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EV Battery Fires: What Consumers Should Know
http://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/battery-car-fires/
Updated: Sep 16, 2021
Production of General Motors’ two long-range battery-electric vehicles, the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV, have been put on hold, ostensibly because of the ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips.
But, for the moment, dealers’ hands are tied with the two electric vehicles because of recent recalls related to battery fires.
GM’s expanded recall now covers all 142,000 of the two Bolt models sold since 2017—including the 2022 models sitting on showroom lots—because the EVs could catch fire. It’s now waiting for new battery packs that resolve a series of manufacturing defects.
Cross-Industry Battery Challenges
Chevy is the latest manufacturer to recall its battery-electric vehicles due to the risk of fire, but it’s not alone. Hyundai earlier this year expanded a similar callback covering about 90,000 of its Kona EVs. Ford recalled more than 20,000 plug-in hybrids in Europe because they also could overheat and catch fire. And Tesla products also have been linked to several fires.
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