General Motors Co. is recalling its Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles to limit the battery’s charging capacity, becoming the latest auto maker to fix its plug-in models because of fires related to the lithium-ion batteries.

The measure covers nearly 69,000 Bolts from the 2017-2019 model years, including about 51,000 sold in the U.S. GM said it was aware of five fires involving the cars so far, which resulted in two injuries from smoke inhalation.

Bolt…

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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