A parking lot in San Francisco is one example.Ī sign was seen at the lot by Reddit user u/scarls13, who took a picture of the warning that read:ĬHEVROLET BOLT EVs are STRICTLY PROHIBITED from parking at this facility. Additionally, owners were encouraged to park their vehicles outside after charging and not charge their cars overnight as a precaution.īecause of the mass amount of media attention the Bolt EV recall has received, some entities are now banning the vehicle’s presence on its premises. GM encouraged owners to limit their state of charge to 90% and avoid depleting their battery below 70 miles of remaining range when possible. How the Chevy Bolt EV became GM’s 1.8 billion dollar problem Still, the company then decided to extend the recall by spending an additional billion dollars on other vehicles that were not listed in the initial recalls “out of an abundance of caution.” So far, GM has spent $1.8 billion on the recall since Q2. The first was in November 2020, with the second and third coming within the last several months after battery malfunctions in cells provided by LG Energy Solutions could have “the simultaneous presence of two rare manufacturing defects in the same battery cell.” GM’s second recall covered 69,000 vehicles total. The Bolt EV has had recalls three times over the past year due to battery issues. However, a parking lot is taking precautions to an extreme measure by banning Bolt EVs from their facility due to the recalls, which have been heavily covered in the past few weeks. Chevrolet Bolt EVs have been in the news quite frequently as of late due to their extensive recall from General Motors due to battery cell malfunctions that could cause fires.
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