GM will restart production of its Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle (EV) at the Orion plant in Michigan, US, in the first week of April this year, after a closure of almost six months.
The carmaker closed the plant on August 23 last year because of a number of vehicle fires resulting from a fault in the original lithium-ion battery supplied for the car by LG Electronics. There were successive delays in restarting the plant through the rest of the year because of continued battery supply difficulties.
LG Electronics reimbursed GM for costs and expenses associated with the recall of Bolt EVs to the tune of $1.9 billion.
Now GM has said the supply of new batteries from LG Electronics is secure, and production can start again in earnest while it continues to replace batteries in the Bolt recalls.
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