GM plans to restart production of Chevy Bolt EV on April 4, as battery replacement recall continues
Production of the Chevrolet Bolt EV and the 2022 EUV, which has been halted for most of the past six months, will resume on April 4, General Motors confirmed Tuesday.
The reboot is part of a delicate balance GM faces: On one hand, it needs to produce new electric vehicles — the automaker’s future — at a time when demand is particularly strong. Otherwise, it needs to assist owners in replacing batteries, as part of a recall related to fire hazards. Both new production for the current Bolt 2022 series and its recall troubleshooting feed from the same battery supply.
The problem stemmed from a series of fires that occurred when the Bolt EV was near or fully charged. GM is now aware of 18 suspected fires based on its own investigations. GM . Plan to replace all battery modules on affected 2017-2019 Bolt EV models and found that newer models may also be affected. Additional replacements may be available, but GM has not provided an update on its replacement rate.
GM first ceased production at its Michigan plant the week of August 23, 2021, when cells were determined to be potentially defective, the source of the manufacturing defect remained unresolved and GM Extends burn-in battery recovery to every Bolt EV madeto about 141,000 vehicles in North America.
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Since battery production resumed in October, GM has largely redirected its supply of new cells and packages to repair recalled vehicles and vehicles already in dealerships. Although vehicle production resumed for three weeks in November, the Bolt EV and EUV production lines were shut down.
“While continuing to complete the module replacement, GM will resume production at the Orion Township, MI, plant the week of April 4, 2022,” the company said in a statement provided to Green car report. “We remain committed to the Bolt EV and EUV and this decision will allow us to replace the battery modules simultaneously and resume retail soon, which was already strong prior to the recall.”
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GM’s statement also acknowledges the patience of customers demonstrated through the recall effort, which initially involved a number of software “fixes” before GM turned to the hardware issue and manufacturing defect within the vehicle itself. cells. At some point, Bolt EV owners were advised not to fully charge and park far away from other vehicles, creating dilemmas when parking at work and parking buildings.
The company declined to disclose the specific number of recall repairs. Cells for the Bolt EV and EUV are manufactured at an LG-owned facility in Holland Michigan, while the packs are manufactured at an LG facility in Hazel Park, Michigan. LG agreed to pay $1.9 billion out of $2.0 billion in estimated recovery costs.
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On the other hand, companies have cooperated for Ultium Cells Battery Factory LLC those are critical parts of the North American supply chain that make GM products large format NCMA bag. The automaker plans to spend $27 billion on 30 new electric vehicles globally by 2025, with affordable vehicles being part of that mix.
GM last month revealed a $30,000 Chevrolet Equinox EV, and the automaker has said that there will be a more affordable model than that. After all this fuss, will it be called the Bolt EV? Your guess is as good as ours.
