WASHINGTON — General Motors confirmed Friday it would again halt manufacturing at its Orion Meeting plant in Michigan, which makes the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt, for 3 extra weeks.
The most important U.S. automaker in August widened its recall of the Bolt to greater than 140,000 automobiles to exchange battery modules and to handle fireplace dangers after a sequence of fires.
GM stated the plant, which halted manufacturing in August after the battery recall, now has a focused return to manufacturing date of Dec. 6. The brand new three-week manufacturing halt will begin Nov. 15.
Late final month, GM stated it might conduct limited production for 2 weeks at Orion beginning Nov. 1 to assist optimize battery manufacturing and provide chain repair logistics, together with offering automobiles for use as courtesy transportation for patrons throughout recall repairs.
GM stated Friday that “battery module replacements stay the precedence. We’ll proceed to regulate Orion’s manufacturing schedule transferring ahead to greatest assist the recall.”
GM President Mark Reuss stated final month that the corporate is addressing the recall earlier than resuming manufacturing of new vehicles.
GM has suspended gross sales of latest Bolts. Reuss stated GM has to certify Bolt automobiles on dealer heaps earlier than they are often bought however didn’t say when these gross sales may start.
GM disclosed in October that its battery companion, South Korea’s LG Electronics, had agreed to reimburse it for the $2 billion estimated prices and bills related to the Bolt recall.
GM and LG Vitality Resolution are constructing two joint-venture U.S. battery crops.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; modifying by Jonathan Oatis)
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