Over 150,000Jeep electric vehicles(EVs) are being recalled over concerns about the cars possibly catching on fire while being parked or driven. The recall, which was announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday, affects 2020-2024 Jeep Wrangler plug-...
Before you jump to conclusions, don’t let this generalized assertion scare you. Electric scooters and vehicles in general do not catch fire very often. The modern battery pack that powers electric vehicles has many safety features that prevent it from catching fire. However, fires pose a real ...
As more electric vehicles hit the roads in Washington, some people are concerned about their batteries catching fire—and what to do with those batteries once they can no longer hold a charge. Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have found that EV battery fires aren't as common...
By email, BasiGo CEO and cofounder Jit Bhattacharya responded to the misleading rumor that it was one of the company's electric vehicles in Kenya that appeared in the video. The following statement was provided:BasiGo has been alerted to rumours of one of our electric buses catching fire ...
Vehicles or batteries that have been damaged also have the potential for short-circuiting to occur due to movement of the vehicle or battery, for example when it's being loaded or unloaded from a tow truck. Heat generated from a fire, thermal runaway of an adjacent cell, or shorting of ...
including from the National Transportation Safety Board (NHSB), on vehicle fires following collisions. The rate of electric vehicles catching fire was just 0.025%, whereas it was 1.5% for internal combustion vehicles. The highest rate, however, was 3.5 per cent for vehicles with hybrid...
It is essential to recognise that Hybrid or fully electric cars do not inherently pose a greater risk of catching fire compared to traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. In fact the risk is much lower although there is a view hybrid cars present an even greater risk than bo...
General Motors,Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Stellantis and Volkswagen have issued recalls since February 2020, most due to internal battery failures that can increase the risk of fires. LG Energy Solution noted that Jaguar is updating the battery-managing software on the vehicles while the incidents that...
The simple fact is we've had gas- and diesel-powered vehicles for more than 120 years, and they've been catching fire since day one. We're used to it. We've accepted it as a fact of life and we've done our best to make them safer while devising better ways to put them out....
First, Hyundai Motor Co. made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. The next day, it was BMW AG. Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the electric era. An estimated171,500took place annually in the U.S...