Global Recall of the Chevy Bolt Prompts GM to Temporarily Halt Production
LAKE ORION, MI—Production of 2022 Chevy Bolt passenger cars and sport-utility vehicles at the General Motors plant here will cease for at least the next two weeks. GM is investigating possible lithium-ion battery defects that increase the risk of fire and led to its global recall of the Bolt late last month.
The Bolt is a subcompact vehicle developed and assembled together with LG Corp., which manufactures the battery and drivetrain, instrumentation, and HVAC systems. Production of the vehicles had already been suspended (along with several other vehicle lines) due to the ongoing silicon chip shortage that is slowing manufacturing operations in various industries. Several media sources report that the repair process related to the recall has been suspended, too, due to difficulty securing a reliable supply of new batteries from LG.