Battery Experts Provide Deeper Explanations for Chevy Bolt Fires

AUTOWEEK

General Motors suffered a setback to its big EV ambitions when the company in August announced the third recall of the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt. The company recalled all 141,000 Chevy Bolts, later confirming that 16 cars had caught fire. GM pointed to battery manufacturing flaws as the culprit—specifically a “torn anode tab and a folded separator” in a few individual cells. However, our conversations with several leading battery analysts cast Bolt battery woes in a broader context. read more »

Major European carmakers will hit emissions targets too easily, research shows

THE GUARDIAN

Weak EU vehicle emissions targets could allow Europe’s biggest carmakers to produce millions more petrol and diesel cars than necessary up to 2030 in a “wasted decade” for cutting carbon pollution, according to a report. read more »