Bolt EV seat design cuts weight, delights taller passengers

Stepping into the back seat of Chevrolet's 2017 Bolt EV, one attribute of the car is immediately evident: the designers and engineers didn't neglect the outsized physical dimensions of tall passengers.

In fact, even those whose height and inseam length are well beyond the 90th percentile-that would include the author-will appreciate the Bolt EV's surprisingly easy ingress and egress. That's because the car's front seats were designed with the back-seaters in mind, as well as being designed to reduce mass.