0.04 percent of cars registered in the city).Īs GM continues to invest in electrification, the company clearly understands that it has to move swiftly to rectify the problem. On the other hand, 2019 data from the London Fire Brigade suggests that plug-in cars are more like to catch fire than ICE vehicles (0.1 percent vs. Earlier this month, Tesla released a figure in a report claiming that fossil-fuel vehicles are 11 times more likely to catch fire than Tesla’s own cars (as measured by fires per billion miles traveled). Though EV fires garner high-profile headlines, it’s not clear whether EVs catch fire more frequently than internal combustion engine vehicles. GM said it will be seeking reimbursement from LG. GM estimates that the initial recalls will cost $800 million, and it expects the new one to add $1 billion to the total. This third and latest recall includes 73,000 Bolts made from 2019 to 2022, the current model year, and brings the total recall to nearly 142,000 cars, with over 100,000 having been sold in the US.
So far, the company has identified 10 fires that involve faulty batteries, according to an AP report. The defects-a torn anode tab and a folded separator-created conditions that could lead to a short in affected cells. The problem was traced to two manufacturing defects that could occur simultaneously. After investigating the problem further, Chevy recalled a second batch in July. The Bolt was first recalled in November after five cars that hadn’t been in crashes caught fire.
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