The following-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV could possibly be constructed at a Kansas meeting plant beginning in 2025, Automotive Information stories.
Common Motors is contemplating whether or not to construct a “lower-cost model” of the Bolt EV at its Fairfax Meeting plant, the report mentioned, citing an nameless supply acquainted with the matter. The plant, which at the moment builds the Chevy Malibu and Cadillac XT4, is because of get a $391 million funding from GM, a part of $2 billion the automaker dedicated to future EV manufacturing in its tentative settlement with the United Auto Staff (UAW) union.
The identical supply indicated GM is contemplating constructing premium EVs for Cadillac and Chevy—together with a Corvette-badged EV—at its Lansing Grand River Meeting plant starting in 2027.
2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV
Fairfax Meeting would not, as of but, have a lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility introduced or deliberate for close by. Beneath its Ultium Cells LLC three way partnership with LG, GM has been planning battery factories close to meeting crops slated to construct EVs.
Nevertheless, Automotive Information notes that GM executives mentioned earlier this yr that the automaker sees some crops constructing EVs alongside internal-combustion automobiles whereas some go EV-only. A manufacturing facility splitting output between EVs and combustion-engine automobiles would have much less want for a devoted battery plant.
Common Motors Ultium batteries
GM has already recommended that the next-generation Bolt EV will use totally different battery cells versus different GM EVs—lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells just like what a number of different automakers use in lower-priced fashions—together with Ford and Tesla. The Bolt EV may not qualify for the complete U.S. EV tax credit score utilizing LFP cells, because it will not be attainable to fulfill new battery-sourcing guidelines, however with U.S. meeting it may be OK for a few of it.
GM will discontinue the Bolt EV (and Bolt EUV) on the finish of this yr. It is confirmed {that a} Bolt EV alternative is coming, however with out specifying the timeline. The Bolt EV will use the Ultium platform, which refers to far more than batteries—together with motors, propulsion methods, and the battery administration system.