Chevrolet builds Bolt EVs in batch process at Fairfax Assembly plant On May 13, General Motors described how its rejuvenated 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EVs are being built at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas City. Rather than running a constantly changing mix of vehicles down the assembly line, the Fairfax plant is using a process called “batch build” for the Bolt, in which groups of 30 similarly equipped and painted vehicles go through the enti...

News  Updated at: 2026/05/15

h-performance wet friction materials with an optimized groove design to reduce drag torque, improving transmission efficiency and fuel economy. Start of production is planned for the second half of 2026.     •  Compared with oil pressure actuated VCT architectures, BorgWarner’s newest center-bolt TA VCT system shortens and simplifies internal oil passages, enabling superior cam phasing response and stronger lock-pin engagement performance....

News  Updated at: 2026/05/07

es to eyes-off, starting with the Escalade IQ in 2028." GM’s eyes-off system for personal vehicles will be deployed on both ICE vehicles and EVs, and will scale across multiple brands and price points. Super Cruise is currently available on a broad range of vehicles, from the accessible Chevrolet Bolt and Equinox EV to the premium Silverado. In the past year alone, drivers logged nearly half a billion Super Cruise-engaged miles, over a million ...

News  Updated at: 2026/05/01

raction and industrial motor control systems. FFLK series capacitors feature cylindrical aluminum form factors equipped with dry or wet metallized polypropylene film, UL94 V-0 self-extinguishing thermoplastic resin, female M6 or M10 connectors or male M8 or M20 connectors, and a mechanical mounting bolt.  The unique dielectric film, developed and patented by KYOCERA AVX in 1976, exhibits controlled self-healing capabilities by isolating and neut...

News  Updated at: 2026/04/21

entity. The driver-focused, wrap-around cockpit evokes Venus’s glowing atmosphere with layered mood lighting. EARTH Concept is a powerful family SUV. The balance between sharp edges and sculpted volumes creates a futuristic image, alongside robust details such as EARTH’s skid plates and exposed bolt accents. The interior is a comfortable ‘small Earth’, featuring innovative ‘air-hug’ seats made of soft air modules. Alongside the concep...

News  Updated at: 2026/04/14

illac sales fell 25.5% to 31,098 units, with all nameplates falling except for the all-electric Optiq, which saw sales increase 65.9% in its second year on the market   •  Chevrolet sales fell 8.1% to 407,747 units, with all models down except for the Traverse that was up 33.6%, the resurrected Bolt EV which sold only 791 units in Q1, and the discontinued BrightDrop vans that sold at discount   •  GMC sales fell only 0.2% in Q1 to 145,930...

News  Updated at: 2026/04/03

Ultraviolette, Bolt.Earth partners to expand Type-6 fast charging for electric two and three-wheelers across India On March 20, Ultraviolette partnered with Bolt.Earth to roll out a nationwide network of interoperable Type-6 DC fast chargers for light electric vehicles, including electric two- and three-wheelers. Type-6, codified by the Bureau of Indian Standards as IS 17017 (Part 2/Section 6) and internationally as IEC 62196-6, is India’s nati...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/20

Bolt, Estonia, and NVIDIA partner for AI foundation for scaling autonomous vehicles in Europe On March 16, Bolt, the leading European mobility platform, announced it will work with NVIDIA to build the AI foundation for scaling autonomous vehicles in Europe. This initiative will combine Bolt’s ride-hailing and carsharing fleet data with NVIDIA Omniverse libraries, NVIDIA Cosmos world foundation models, NVIDIA Alpamayo AV foundation models, and N...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/17

expanded partnership to launch a fleet of autonomous vehicles entirely powered by the full-stack NVIDIA DRIVE AV software across 28 cities and four continents by 2028. The rollout will begin with Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in the first half of 2027. Other mobility leaders including Bolt, Grab and Lyft are also leveraging NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion to accelerate autonomous mobility initiatives, signaling broader industry momentum towar...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/17

done by Stellantis’ research and development teams in France, which account for about half of the company’s patent filings worldwide.Their projects include: Level 4 autonomous driving through the AV Ready Platform for robotaxis, developed with partners such as Pony.ai, Nvidia, Wayve, Uber, and Bolt Satellite communication systems integrated into vehicles Optimized electrical storage and conversion, such as the IBIS (Intelligent Battery Integ...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/06

Chevrolet opens orders for base level 2027 Bolt EV While production of the rejuvenated 2027 Chevrolet Bolt has been under way at the GM Fairfax plant in Kansas since December, and more than 3,000 units have arrived on dealer lots or are in transit, Chevrolet has only now opened orders for the base LT variant, starting at USD 28,995, which includes the USD 1,395 destination fee, making it the most affordable EV offered in the U.S. market. Until no...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/06

kets, uses a 52 kWh battery and produces 174 hp and 254 lb-ft of torque. The Leaf is built at Nissan’s Tochigi Plant in Japan, as well as the Sunderland plant in the UK. Nissan never announced a U.S. price for the Leaf S, but it was expected to be below USD 26,000, undercutting the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt, which is priced at USD 28,995. While the Bolt has just been reintroduced to the U.S. market, GM says the model will only be built for about 18 m...

News  Updated at: 2026/02/25

Chevrolet’s revived 2027 Bolt EV built in U.S. with majority of parts from China General Motors has resurrected the Chevrolet Bolt EV for the 2027 model year, with production taking place at GM’s Fairfax Assembly plant. Despite the fact the Bolt’s final assembly is in the U.S., only 17% of the vehicle’s components are sourced from the U.S. and Canada. The majority of components (51%) are imported from China, with the remainder from variou...

News  Updated at: 2026/02/05

GM invests USD 30 million preparing its Fairfax workforce for new launches General Motors’ Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kansas, is now at the forefront of the company’s latest manufacturing innovations. The plant is currently producing the Chevrolet Bolt EV, which will soon be followed by the ICE-powered Chevrolet Equinox and a next-generation Buick compact SUV. In addition to nearly USD 5.5 billion in recent manufacturing investmen...

News  Updated at: 2026/01/30

Chevrolet’s revised Bolt EV to be in production only 18 months General Motors said on January 22 that it plans to move production of its next-generation Buick Envision compact SUV, which is currently built in China, to its plant in Fairfax, Kansas in 2028 in response to tariffs and pressures to reshore manufacturing. The company subsequently confirmed that it will likely end output of its all-electric Chevrolet Bolt EV built at that plant in ab...

News  Updated at: 2026/01/24

nnounced across our U.S. manufacturing sites in the last year,” GM said in a statement. The next-gen Buick crossover will be built on a shared platform at the Kansas plant along with the new ICE-powered Chevrolet Equinox, which begins in 2027, following current limited production of the Chevrolet Bolt EV. GM said it will continue to ship the Envision to the U.S. from China ahead of next-generation production beginning in 2028. The development c...

News  Updated at: 2026/01/23

Chevrolet begins sending new 2027 Bolt EVs to U.S. dealerships Chevrolet has begun sending out emails notifying that it is currently delivering the 2027 Bolt EV to U.S. dealerships, reviving its successful electric hatchback that was discontinued in 2023. The refreshed Bolt EV keeps a familiar design, now closer in size to the former Bolt EUV, with more interior updates than exterior changes.  The 2027 Bolt uses a 65 kWh LFP battery, producing 2...

News  Updated at: 2026/01/13

and other heat-dissipating elements. By combining pure copper with spring materials such as stainless steel, this HyCS TIM achieves a good balance between high heat dissipation and as well as demonstrating the properties of springs. The HyCS Joint’s structure is a floating structure that fastens bolt on bus bars. Its structure is also made of a combination of pure copper and stainless steel, ensuring excellent conductivity while drawing out th...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/17

Stellantis partners with Bolt, Estonia to develop Level 4 autonomous vehicles for Europe On December 9, Stellantis announced its partnership with Bolt, Estonia based mobility platform, to explore the development and rollout of Level 4 (fully driverless) autonomous vehicles for commercial use across Europe. The partnership will combine Stellantis’ AV-ready vehicle platforms, including the eK0 medium van and STLA small, with Bolt’s large shared...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/09

Bolt, Estonia, partners with Pony.ai to bring autonomous mobility to Europe On November 25, ride-hailing platform Bolt announced a partnership with Pony.ai to bring autonomous mobility to Europe. This partnership will bring Pony.ai's Level 4 autonomous driving technology into Bolt's extensive ecosystem. The partnership will initially focus on real-world testing, safety validation, and experience design to provide fully autonomous, driverless capa...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/25