I think you need to consider the speed of incidents of EV's. If a EV car catches fire going 40mph. That would be a problem but a lot of these accidents are happening at 100mph+.GM is gonna be GM'ing.
And EVs in general are a fire risk as NEW CARS because the mechanism are in close proximity.
Whereas, a gas car might light up due to being old(oil everwhere) or invaded by rodents.
I have a friend who has a bolt. They offered a brand new battery setup for the car.Wonder how they are sorting out the self immolation responsibility with LG...
I have a friend who has a bolt. They offered a brand new battery setup for the car.
From what I've read, LG paid for it all. No idea if that includes service center labor, which can't be insignificant.I meant between GM and LG.
Seven Chevy Bolts have caught fire, or about 0.006 percent of those on the road. By comparison, the National Fire Protection Association said 212,000 gas and diesel vehicles caught fire in 2018, or about 0.07 percent of those on U.S. roads
"Rates" create a false equivalence. No one expects a new ICE car to go toast itself in a garage, not even governments impose connected smoke detector requirements in garages.GM is moving all of their electrics to the new platform. Saying they are killing the dream of affordable electrics is just grandstanding.
People with Bolts made out well, they all got new batteries. Yes, they should not have cought fire, also, GM responded to a very low probability event.
Neighbor of mine has 2 of them.
The rate of fires of EV's is lower than that of IC cars.
source: NBC News
GM is clearly more committed to Electrics than some other manufactures.
oh look! GM's replacement to be available about the time they stop making the Bolt/Bolt EUV... and its one of their smaller, cheaper crossovers....
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No android auto or apple carplay, though so it's DOA.GM is moving all of their electrics to the new platform. Saying they are killing the dream of affordable electrics is just grandstanding.
People with Bolts made out well, they all got new batteries. Yes, they should not have cought fire, also, GM responded to a very low probability event.
Neighbor of mine has 2 of them.
The rate of fires of EV's is lower than that of IC cars.
source: NBC News
GM is clearly more committed to Electrics than some other manufactures.
oh look! GM's replacement to be available about the time they stop making the Bolt/Bolt EUV... and its one of their smaller, cheaper crossovers....
Site Maintenance
www.chevrolet.com
The verge strikes out again.
GM is moving all of their electrics to the new platform. Saying they are killing the dream of affordable electrics is just grandstanding.
People with Bolts made out well, they all got new batteries. Yes, they should not have cought fire, also, GM responded to a very low probability event.
Neighbor of mine has 2 of them.
The rate of fires of EV's is lower than that of IC cars.
source: NBC News
GM is clearly more committed to Electrics than some other manufactures.
oh look! GM's replacement to be available about the time they stop making the Bolt/Bolt EUV... and its one of their smaller, cheaper crossovers....
Site Maintenance
www.chevrolet.com
The verge strikes out again.
There was a lot of speculation that the Bolt is being discontinued partly because the LG battery fiasco tarnished the model irreparably. Personally, I don't see it that way because there are very few sub- $30k BEVs in the U.S. to even consider; and the Bolt kind of owns the (tiny) category. It checks off an awful lot of boxes, excepting competitive fast charging.Isn't the Equinox bigger than the Bolt? Just checked, like a foot longer. 4.6m vs Bolt EUV's 4.3m
There was a lot of speculation that the Bolt is being discontinued partly because the LG battery fiasco tarnished the model irreparably. Personally, I don't see it that way because there are very few sub- $30k BEVs in the U.S. to even consider; and the Bolt kind of owns the (tiny) category. It checks off an awful lot of boxes, excepting competitive fast charging.
Beyond the shift to the Ultium platform (which doesn't preclude building a true Bolt successor), Americans just hardly buy small passenger cars anymore, and when they do it's an Asian brand. GM probably saw no way to make money on Bolt 2.0, so they decided the line ends here. Mind you, the subcompact CUV is essentially a passenger car, replacing the small sedans and hatchbacks of decades past. The Equinox EV fits in with American consumer tastes much better.