General Motors will restart production of the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt for a limited time starting on November 1.
The car manufacturer has confirmed that it will bring back 1,000 workers from Monday to the Orion Assembly site to begin building 2022 Bolt EV models. Interestingly, new Bolt models produced will be used to support customers and dealers currently dealing with the recall of some 140,000 Bolts, and include making courtesy loaner cars for those owners having their vehicles repaired.
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General Motors spokesman Dan Flores said the company will assess the situation after two weeks and decide whether it will continue Bolt production or pause it again.
“This is a limited production run for specific allocation,” Flores said per the Detroit Free Press. “Vehicle production during this timeframe will help optimize LG battery production and supply chain repair logistics, and also support other customer and dealer needs related to the recall, including providing EV courtesy transportation to dealers who have a high volume of customer repairs.”
Production of the Bolt has been paused since August 23 while GM and battery supplier LG looked to find a fix for battery issues that led to a spate of fires. GM and LG began to repair faulty Bolts earlier this month by installing five new battery modules.
“We are prioritizing customers based on their charging behavior and the dates on which their batteries were produced,” Flores added. “We’re a couple weeks into completing customers repairs and things are going smoothly, but obviously the focus is to ramp up volume and repair more vehicles as quickly as we can.”
