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There's something missing from this narrative that GM is not disclosing. It's very rare for a manufacturer to pause sales of a product that works well, is well
by protastus 3y ago
There's something missing from this narrative that GM is not disclosing. It's very rare for a manufacturer to pause sales of a product that works well, is well received and in demand. GM has hyped their EV strategy and the Bolt is the one thing that's real and good.
Automakers redesign cars all the time without pausing sales. Automakers work on the new design in parallel, then switch over and call it a new model year.
Maybe a supplier raised prices and GM's gross margin tanked, or maybe they were always losing money on every car made and they need to stop the bleeding.
- gpapilion 3y agoIsn’t it well known they had major issues with the battery design and 2 or 3 recalls related to it. If i remember correctly one of them include a warning not to park inside due to the risk of a fire.
- protastus 3y agoYes, and allegedly the issue was root caused and fixed. The cost to investigate and recall has been sunk.
- jvandonsel 3y agoAnd the root cause was LG, not GM.
- NewJazz 3y agoThe story I heard is that they needed to retool an existing factory for new ultium vehicles, and they were prioritizing production of more profitable vehicles (which I guess they consider the Cadillac Lyriq, Blazer, and Hummer to be). Supposedly they will be producing Bolts before the end of 2024. So a gap of about one year, with a much better specced platform... If only they can get the reliability of the platform right. Chevy insists these issues aren't ultium related, but I have doubts.
- nothercastle 3y agoReliability problems are mostly related to wiring and systems integration. Going to be hard to fix problems too expensive to fix actually