Chevy's Tesla competitor is cute, but will it be able to stand its ground?

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Chevy was nice enough to plop one of its new Bolt EVs on a display at the New York International Auto Show this week. The Bolt, which will go on sale this fall, will have to compete with Tesla's upcoming Model 3. Both cars are designed to offer all-electric cars at a more affordable $35,000 or so.

Naturally, being the electric car geeks that we are, we spent a decent amount of time examining the Bolt and getting to know it a little better.

This is what we learned.