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General Motors has issued a recall of over 60,0000 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles. According to Business Insider, the recall is due to at least five incidents of Bolt batteries catching fire. The vehicles affected by the voluntary recall were manufactured between 2017 and 2019. The automaker is working with US auto regulators to identify the causes of the fires. Experts advised owners to park the cars"outside and away from homes" until the repairs can be made. GM said it has developed software that will limit vehicle charging to prevent future incidents.
Tesla reported its best quarterly profit on Wednesday. According to CNN, shares of Tesla (TSLA) climbed again in after-hours trading on the earnings report. The auto manufacturer said it hopes to hit its target of half a million car sales this year. The positive report and high target came as good news to investors in the stock, which has gained more than 400%. There had been doubts that Tesla could achieve its goal of delivering 500,000 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hyundai is recalling about 305,000 Sonata cars in United States for brake pedal issues. Jeanne Yurman reports.
Nearly 30,000 supporters of the coup in Niger gather in a stadium in the capital, Niamey. The rally takes place as the deadline set by the west African bloc -- the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) -- for the military to relinquish control of the country, or face possible armed intervention, is set to lapse. IMAGES
The United States accuses Russia of planning to build its military force in ally Belarus to 30,000 within weeks, amid a troop buildup by Moscow on Ukraine's borders. SOUNDBITE