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Your EV discount might carry a steep legal cost:
Chevy offered rebates to Bolt EV owners who bought their cars just before a 2023 model price drop, but that discount comes with a large catch. Jalopnik and Autoblog note the rebate application requires that drivers "forever waive and release" their right to sue GM or LG over the Bolt's reported battery defect. You'd have to be content with the savings even if the car did serious damage, in other words. GM confirmed the agreement language with Engadget.
GM first recalled the Bolt in November 2020 after reports of battery fires between 2017 and 2019. The automaker tried addressing the issue with a software update in April 2021, but two subsequent fires and a second recall led the NHTSA to warn against parking indoors. That prompted a July 2021 recall where GM replaced the battery packs. The brand eventually recalled all manufactured Bolts, pledged an additional $1 billion for battery replacements and offered an eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty on substitute batteries.
Toasty!
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(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday August 06, @04:09PM (1 child)
If your lawyer is any good at all, you'll get the rebate plus damages and Chevy will have to pay your lawyer.
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(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Sunday August 07, @08:34AM
You think you have a better lawyer than Chevy/GM? Who are you, Bruce Wayne?