General Motors has extended production downtime for the 2022 Chevy Bolt EV and 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV through to the end of January.
GM announced in November that production of the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV would remain offline for the remainder of the year as it continued to prioritize getting repair parts to customers affected by the battery fire recall over producing more new vehicles. This week, the automaker confirmed the Lake Orion Assembly plant where the two electric compacts are built would remain offline until at least January 28th as it continued “to focus on battery module replacements.”
As we reported previously, GM reopened the Lake Orion plant on November 1st after production of the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV was put on pause in August amid the battery fire recall investigation. The plant only remained open for about two weeks, however, as GM worked to optimize battery production and sort out various supply chain problems for the two compact EVs.
The Lake Orion facility was initially shut down in late August after GM widened its recall of the Chevy Bolt EV to include all Bolt vehicles produced from the 2017-2022 model years, as well as the 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV crossover. The widely publicized battery fire recall now includes around 140,000 vehicles, GM says. The recall campaign is expected to total $2 billion USD, most of which will be covered by the automaker’s battery supplier partner, LG Electronics Inc.
Battery pack production for the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV restarted in mid-September as Chevy began producing replacement packs for existing customer vehicles. GM spokesman Dan Flores said last month at the automaker remains focused on getting replacement parts to customers and that it will “continue to inform employees at the appropriate time of any additional production schedule adjustments,” that may come about in early 2022.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation into the GM battery module fires last autumn. The investigation remains open as the safety watchdog probes the causes of the fires and GM’s response to the matter.
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Guess Mary should give her Deming Award back.
She had a Biden moment on a recent TV Interview where she said GM was the largest EV provided. Da ! Mary needs to go !
Now the bread and butter SUV’s and Silverado trucks have bad lifters and bent valves. Low bid suppliers are usually not the best path.They never learn!
It has been almost six months GM is not selling a single EV. So, it will take more than six months for Ford to sell more EVs than GM, but in the total of EVs sold by both GM and Ford, GM is still fa ahead. .
Good I hope it goes even longer. I don’t have to worry that my friends burn alive at least until January 22
This is becoming a flop.. the way it has been plagued. All electric future maybe but I don’t want to be a test rat for this car. I hate to say that but it is what it is. I don’t see this name tag lasting long.
Haha, yeah!
GM has ‘brilliantly’ discontinued 4 of the 6 Plug-In vehicles I have purchased, and of my 3 GM cars which are all plug-ins, 2 of the 3 have been discontinued…
Rather like silly little kids who can’t decide what they want, and/or constantly change their minds.
In my area of the Northeast, there are currently no good plug-in sedans or hatchbacks available…The Honda Plug-IN CLARITY – a fine vehicle – is no longer generally available here – it must be special ordered with difficulty.
There is obviously TESLA still available but I wouldn’t have one of their cars again since I don’t trust their long-term reliability in harsh climates.
It goes without saying that, if GM had more than one product for sale (the BOLT EV and EUV are very close to being the same product, although I slightly prefer the EUV) – they’d have something to sell.
When you look at the various GM divisions – what you get mostly is talk…Nothing available for sale in the United States is the typical state:
Chevy – NOTHING
BUICK – Nothing – unless you speak Mandarin.
GMC – NOTHING, and nothing affordable on the horizon.
Cadillac – Nothing for years. Hopefully the Lyriq will be available in a year or so.
Of course, GM has officially stated they are NOT an American Car Company – so therefore I guess it is fitting the only electrics are in China…. They still make most of the Corporate Profits in the States, however, so you’d think they’d have something to sell in their most profitable locale which they don’t have to share with China.
I want to buy one when the production starts again.
GM needs to prove to me that it won’t burn my house down when parked in the Garage. Maybe they need to provide Free Fire Insurance if you buy one. I was ready to replace my 14 year old HHR. I’m still driving it. I’m leaning toward a Tesla in 2022.
Haha, yeah!
GM has ‘brilliantly’ discontinued 4 of the 6 Plug-In vehicles I have purchased, and of my 3 GM cars which are all plug-ins, 2 of the 3 have been discontinued…
Rather like silly little kids who can’t decide what they want, and/or constantly change their minds.
In my area of the Northeast, there are currently no good AND RELIABLE plug-in sedans or hatchbacks available…The Honda Plug-IN CLARITY – a fine vehicle – is no longer generally available here – it must be special ordered with difficulty. I’ve had fords in the past, but only their SERIOUS commercial trucks (f-250 diesels, etc) seem to be substantially constructed…. I’ve seen teardowns of their Newest “Mach-E”, and while its a nice car on the surface, I expect long term reliability problems – no surprise since even gasoline powered FORDS have many troubles. The Toyota Prius Prime is good quality – but has very poor electric range, and the RAV4 Prime is good but pricey. Looks like my next plug-in will be a Toyota if GM can’t get its act together by then.
There is obviously TESLA still available but I wouldn’t have one of their cars again since I don’t trust their long-term reliability in harsh climates.
It goes without saying that, if GM had more than one product for sale (the BOLT EV and EUV are very close to being the same product, although I slightly prefer the EUV) – they’d have something to sell.
When you look at the various GM divisions – what you get mostly is talk…Nothing available for sale in the United States is the typical state:
Chevy – NOTHING
BUICK – Nothing – unless you speak Mandarin.
GMC – NOTHING, and nothing affordable on the horizon.
Cadillac – Nothing for years. Hopefully the Lyriq will be available in a year or so.
Of course, GM has officially stated they are NOT an American Car Company – so therefore I guess it is fitting the only electrics are in China…. They still make most of the Corporate Profits in the States, however, so you’d think they’d have something to sell in their most profitable locale which they don’t have to share with China.
You can be sure all those Bolt owners will never buy another EV. At least not from gm. Resale on those heaps will be terrible. That’s a lot of pissed off customers. gm is used to upset customers though.