Common Motors will proceed to delay manufacturing of recent Chevrolet Bolt EVs on the firm’s Orion meeting plant in Michigan “by the week of Jan. 24, 2022,” the corporate stated in a press release emailed to NH2N on Thursday. The automaker stated it might as an alternative “proceed to give attention to battery module replacements” for tens of hundreds of Chevy Bolts that have been recalled earlier this 12 months as a consequence of potential fireplace dangers inside the batteries.
The plant has been shut down since August 23, and GM has repeatedly pushed again manufacturing dates for brand new Bolt autos.
In October, GM began transport sellers substitute battery modules for the recalled Chevrolet Bolt electrical autos. A GM spokesperson stated the corporate was not publicly disclosing any specifics on the variety of modules that had been shipped or changed.
“We proceed to ramp up repairs and are centered on finishing the repairs as shortly as potential,” the corporate spokesperson stated in an e mail. ” Actually, we notified workers as our Orion meeting plant (the meeting plant for the BOLT EV) that we’re maintaining the plant down by January to proceed to prioritize recall repairs.”
In Might, the corporate deliberate so as to add new software program that may forestall fires to the 2017 to 2019 Bolts that have been initially recalled after a couple of fires have been reported. When the software program wasn’t efficient, Chevy issued a recall in July. The automaker recalled all Bolt EVs in August after a more moderen mannequin 12 months Bolt caught fireplace.
LG Chem, the producers of Chevy’s Bolt batteries, has since agreed to pay the practically $2 billion price of the recall.
Throughout GM’s investor day in October, the corporate stated it might double its revenues by the tip of the last decade and take over EV market share from Tesla. The corporate beforehand pledged to launch 30 new EVs by 2025, however to date, all GM has introduced schedules for are its GMC Hummer EV pickup, which is scheduled for supply by the tip of 2021, the Hummer EV SUV, which is scheduled for 2023, and the Cadillac Lyric, which ought to come to market by early subsequent 12 months.
