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GM Will Start Replacing Defective Bolt Batteries in October
- Automaker and LG say they’ve found a fix to prevent fires
- Replacement cells and packs being built at 2 Michigan plants
Chevrolet Bolt
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General Motors Co. and battery supplier LG Corp. of South Korea say they’ve found a fix to avoid battery fires in the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle, signaling the potential resolution to a recall that has bedeviled the plug-in car for almost a year.
The two companies have improved their manufacturing process for lithium-ion batteries in the Bolt and larger Bolt EUV and have already started building the cells and packs at two plants in Michigan, GM said Monday. The Detroit automaker plans to start replacing the defective batteries in October.