NHTSA Shows It Has an Eye on LG Energy Solution After Multiple Fire-Risk Recalls
6 Apr 2022, 22:06 UTC / The Korean cells are at the core of at least four extensive battery pack recalls. They involve Hyundai, GM, Stellantis, and Mercedes-Benz
Elon Musk Attacking the Press Will Not Make Him Right About FSD
2 Feb 2022, 18:11 UTC / In the same tweet in which he attacked Tom Krisher, Musk also said the FSD recall was not about safety and downplayed the speed of FSD’s rolling stops.
MINI Cooper JCW GP Races Three "Boring" EVs, Doesn't Do ICEs Any Favors
10 Nov 2021, 10:45 UTC / When you set the bar low, you won't achieve greatness. However, maybe you're just not meant for that when you fail to clear it even then
Of the Five 2022 German Premium Car of The Year Awards, Three Went for EVs
27 Oct 2021, 13:22 UTC / It is even more ironic than that: of the three electric cars to receive the German accolade, only one was made in Germany
After GM, Stellantis Also Joins Forces With LGES to Manufacture Batteries
18 Oct 2021, 07:49 UTC / Stellantis and LGES will make a joint venture to produce cells for electric cars in the U.S. for delivering up to 40 GWh in batteries by 2024
Chevy Bolt EV Recall Will Cost LG $1.9 Billion, 95% of the Total Cost
12 Oct 2021, 12:55 UTC / According to Reuters, the cost division has included LG Chem, which owns LGES, and LG Electronics, which assembles the battery packs
GM Will Teach LGES Quality Control to Replace Battery Packs on Bolt EV Units
13 Sep 2021, 17:47 UTC / The companies tried to make it sound like some trivial procedure, but it only reveals how LGES has to step up its game quickly.
GM Halts Chevy Bolt EV Production and Will Give Old Ones More Range
31 Aug 2021, 15:37 UTC / According to the company, it will only make new Bolt EVs and EUVs when it is sure that LG Energy Solution can make defect-free batteries.
GM Finally Reveals Chevy Bolt EV Battery Defects: It Will Recall All Cars
21 Aug 2021, 07:14 UTC / A torn anode tab and a folder separator would have caused the fires. The additional cost for the recall will be $1 billion.
VW ID.3 Burns to the Ground in the Netherlands: Cause Is Still Unknown
20 Aug 2021, 15:21 UTC / The VW ID.3 had just finished charging in Groningen, and the driver had already put her child in the car when she noticed smoke coming from underneath it.
2021 Hyundai Kona Electric Standard Range Unveiled As Entry-Level Model
19 Aug 2021, 06:55 UTC / Joining the Extended Range variant, the 2021 Hyundai Kona Electric Standard Range is already on sale in Australia, priced from the equivalent of US$39,500.
GM Estimates It Will Spend $11,650 in Each Recalled Chevy Bolt EV
6 Aug 2021, 10:31 UTC / The company released its Q2 2021 results and included that its net income of $2.8 billion was affected by $800 million in Bolt EV warranty recall costs.
GM Will Finally Replace Defective Modules to Avoid Bolt EV Fires
23 Jul 2021, 14:42 UTC / The company announced that it has identified with LG “two rare manufacturing defects in the same battery cell” that cause the fires.
GM Tacitly Admits Bolt EV Recall Is Not Enough, Asks Owners to Park Outside
15 Jul 2021, 11:12 UTC / The company said that in a recall update, also asking that the car is not charged overnight. There has been a second fire already.
Recall Did Not Prevent a Chevrolet Bolt EV From Burning
9 Jul 2021, 16:12 UTC / GM refused to talk if the repair would be enough when it released it. The new blaze screams that it may not be the case.
Hyundai Kona Electric That Caught Fire In Norway Was Not Included In Recall
27 Jun 2021, 06:49 UTC / The vehicle was registered in Norway for the first time in November 2020, according to Avisa Oslo, and was probably made in Europe.
Hyundai Kona Electric Faces New Fires In Norway And South Korea
25 Jun 2021, 06:47 UTC / The affected cars should be just the ones produced from November 2017 up to March 2020, when part of the production moved to Nošovice, Czechia.
Urban Utilities S-Poo-V Number 2 Shows How Human Waste Can Power An EV
16 Jun 2021, 11:46 UTC / The Hyundai Kona Electric does not have anything that is extraordinary apart from its paint job and the source of the electricity that powers it.
Hyundai Will Spend $900 Million to Recall Kona Electric Over Battery Fire Issues
24 Feb 2021, 17:53 UTC / Approximately 82,000 units of the Kona Electric need brand-new batteries, which is why Hyundai will spend almost half of its 2020 net profit on this recall
Hyundai Kona Electric Still Catching Fire After Worldwide Recall
26 Jan 2021, 15:53 UTC / Although they've been fixed with all-new batteries, previously-recalled Kona Electric models are under investigation once again over fire incidents