren ob es den Ampera e auch mit 6 Gangschaltung gibt da ich auf das Altgewohnte schalten nicht verzichten möchte Fahre eine Astra GTC mit 1.6er Motor Benziner Baujahr 2011 (ca.179-180 PS)

It needs AC 11kw-22kw public charging like the Zoe

A nice car, world needs super charger type charging networks, every fuel pump must have atleast 2 ,3 charging points. recently news said 350kwh chargers will be introduced by 3 4 companies jointly.

BMW i3, NIssan Leaf and all the others electric cars with a range below 300Km are now obsolete...

I'm intrigued as to what might happen to the Opel Ampera E. Not to be confused with the Opel/Vauxhall Ampera, which is a very sophisticated hybrid. The Ampera E is a totally electric battery vehicle. But the Ampera E is a car without a parent company. It's former parent was GM, which has the Chevrolet Bolt, an almost identical car. The Ampera E is now effectively owned by PSA Group, but made by GM under licence - which they lose money on. So it's an odd one. It's an excellent car, by all accounts, but will its value stay reasonable, or will it depreciate like a stone? Could be an excellent secondhand buy in years to come as there is so little to go wrong. And the battery will still have an excellent range after 8-10 years, unless it goes faulty after the 8 year warranty runs out, which is unlikely. Far less likely than a FFV ICE going faulty, for instance.

I have a feeling this car will be very successful in Europe, where Petrol is pretty expensive, people are modestly sized, and emission regulations are tight. Here in America, gas is cheap, people are overweight, and with our new president emission regulations will be relaxed, which means EV's wont sell.

wish they would release this in the UK

WOW!, den will ich!!

Looks like the REAL driving range si close to 300 km. The display is showing Max 270 km, Max 287 km. That is future range calculated by past driving style. The car has 750 km on the clock, so it's new and the performance of the battery is at its best. Anyway, a 300 km range looks decent (500 km NEDC cycle) for regular driving and it is a bit more than the BMW i3. Speaking of BMW i3, this car copies the i3 and BMW so much! The exterior styling like i3, gear selector looks like a BMW one (but not i3).

I thought the Ampera name was reserved for the 4 door Chevy/Volt model. We call this a Chevy BOLT in the USA. It was supposed to already be for sale, but I guess GM would rather sell it to the rest of the world before the USA.

things got uncomfortable soon when talking about battery warranty!

So sad that the Ampera-E has single phase charging, this effectively means 3kW charging at public chargers. Why o why could they not have fit a 3 phase 11kW charger for Europe like BMW, Tesla and Renault. Capping the CCS at 50kW isn't funny either with a battery this large. 3kW charging was fine on the 2010 i-MiEV, not a 2017 model.

where is the engine?

How tall is the guy at 1:51?

Just returned from my Opel-Dealer in Hamburg where I was told that there will be only 150 cars built for the German market and there's absolutely no chance to get one. So it's just another giantic marketing bubble that will hopefully implode...

I want some kind of a electric sports car! like the Honda/Acura NSX with electric only. but cheaper. doesn't have to be a killer car! just... modern, sporty and kind of electric-fast :D

pity its not coming to the UK 😠

Opel/chevy rekt the competition

20,5 kWh/100 km - unexpected for that small car. As reference big tesla S has consumption of 25 kWh/100 km.

If they would make the trunk bigger a little bit :-/. Also if its few times bigger company than tesla they should try to make the car cheaper then 15 000€ than it would be big boom.

I recognized Michail Podorogansky from the passenger side.

I'm grad GM is developing an EV again. Good car to lease until Model 3 comes out.

Pause at 5:07. Distanced traveled 49 km, 11 kW used. Do the math, With it 60 kW battery it can reach 300 km of range or 186 miles of range. Far from the claimed range

Looks just like a Chevy Bolt

The passenger is hearing wrong at the end. Told 150km/h, and repeats 115km/h.

liked -- but... is that......orange?

It's a Chevy Bolt! with a different name badge!!

According to reading the Instrument the Ampera-e requires 20 kwh /100 km. This means: for 500 km range: a 100 kWh battery is necessary. Sorry, I did not get this Information ! Is this really true, then the battery only would cost more than 20'000 Euro.

SEHR GUT ABER ZU TEUER!!!

The main problem with this advertised range of 500 km is the used driving cyle which it is based on. The NEFZ ist just a fraud. It allows too many manipulations by the manufacturer. The range value of the EPA is much more reliable.

Max 272 km? A bit from what it should have on full, to say the least.

no 3 fase support? omg, this wont be a car to charge quick at home.

500 KM? Ridiculous.. In the dash it is always showing 270km range and they drive like my grandpa.. Really disappointing..

Not bad at all.

This is an appealing little car but its size is not a virtue for most markets in America. Sure if you live in Santa Monica, NYC or SF. But everywhere else you would be better off with a leaf.

looks like chevy bolt

uhh, it makes me so god damn furious that the Opel Ampera-e will not come with Right-Hand-Drive. So no 200 mile EV for Ireland, mainly due to the UK brexiting leaving GM to avoid the cost of development for a RHD.

This car looks like a copy of the Chevy Bolt.

ziemlich laut für die langsame Fahrt

Chevrolet Bolt in US

Why would you pay 12,000 Euros more to drive an Electric car ???

but why not 300km in 30 min? 150km is very bad. cmon. 2017 best electric car is renault zoe.

The Problem with EVs is still the Price. The Ampera costs 50% more than your regular mini van, but cant do anything better. Sure, the running costs are lower as Long as the governments subsidize EVs with the tax Money that Drivers of normal cars have to pay, but that has to Change when more and more People actully buy EVs.

Vocomoccer it's a rebadged Chevrolet Volt.

roof racks? so funny.

I'm an American, can someone explain to me wtf Opel is and why the fuck this car looks exactly like a chevy bolt???

NIce but 500 km range is lie ..maybe 300-350 km is real and that graphics in instrument panel are so ugly

Looks like a bicycle helmet with 15inch wheels... I'll stick to my tesla Model 3.

chevrolet Bolt ev

isn't this the Chevy Bolt? Copy! everywhere

The trend for the electric car is set now, THERE'S NO WAY BACK. In Brussels car exhibition, you can buy a Nissan Leaf with all incentives deducted for 15K Euro now. The leaf has a new real average range of +- 150 km. By 2025 many European cities will only allow electric cars into the city centers. By 2030 -2035 combustion engines will be totally obsolete. Oil exporting countries will go bust, price of oil will plummet.

After spending some time in the car here in the capital of EV cars in the world: Its a plastic car without any luxury.

at 45000 euro i preffer a tesla :))

No auto pilot, no sunroof, no supercharger network,less space, less speed, less range, less high tech.. All for a couple of thousand Euro's less than a Tesla Model 3.

I hope this car fails for GM as they are going to ignore the right hand drive markets!

in my opinion the green screen of the speed is unwatchable, ugly and laggy, slow, cheap, so it's the front of the car with the Opel logo.. much better the original Chevrolet front!

It's technically certainly a great car. But it is small and looks cheap and ugly. Because it's so ugly I wouldn't want to buy it, not even as e second car.

mooie auto had iets hoger moeten zijn ja veel snufjes wel intersant

Very low quality / cheap looking interior. Disappointed.

Ugly design. No consideration. I'd feel embarrassed driving around in that thing. Volt is way better.