The Chevy Bolt recall is burning up what’s left of GM’s EV good will

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General Motors plans to launch 30 new electric vehicles around the world by 2025, and aspires to sell only zero-emissions vehicles by 2035. But over the last few years, the United States’ biggest automaker has once again squandered the advantages it held in the still-burgeoning field of electric vehicles through bad politics, bad investments, and now most notably, a massive recall of the Bolt — currently its only all-electric vehicle — thanks to around a dozen reported fires.

On Thursday, GM announced that it is extending the Bolt’s production shutdown until mid-October, as it apparently hasn’t been able to get supplier LG to produce replacement batteries that are up to snuff. It will need a lot of them, too, as GM has recalled all...

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The Chevy Bolt recall is burning up what’s left of GM’s EV good will The Chevy Bolt recall is burning up what’s left of GM’s EV good will Reviewed by Benny on September 19, 2021 Rating: 5

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