Fairly even-handed article on Chevy's Bolt problems and not overly sensational treatment of battery fire challenges in general.
Forward Observing
@Thumper, I read the article and almost saw it through your eyes until the picture of a burning inferno of a Model S. The author even states only the one Tesla Model S fire. GMC has a horrible record when it comes to Electric cars. ~ any where from removing electric cars from the market place to recalling 141K cars due to fires.
Society as a whole is scared to death right now as technology reshapes the landscape. The author unwittingly showed that with layoffs associated with LG Electric’s failed batteries, employees only get unemployment benefits and some company compensation totaling between 75% to 80% of their pay. Why is LG not footing full pay for laid off workers. Does GM’s President or CEO not care about their employees? GM’s President/CEO is receiving full compensation ~ is that person not?
As I pointed out to The Washington Post readers ~ GMC is focused on the low to middle income buyers. They, buyers, cannot recover from a fire, yet nothing was said, as I recall, about their compensation. People, probably good people, cannot recover easily from that loss. I speak to this as a person that lost his son twenty plus years ago in a fossil fuel fire.
Bottom line, at the bottom, this story feeds into fear, and all the disinformation that feeds fear.
On the up side. Years ago when fighting the good fight of the right to sell directly to consumers, everyone was scoffing at the less than one per cent consumer buying. The author says now less than five percent. I take that as a, YES!
@Thumper, please do not take this as a slight against you. My brain rattles around trying to make sense of all the BS ~ good or bad.
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