Comment by onethought
1 month ago
I’m not sure id call Chevy widely sold, yet. Their full year sales don’t even match a single quarter of Tesla.
1 month ago
I’m not sure id call Chevy widely sold, yet. Their full year sales don’t even match a single quarter of Tesla.
Also GM had to replace batteries in 142,000 Chevy Bolts & Volts due to fire risk, so I'm not sure that should count as an example of a successful use of non-cylindrical, non-LFP batteries.
To be fair everyone had to recall those LG batteries and unauthorized SK clones [*]. Porsche Taycan, Ford F-150, its recalls all the way down.
https://www.wardsauto.com/news/ford-terminates-ev-battery-su...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/ford-recalls-f-150-lightn...
SK settled for $2B case that revealed they stole LG battery technology https://cleantechnica.com/2021/02/15/itc-sides-with-lg-chem-...
I can go to any major metro area in the US and go buy a GM EV today. That's widely sold.
That’s “widely available” — no one is buying them, so not “widely sold”