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-...
No deaths have been linked to the fires. The Sanibel Island incident caused a fire that gutted the house the car was parked in and the one next door. There have been no reports of electrocutions linked to flooded electric vehicles. While the danger of fire due to flooding in EVs has bee...
Hurricane Ian in 2022 caused various degrees of damage to between 3,000 and 5,000 EVs in Florida, with 600 vehicles deemed a total loss, and 36 catching on fire, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "In several instances, the fire erupted while the impacted EVs ...
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 ...
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. ...
This latest fire on the Felicity Ace is the fourth since, in 2019, the Grande America, a roll-on roll-off vessel with more than 2000 new and used vehicles on board, sank in the Bay of Biscay after the cars ignited. The crew of 26 tried to combat the fire bu...
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...
In response to several incidents of EV two-wheelers spontaneously catching on fire,… Guntas Singh April 22, 2022 2 minute read Business Electric Global News EV maker Rivian values itself at $65 billion in IPO, shares priced at $78 apiece ...
As well as being used to support the use of renewable energy, EV batteries can be refurbished to help power more vehicles in the future.Volkswagen Group has plans to start a recycling projectthat will see batteries assessed on their quality to determine their future. The batteries with some po...
DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles have proved far less reliable, on average, than gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs, according to the latest survey by Consumer Reports, which found that EVs from the 2021 through 2023 model years encountered nearly 80% more problems than did vehicles prope...