Automobile Industry

The Chevy Bolt Recall & The EV Battery Fire Problem

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I tend to think the EV Battery Fire debacle is a whole lot of bull about nothing -- cars catch on fire from time to time, as powering them takes a lot of energy, and when you have energy you have fuel -- be in the form of the battery or gasoline. And both burn really well. But it's good they are fixing this issues now before the cars become even more popular.

I thought about getting an Chevy Bolt eventually, they might be a good car once the bugs are worked out fully. Kind of like the Corvair, which was said to be a great car by the late 1960s. That said, I have a friend whose had a few issues with her Bolt -- making random noises and other issues and GM has been a bit difficult to work with ove warranty work. My other, much bigger issue with the Bolt is it doesn't use a heat pump but only resistance heating, which means running the heat in the winter can be very taxing on the batteries, leaving to quick discharge.

NPR

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Georgia lands Rivian EV plant as Sun Belt woos a hot electric vehicle market : NPR

With two gleaming pickup trucks and the Georgia Capitol's gold dome behind him, Gov. Brian Kemp announced a $5 billion electric vehicle plant was coming to Georgia.

At the rollout event earlier this month, Kemp called his state the economic engine of the Southeast "and now a world leader in electric vehicles and electric mobility."

A bold statement, to be sure, but the company Kemp helped lure to Georgia is indeed a big deal. Rivian is one of the hottest electric vehicle startups. And while it has produced only a few hundred pickup trucks so far, the California company is already valued more than Ford Motor Co. Amazon has committed to buying 100,000 of Rivian's electric delivery vans.

Companies like Rivian are helping drive the automotive industry's electric future. When they look to build new plants, states go all out to woo them. Sun Belt states like Georgia see an opening to chip away at the auto dominance Michigan and the Motor City have cemented for over a century.

Most Popular Makes of Auto in NY State

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This shows the percentage of automobiles registered by the ten most popular makes of automobile in New York State. Chevrolet is by far the most popular in the state, although foreigns are more popular downstate.

Make CHEVR FORD TOYOT HONDA JEEP NISSA SUBAR DODGE GMC HYUND
County
ALBANY 11.3 11.1 10.1 12.7 4.3 5.6 5.3 2.7 2.0 3.1
ALLEGANY 20.4 17.8 5.5 3.4 5.5 3.4 3.0 7.6 5.4 1.4
BRONX 5.0 7.1 17.0 17.9 4.3 8.4 2.3 2.4 1.2 3.9
BROOME 14.1 10.7 15.1 8.7 3.8 5.8 4.3 3.6 3.1 4.6
CATTARAUGUS 20.4 16.5 6.4 3.6 6.3 3.0 3.3 6.1 5.5 1.7
CAYUGA 21.6 13.1 7.6 6.9 5.4 4.9 4.6 4.3 3.7 1.9
CHAUTAUQUA 17.8 17.0 7.6 6.0 5.9 3.6 4.9 5.6 3.4 2.6
CHEMUNG 15.3 13.1 8.9 6.8 4.6 9.5 4.0 5.1 4.2 3.8
CHENANGO 18.2 16.7 7.6 5.3 5.3 4.0 6.2 5.3 4.5 2.6
CLINTON 13.7 14.9 9.1 8.3 4.6 4.2 5.1 3.8 4.6 4.7
COLUMBIA 12.1 12.3 14.0 7.9 4.4 3.7 8.0 3.3 3.7 2.2
CORTLAND 19.3 13.8 6.5 5.5 5.2 6.5 6.5 4.9 3.3 2.7
DELAWARE 15.9 13.0 8.5 6.8 5.4 4.4 7.0 5.2 4.6 2.6
DUTCHESS 9.4 9.4 10.2 13.9 4.8 5.4 7.7 2.8 2.3 4.0
ERIE 17.4 14.5 9.1 6.4 6.1 4.2 4.1 3.3 3.1 3.1
ESSEX 15.5 15.9 9.3 6.5 5.8 3.0 6.2 4.0 4.3 2.2
FRANKLIN 17.2 16.5 7.5 5.3 5.0 2.6 4.8 5.1 5.8 2.6
FULTON 18.1 14.3 8.5 6.4 5.9 6.5 3.0 5.1 2.8 2.1
GENESEE 24.5 13.5 8.9 4.2 5.3 2.7 2.6 4.9 4.4 1.7
GREENE 14.0 13.6 7.4 7.1 4.9 3.9 8.8 3.7 4.8 2.7
HAMILTON 15.6 13.7 10.9 6.4 5.4 3.2 5.3 3.7 4.5 1.9
HERKIMER 16.9 15.0 7.6 7.0 5.4 4.0 4.5 4.4 3.8 2.7
JEFFERSON 14.2 16.5 8.4 7.2 5.8 3.6 3.9 5.1 3.2 2.5
KINGS 4.1 6.5 16.3 14.2 3.6 9.1 3.0 1.8 1.1 3.6
LEWIS 16.4 20.9 5.8 8.6 5.1 2.2 2.9 4.8 4.9 1.5
LIVINGSTON 21.0 15.7 7.2 6.2 5.6 3.1 3.7 5.5 3.7 2.0
MADISON 17.9 13.6 9.3 5.3 5.7 3.1 5.3 4.6 3.9 2.2
MONROE 16.6 10.2 10.5 10.3 4.3 5.7 4.7 2.8 3.1 3.2
MONTGOMERY 17.4 14.4 6.9 8.9 5.9 5.6 3.2 4.8 3.1 2.5
NASSAU 6.2 7.6 11.4 12.3 6.3 7.7 3.3 2.1 1.8 4.2
NEW YORK 3.9 7.4 11.9 11.3 4.3 4.6 4.1 1.6 1.0 2.3
NIAGARA 23.7 13.7 7.0 5.2 5.8 3.4 2.2 4.0 4.3 2.4
ONEIDA 13.5 13.3 10.1 8.4 5.2 4.7 4.8 3.6 3.8 2.9
ONONDAGA 14.9 10.1 10.3 8.0 5.9 4.8 6.0 3.6 2.5 3.2
ONTARIO 16.2 14.1 9.7 7.7 4.7 4.0 5.5 3.4 3.7 3.2
ORANGE 8.5 10.8 12.1 12.3 5.3 6.2 5.2 3.2 2.0 4.7
ORLEANS 27.5 15.5 5.3 4.6 4.7 2.4 2.4 5.3 5.2 1.7
OSWEGO 21.4 13.9 5.8 4.3 6.5 4.3 3.6 5.2 3.2 2.0
OTSEGO 13.9 14.6 9.6 8.9 4.9 5.2 7.2 4.9 3.7 2.5
OUT-OF-STATE 15.7 17.8 8.7 2.0 3.8 10.2 2.3 3.1 2.1 4.0
PUTNAM 8.4 8.6 10.1 13.9 5.9 4.2 9.3 2.5 2.5 3.9
QUEENS 4.8 7.3 16.6 15.0 4.1 9.8 2.7 1.9 1.2 3.7
RENSSELAER 12.9 12.5 9.2 12.0 4.9 5.1 6.0 3.0 2.9 2.9
RICHMOND 5.5 8.1 11.5 12.0 5.7 9.5 2.6 2.2 1.8 5.8
ROCKLAND 5.0 8.8 16.3 15.9 4.5 6.3 5.5 1.7 1.3 4.2
SARATOGA 10.2 11.0 11.1 13.8 5.0 4.9 5.4 2.6 2.8 3.0
SCHENECTADY 10.5 10.4 9.7 14.8 4.6 6.2 4.8 2.9 2.7 3.5
SCHOHARIE 16.8 13.8 7.1 8.1 5.6 3.8 5.7 4.8 4.2 2.4
SCHUYLER 14.8 15.8 8.1 5.5 5.6 5.6 6.0 6.3 3.6 2.3
SENECA 18.4 17.9 7.4 5.4 4.9 5.2 3.3 5.2 3.1 2.8
ST LAWRENCE 20.5 15.4 8.1 4.8 5.6 2.2 3.9 5.9 4.6 1.5
STEUBEN 17.0 15.4 6.7 4.7 6.1 5.5 4.2 6.6 4.3 2.5
SUFFOLK 8.9 10.3 10.8 11.2 6.9 7.0 3.2 2.9 2.0 4.7
SULLIVAN 11.7 12.6 9.9 7.8 5.9 5.0 5.2 4.6 3.0 4.1
TIOGA 15.3 14.3 10.7 7.6 4.6 5.8 4.8 5.2 4.2 3.1
TOMPKINS 11.5 9.8 14.0 12.1 3.7 5.2 9.1 3.2 2.1 2.8
ULSTER 8.9 10.0 11.1 10.4 5.3 6.2 7.9 3.8 3.1 3.8
WARREN 12.5 12.4 9.8 10.9 5.4 4.0 6.2 3.2 3.2 4.7
WASHINGTON 15.3 14.9 8.3 8.8 5.3 4.0 5.3 4.6 3.6 3.7
WAYNE 21.2 15.1 6.6 6.2 5.0 4.1 3.8 4.5 4.1 2.3
WESTCHESTER 6.0 7.2 11.1 14.7 5.7 5.0 6.5 1.6 1.6 2.9
WYOMING 22.8 17.4 6.2 3.5 6.3 2.4 2.9 5.4 4.1 1.5
YATES 19.3 16.3 7.7 5.1 5.3 3.4 4.7 5.3 4.7 2.3 
import pandas as pd
import seaborn as sns

url='/media/hd2/auto/autoreg.csv.zip'
df=pd.read_csv(url)

sf=df[((df['Record Type']=='VEH'))].groupby(['County','Make']).count()['VIN'].unstack().T
sf=(sf/sf.sum()*100).fillna(0).T
tb=sf[ sf.sum().sort_values(ascending=False).index[:10]]
tb

cm =sns.color_palette("Spectral_r", as_cmap=True)
html=tb.style.background_gradient(cmap=cm,axis=1).render()

with open('/tmp/auto.html', 'w') as f:
    f.write(html)