GM extends EV Bolt production halt to mid-October By Reuters

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Basic Motors Co stated on Thursday it would lengthen a shutdown of a Michigan meeting plant to mid-October within the aftermath of a brand new recall of its Chevrolet Bolt electrical autos over battery points after 10 reported fires.

The most important U.S. automaker stated the extension of the manufacturing halt at its Orion Meeting plant will undergo a minimum of Oct. 15. GM additionally stated it was slicing manufacturing at six different North American meeting vegetation due to the continued semiconductor chips scarcity.

GM stated it won’t resume Bolt manufacturing or gross sales till it’s happy that the recall treatment will tackle the hearth danger situation.

GM in August widened its recall of the Bolt to greater than 140,000 autos to interchange battery modules, at a price now estimated at $1.8 billion. The automaker stated it will search reimbursement from battery provider LG.

It isn’t clear how lengthy it would take GM to acquire substitute battery modules for recalled autos and whether or not it would have diagnostic software program that may permit it to certify some modules don’t want changing.

GM stated the extra three-week manufacturing halt at its plant in southeast Michigan the place it builds the Bolt comes because it continues “to work with our provider to replace manufacturing processes.”

Earlier this month GM was compelled to halt manufacturing at most of its North American meeting vegetation briefly due to the chips scarcity.

The brand new manufacturing cuts embody a Lansing plant that builds the Chevrolet Traverse and the Buick Enclave.

GM can be slicing manufacturing at vegetation in Mexico and Canada the place it builds SUVs just like the Chevrolet Equinox, Blazer and GMC Terrain. It’s going to additionally make additional manufacturing cuts at Michigan and Kansas vegetation that make automobiles, together with the Chevrolet Camaro and Malibu.