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Jason Harper
2021-10-14 | EV News | Replacement Chevy Batteries are shipping! And more...
6 minutes Posted Oct 15, 2021 at 12:47 am.
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Some welcome news for Chevy Bolt owners: the replacement batteries have started shipping.

(https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/11/gm-has-started-shipping-replacement-battery-modules-for-recalled-chevy-bolt-evs/)

Also, LG and GM have come to an agreement regarding who will bear the brunt of the recall cost.

(https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2021/oct/1012-boltev.html)

So, Genesis of the Hyundai group of cars is releasing an EV called the GV60, and it has a boost mode.

(https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/genesis-gv60-drift-mode/)

Rivian recently surpassed 3000 workers at their Normal Illinois factory.

(https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-10-11/rivian-tops-3-000-workers-at-plant-in-normal)

Time for some speculation. Could this new render of the BMW I Vision Circular reveal the new i3?

(https://www.motor1.com/news/539848/2025-bmw-i3-rendering/)

Tesla Cofounder J B Straubel has his doubts about the legacy makers' timelines for building their E V fleets..

(https://electrek.co/2021/10/13/tesla-co-founderjb-straubel-sends-warning-to-automakers-going-all-electric-do-supply-chain-math/)

If you haven't seen it yet, check out Tesla's latest Youtube video about crash testing.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KR2N_Q8ep8)

Tesla appears to be building some of the first megachargers for their electric Semi's.

(https://insideevs.com/news/540379/tesla-building-megachargers-for-semi/)

Electrek's headline about Honda is a Bit of a head-scratcher: "Honda announces all new models will be electric after 2030… but only in China to start."

(https://electrek.co/2021/10/13/honda-announces-all-new-models-will-be-electric-after-2030-but-only-in-china-to-start//)

Ending the day on a story I have mixed feelings about: Nihtsa is asking Tesla on why they didn't issue a recall in regards to a safety-related software update.

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