Building a safer future, one car (or 30 or 100,000) at a time

May 15, 2026Newsletter Archives

Building cars is a complex business, that’s for sure. But it’s also simple: After colossal human effort, cars roll off the line, one by one. Or in the case of the Chevy Bolt, 30 by 30.

In this week's big manufacturing news, GM’s Fairfax Assembly & Stamping in Kansas City is building Bolts in batches. The batch builds allow 30 similarly equipped vehicles to complete production together, protecting quality, increasing efficiency, and lowering cost. 

Thirty is an impressive batch, and so is this: Cadillac surpassed 100,000 cumulative EV sales last month, highlighted in this post by Duncan Aldred, President of GMNA. Since the LYRIQ launched four years ago, Cadillac has become one of the most popular luxury EV brands in the U.S.; Here’s to the next batch of 100,000! 

Whether it’s one of those 100,000 Cadillacs or your single Chevy pickup, a study just confirmed that GM vehicles equipped with specific safety technologies have statistically significant lower rates of certain types of crashes. Yes, that includes vehicles at more affordable price points, like the Bolt.

The numbers offer encouraging signs: that through all that colossal human effort, when cars roll off the line, one by one, or thirty by thirty, they’re getting safer. Isn’t that simply wonderful?

Think bold, think safe,

–Kyle Kinard, Managing Editor, GM News