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GM Extends Downtime at Chevy Bolt Plant Amid Battery Recall

GM Extends Downtime at Chevy Bolt Plant Amid Battery Recall

General Motors Co. said it would extend downtime at its Chevy Bolt electric-vehicle plant in Lake Orion, Michigan, by two weeks as it continues investigating the source of battery fires in the vehicle.

  • Bolt plant has been idled since Aug. 23; extension will include the weeks of Sept. 13 and Sept. 20 
  • We “continue to work with our supplier to update manufacturing processes,” GM says in emailed statement
  • MORE: GM’s Chevy Bolt Battery Fires Open $1 Billion Rift With LG
  • GM says all its North American full-size truck and SUV plants will return to full production next week after semiconductor shortages triggered downtime

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