U.S. urges 50,000 Chevy Bolt owners
to park outside because of fire risks
Reuters,
by
David Shepardson
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
7/14/2021 10:35:37 PM
WASHINGTON - U.S. auto safety regulators on Wednesday urged about 50,000 owners of General Motors electric Chevrolet Bolt vehicles that were recalled last year to park outside and away from homes and other structures after charging because of fire risks.
Earlier on Wednesday, GM made the same recommendation and added owners should not leave vehicles charging overnight. The recommendation was prompted after the largest U.S. automaker said it was investigating reports of two recent fires in vehicles that were recalled in November for fire risks. The 50,000 U.S. Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles (EVs) are from the 2017-2019 model years and were
Reply 1 - Posted by:
stablemoney 7/14/2021 10:47:48 PM (No. 846144)
We got no electricity because of the windmill idea. Now the electric cars are catching on fire. The left has so many great ideas.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
padiva 7/14/2021 10:52:17 PM (No. 846147)
'owners should not leave vehicles charging overnight.'
Sounds like a high maintenance car.....no thanks
22 people like this.
When your crappy greenie car burns down the house, Xiden sends you the bill for the carbon credits to offset the of CO2 that the fire creates. Welcome to Clown World.
32 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Blackbird 7/14/2021 11:09:43 PM (No. 846157)
Sounds like a great car. Where can I buy one? And if it runs out of power on the road do I just hike to the nearest charging station to get a bucket of electricity? Simple minds want to know.
44 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 7/14/2021 11:42:39 PM (No. 846175)
What a reVOLTing situation. Im shocked!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 7/14/2021 11:45:51 PM (No. 846176)
Running out of juice in these cars is the least of your worries.
In Peoples’ Republic of California, they are already concerned about the amount of water that is required when these puppies catch fire in an accident. Talk about environmental catastrophe.
18 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
danu 7/15/2021 12:16:40 AM (No. 846193)
could be a divine imperative, based upon the bolts out of the blue of late, which are hitting their marks.
repent of your sins , o general motors!
this could be the curse of sanfran nan
7 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 7/15/2021 12:49:35 AM (No. 846223)
Electric cars are a huge hazard. Putting one in your garage, inside the home where you and your family sleep, is a really dangerous move.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Omen55 7/15/2021 1:20:08 AM (No. 846243)
So if you ignore this & the car burns down your home can the Ins Co deny your claim because you were warned?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 7/15/2021 3:13:39 AM (No. 846272)
That's probably the reason for the warning, #9. CYA. Maybe they'll send everyone a 'return receipt' letter informing them of this.
It will be a big boost on electric car sales, I'm sure.
/s off
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 7/15/2021 6:51:45 AM (No. 846342)
Behind every bad idea lies a democrat......
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
SkeezerMcGee 7/15/2021 6:55:32 AM (No. 846345)
Battery fires often reignite.
"Safety experts say the only way to extinguish a lithium-ion battery inside a car is with thousands of gallons of water, much more than what it takes to stop a fire in a typical gasoline engine. The other option is to just let it burn itself out."
". . . battery fires are susceptible to a self-destructive chain reaction known as thermal runaway, causing a feedback loop of rising temperatures."
https://www.technocracy.news/electric-car-battery-fires-extremely-hard-to-extinguish/
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
GO3 7/15/2021 7:13:27 AM (No. 846355)
I guess there was a reason electric cars were abandoned at the turn of the last century.
15 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/15/2021 7:50:03 AM (No. 846392)
Now there's a sales pitch that will convince millions of people to buy a Volt. No wonder GM is falling into a black hole.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 7/15/2021 7:57:20 AM (No. 846401)
Good question , #9. I would not be surprised to find out that both home and auto insurance carriers have ,or will have, exclusions in both your home and auto policies addressing this. Underwriters move pretty quickly in these scenarios.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
cpr 7/15/2021 8:53:04 AM (No. 846461)
If the cars were recalled, why the need to advise owners to park outside or not charge overnight?
2 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
hershey 7/15/2021 9:19:50 AM (No. 846495)
And this is the future of transportation according to dumbocrap eco weenies...
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 7/15/2021 10:09:43 AM (No. 846554)
You can’t charge it overnight, and now you gotta park it outside “indefinitely”? Way to go, GM.
I made the decision 20 years ago to never buy another vehicle made in the U.S. with union labor. It’s saved me tens of thousands of dollars since then.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/15/2021 10:15:12 AM (No. 846559)
Outside even after recall: "Two Fixed Chevy Bolts Catch Fire Months After Vehicle Recall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-fixed-chevy-bolts-catch-fire-months-after-vehicle-recall-11626307113
3 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/15/2021 10:38:05 AM (No. 846582)
A few days ago, a local paper showed Adam Schiff (D-Burbank, CA) hooking up his flashy bright red Bolt to a new charging station in Burbank. Now this. Just too funny!
2 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/15/2021 10:45:01 AM (No. 846591)
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has a Bolt, too:
https://www.dailynews.com/2019/12/07/mayor-garcetti-ditches-suv-for-an-electric-chevy-bolt/
If there was ever the perfect vehicle for a Dimocrat, the Bolt is it!
6 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
TrueBlueWfan 7/15/2021 10:46:52 AM (No. 846594)
I wish we could all pitch in and buy one for Hillary "PIAPS" Clinton and urge her to charge it alot.
5 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
jacksin5 7/15/2021 11:10:48 AM (No. 846618)
You're better off owning a Golf Cart.
2 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 7/15/2021 11:12:05 AM (No. 846621)
Choices! Choices!
Watch your car charge?
Or, watch paint dry?
Decisions, decisions!
2 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/15/2021 12:00:50 PM (No. 846675)
FIRE...Wait for it...Hey Tesla, haven't you had some cars burst into flames for no reason?
Seems GM (Government Motors) has similar problems...
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 7/15/2021 12:07:43 PM (No. 846684)
Adding water to a lithium battery is the same as adding gas to normal fire. The best thing to do is let it burn out.
2 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
formerNYer 7/15/2021 12:33:50 PM (No. 846720)
reason 4,328 why should NEVER get an electric car.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Videodrone 7/15/2021 4:00:08 PM (No. 846940)
Some one tell Steve (The Woz) - he was the first to advertise them
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So where do you park the dang thing if you must use a parking garage? And who gets to babysit the car as it is recharging every day?