Posted on 02/15/2022 7:39:03 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says it will start making Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles again in early April after an eight-month pause due to a series of battery fire recalls.
The automaker says Tuesday that battery supplier LG Energy Solution is now making enough to supply replacement modules for the recalls as well as to resume production.
The company will start making hatchback and SUV versions of the Bolt on April 4 at a factory north of Detroit. Those should start reaching dealers a few weeks later. Vehicles on dealer lots at the time of the recalls can be sold once battery modules are replaced.
In August GM expanded a previous recall to more than 140,000 Bolts sold worldwide since 2016 because battery manufacturing defects could cause the vehicles to catch fire.
To capture U.S. electric vehicle market share leadership, GM plans to spend $35 billion to roll out more than 30 new battery vehicles globally by 2025, including about 20 in North America. The company has said it aspires to make only electric passenger vehicles by 2035.
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“Hey Dad, I think I won an argument on the Internet!”
“Son, Good job!”
We bought a large screen LG TV some years ago, it failed within a year, returned it, and vowed to never buy a LG product again. We switched to Samsung, and now have several Samsung TVs that have never given us a problem over eight years now.
“2000 W / 120V = 16.667A.
That will trip the breaker for any standard circuit.”
Not with ordinary use on a 15 Amp breaker.
Not at all on a 20 Amp breaker.
“. Most home outlets are 15A.”
Most of my 120v circuits are 20 Amp.
“So utilities got their wish of EVs, but now are short on power to recharge them at night.”
The average utility in the US still has about 50% excess capacity at night.
“Ford pinto.......the Jimmy Carter of cars.”
If you believe Mother Jones and Mike Wallace ...
NHTSA - 4.5 fiery deaths per year
Mother Jones - 900 fiery deaths per year
Mike Wallace - Thousands of fiery deaths per year
We are 5 of 6 on Samsung TV’s. The 65” is nine years running.
The one that failed was the cheaper 43” covered by Costco with full refund. Two years of free use!
We like Costco also. Returned the LG large-screen TV to Costco. They gave us a full refund, which we used to buy a larger better Samsung TV the same day, and pocketed about $400 difference as TVs got cheaper since we bought the LG. Never a problem returning stuff to Costco.
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