Chevy Bolt EV Recall Will Cost LG $1.9 Billion, 95% of the Total Cost
12 Oct 2021, 12:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Reuters, the cost division has included LG Chem, which owns LGES, and LG Electronics, which assembles the battery packs
GM Says LGES Is Now Producing Defect-Free Battery Modules for Bolt EV and EUV
20 Sep 2021, 22:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The automaker expects the first components to reach dealerships by mid-October. It also promises a software safeguard to monitor the cells.
GM Extends Suspension of Bolt EV Production Until Mid-October
17 Sep 2021, 10:33 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / It would be waiting to have trustworthy batteries from LGES. However, if that is really the case, the company may get back to production only in November
GM Would Be Asking Bolt EV Owners to Park 50 Feet Away From Other Cars
16 Sep 2021, 13:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The new precaution does not show up on the recall page, but should be followed by all owners until their cars get the proper repair
While GM Teaches LGES Quality Control, Chevy Bolt EV Catches Fire Inside Garage
14 Sep 2021, 14:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Although this is ultimately on GM, the company warned owners more than once that they should not park inside until the recall is done.
GM Will Teach LGES Quality Control to Replace Battery Packs on Bolt EV Units
13 Sep 2021, 17:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The companies tried to make it sound like some trivial procedure, but it only reveals how LGES has to step up its game quickly.
Chinese Website States Tesla 4680 Batteries Could Only Be Produced In 2023
31 Aug 2021, 10:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / That would delay the Cybertruck and Semi even more than previously predicted by Elon Musk: his worst estimate was October 2022.
Ford Mustang Mach-E Chief Engineer Explains the Good and the Bad in the EV
24 Aug 2021, 13:54 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Donna Dickson knew a lot about the good decisions that were taken by Ford on the Mach-E but was not so sure about the bad ones.
GM Finally Reveals Chevy Bolt EV Battery Defects: It Will Recall All Cars
21 Aug 2021, 07:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A torn anode tab and a folder separator would have caused the fires. The additional cost for the recall will be $1 billion.
VW ID.3 Burns to the Ground in the Netherlands: Cause Is Still Unknown
20 Aug 2021, 15:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The VW ID.3 had just finished charging in Groningen, and the driver had already put her child in the car when she noticed smoke coming from underneath it.
GM Estimates It Will Spend $11,650 in Each Recalled Chevy Bolt EV
6 Aug 2021, 10:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company released its Q2 2021 results and included that its net income of $2.8 billion was affected by $800 million in Bolt EV warranty recall costs.
GM Will Finally Replace Defective Modules to Avoid Bolt EV Fires
23 Jul 2021, 14:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company announced that it has identified with LG “two rare manufacturing defects in the same battery cell” that cause the fires.
GM Tacitly Admits Bolt EV Recall Is Not Enough, Asks Owners to Park Outside
15 Jul 2021, 11:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company said that in a recall update, also asking that the car is not charged overnight. There has been a second fire already.
Recall Did Not Prevent a Chevrolet Bolt EV From Burning
9 Jul 2021, 16:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / GM refused to talk if the repair would be enough when it released it. The new blaze screams that it may not be the case.
Hyundai Kona Electric That Caught Fire In Norway Was Not Included In Recall
27 Jun 2021, 06:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The vehicle was registered in Norway for the first time in November 2020, according to Avisa Oslo, and was probably made in Europe.
Hyundai Kona Electric Faces New Fires In Norway And South Korea
25 Jun 2021, 06:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The affected cars should be just the ones produced from November 2017 up to March 2020, when part of the production moved to Nošovice, Czechia.
Tesla May Buy a Stake in LG Energy Solution, South Korean Sources Suggest
1 Oct 2020, 18:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / There's hearsay that Tesla will buy 10 percent of LG Energy Solution, the battery-making division of South Korean juggernaut LG Chem