Vehicle fires are fairly frequent on the High Desert
I suspect more like 99.9%+ of the cells are fine . !..spinningmagnets said:Id say over 90% of the cells are just fine.
...obviously Bolt owners and GM, do not think it is “something it is not” !ZeroEm said:Want to hear about problems with EV's and not blow it up into something it is not. It will take quite a while for people to get used to them..
Have GM confirmed they are halting production and sales ?Warren said:Another one bits the dust, a 2017.
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GM says no more EVs until LG can provide good cells. Could be many months.
https://electrek.co/2021/07/28/everything-we-know-about-the-chevy-bolt-ev-fires/
by Hillhater » Aug 31 2021 7:07pm
...obviously Bolt owners and GM, do not think it is “something it is not” !
Do you expect people to get used to their EV randomly burning to the ground ?
This is not an owner/operator education “get used to them”. issue..its a major technical fault that has to be resolved.
I am surprised that it is still possible to insure a Bolt... (or other EVs using these LG cells)..against fire damage or personal injury !
And worringly, i keep thinking of the Boeing problem with the YUASA Li stand by battery pack in the 777 that had a similar habit of randomly burning,... but despite the millions of dollars and resources devoted to solving the problem ( also blamed on a manufacturing defect ?)..the eventual solution was to enclose the pack inside a fireproof container , vented to outside the fueselage !
I was surprised that solution was acceptable for a passenger aircraft, ..but i do not think it would be acceptable to consumers buying EVs with other options......(or insurance companies) !
Hillhater said:Have GM confirmed they are halting production and sales ?
And i have not checked, but are there reports of other EV with these LG cells, also burning ?
Most Every thing we use has a risk , cars burn, planes crash, trees fall on houses, idiots with guns shoot innocent bystanders...etc , etc....all we can do is hope to reduce the risk where possible and avoid situations where it is unacceptable.it's not something we should get used to. Like we did with ICE that still catch on fire and blow up.
Hillhater said:Memory jolt !.... i guess this is likely the reason Hyundai did a pack recall on 60,000+ Kona EVs ?
....It is now reported that the defect occurred across multiple LG factories and possibly dates back to the very beginning of the Bolt’s production run in December 2016. The global fleet now totals more than 140,000 vehicles, with some 90% sold in the United States and Canada. That means these defects potentially span a massive population of 40 million pouch cells!
There is something seriously wrong at GM.Warren said:They will build an SUV instead, because SUVs sell. .....