The Chevy Bolt battery fire recall is still being addressed by General Motors as shutdown dates have been extended.
Nearly the entire cost of the 140,000 car recall that began in August on Chevy Bolts due to battery fire risks is being paid by the battery manufacturer LG Chem.
“LG is a valued and respected supplier to GM, and we are pleased to reach this agreement,” Shilpan Amin, GM vice president of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain, told GM Corporate Newsroom in October. “Our engineering and manufacturing teams continue to collaborate to accelerate production of new battery modules and we expect to begin repairing customer vehicles this month.”
Chevy has extended the production shutdown through the end of the year, even though the original restart date was slated for Dec. 6.
According to CarBuzz, a GM spokesman said, "GM has notified employees at Orion Assembly the plant will take downtime for the remainder of the 2021 calendar year." The Orion Assembly plant in Michigan isn't expected to be back up and running any sooner than January 28, 2022.
The total recall cost is $2 billion, and after such an expensive recall, Chevy is moving forward extra cautiously.
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