Shortly after announcing it will recall all Bolt electric vehicles ever produced back in August last year, Chevrolet paused the production of its zero-emissions model over concerns of a fire risk. At the time, we didn’t know this would become the longest safety-related production pause in the history of the company but finally, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. General Motors announced yesterday the Bolt will go back on the assembly lines on April 4.
Everything started in November 2020 when Chevy recalled a number of Bolts and then in July last year, the automaker issued a second recall. In August, it announced more than 140,000 vehicles, the entire production run of the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV, will have to be inspected. A new diagnostics software was then developed, which helped GM identify which battery modules could cause problems and replace them.
