General Motors says it will begin making Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles again in early April after an eight-month pause because of a series of battery fire recalls.
— It’s back to the assembly line.
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. The recall follows reports of 13 battery fires, GM said, which can occur when both defects are present in the battery modules. 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.