GM has released the first official teaser images of the next-generation Chevy Bolt EV, slated for production later this year ...

The electric Chevy pickup, meanwhile, features a full-width LED light bar with the Chevy Bowtie emblem clearly illuminated. Again, we don't know what to think of the EV all the way on the right ...

However, given that an October 1913 edition of the Washington Post is one of the earliest known examples of the ‘Bowtie’ Chevy emblem being advertised where it says ‘Look for this Nameplate ...

You may have heard the legend of how Chevrolet’s co-founder Billy Durant came up with its famous bow-tie logo when he saw the design on wallpaper in a Paris hotel. Except the legend isn’t true.

The Chevy bowtie emblem sits in the middle of the upper grille, and the body paint color wraps around the car’s face separating the upper and lower grille elements.

At Chevrolet, its golden bowtie emblem has taken pride of place on the front of every Chevrolet since 1913 and will celebrate its centenary in 2013.

The move, announced Thursday, makes sense to dealers and analysts, who wonder why the BrightDrop vans weren't stamped with the Chevy Bowtie emblem from the start.