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I’m not sure id call Chevy widely sold, yet. Their full year sales don’t even match a single quarter of Tesla.
by onethought 9mo ago
I’m not sure id call Chevy widely sold, yet. Their full year sales don’t even match a single quarter of Tesla.
- vel0city 9mo agoI can go to any major metro area in the US and go buy a GM EV today. That's widely sold.
- onethought 9mo agoThat’s “widely available” — no one is buying them, so not “widely sold”
- ggreer 9mo agoAlso 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.
- rasz 9mo agoTo 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-supply-deal-lg-energy-solution/808340/ https://www.wardsauto.com/news/ford-terminates-ev-battery-su... https://www.autoevolution.com/news/ford-recalls-f-150-lightning-over-potential-battery-cell-manufacturing-defect-248161.html 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-in-sk-innovation-patent-infringement-case/ https://cleantechnica.com/2021/02/15/itc-sides-with-lg-chem-...