GM tells Bolt EV owners park away from vehicles in decks

[JeffKeryk]

This is hard to believe. No, it's insane. Horrible. Can it really be this bad?
Gimme a dang Pinto anyday...
Park on top level, 50' away from other vehicles

Heck, there is one next door and another across the street.

 

[TeamZero]

Im sooooo glad we decided on the prius, I almost bought a used one.

 

[kneesahn]

Quality automobiles

 

[ZeeOSix]

They don't give any affected model years in the article ... so is this a recall on a recall that covers every one ever made?

 

[earlyre]

They don't give any affected model years in the article ... so is this a recall on a recall that covers every one ever made?

basically.
Gm will replace the batteries in EVERY BOLT they've built so far....GM dealers have a stop sale order on new and used ones, until GM/LG can develop demonstrably "safe" battery packs. ( Aka ones that don't go up in flames)

 

[JHZR2]

I could argue that parking requirement for any battery system using such chemistry. I suspect we will see more of this as more EVs age.

While GM may have an issue specifically, the failure characteristics and components that cause the risk (flammable electrolyte, cathode chemistry that exothermically decomposes and self generates oxygen) is not unique to GM.

 

[BituminousCoal]

Im sooooo glad we decided on the prius, I almost bought a used one.

Prius recently almost burned down customer's house.

 

[gregk24]

The future...

 

[vw7674]

'bolt'
at least they nailed the name.

 

[demarpaint]

Obviously they're not ready for prime time.

 

[billt460]

So how does this prevent someone else parking next to you after you leave? Insane! I'm glad the only batteries my vehicles have is to start them.

 

[Boomer]

Like a rock! (Probably coal)

 

[billt460]

Here is yet another problem. Every new vehicle sold has a holographic sign on the windshield that say's, "Please Park Right Next To Me".. It is only designed to last 2 years, and can be seen by EVERYONE except YOU. Don't tell me this isn't so.

All you have to do to prove it, is park your new car as FAR AWAY from everyone as you can the next time you go to Wal-Mart, Home Depot, or Lowe's. When you come out there will be at least 2 cars parked right next to yours. Coincidence? I think not.

 

[wdn]

Not like Teslas burst into flames or anything, sometimes while the owner is driving it.

 

[Rmay635703]

Not like Teslas burst into flames or anything, sometimes while the owner is driving it.

Recent Ford F150’s are doing the same, not like it’s unique to the industry

 

[TeamZero]

Prius recently almost burned down customer's house.

Oppsie whats the story on that? what year?

 

[BituminousCoal]

Oppsie whats the story on that? what year?

Prius incinerated itself in the driveway. Burned into the concrete I was standing on and almost took out the houses near it. No idea what year, but she said it was "fairly new" or somthing to that effect.

Fire dept responded rapidly (public fire dept. close to location). but it was an inferno very quickly. I was told the fire department had some issues getting the car put out so they just kept the houses wet and evacuated the inhabitants. Lot of water damage.

 

[Job]

Recent Ford F150’s are doing the same, not like it’s unique to the industry

I have had no qualms about any gas car I have ever owned and I owned a lot of really old ones. No fires in so many decades. Never knew anyone having a car fire or worried about having one. It is not the same as these battery fires at all. I read they recalled 400 or so F150’s to fix the connection on the starter motor. You think that’s just the same?

 

[Rmay635703]

I have had no qualms about any gas car I have ever owned and I owned a lot of really old ones. No fires in so many decades. Never knew anyone having a car fire or worried about having one. It is not the same as these battery fires at all. I read they recalled 400 or so F150’s to fix the connection on the starter motor. You think that’s just the same?

Out of all 16m F150’s on the road
11083 of them lit up
And literally no one cares when a gas car lights on fire because it’s so common, news rarely covers a car fire unless a van full of orphans dies (actual unfortunate event 10 years back)

So no I don’t think that’s the same,
any way you cut it it’s worse.

EVs are under a magnifying glass lit up like the sun, any time a Tesla driver farts it’s news worthy for some reason, EVs dominating every aspect of the news over every insignificant non-event is just as irritating as the 24/7 JLO Benifer coverage, if I wanted to learn about what 50 somethings are doing there literally are thousands of them within a mile, don’t need to be bombarded by JLO by air, sea, phone, news, paper. Can’t avoid seeing her in any of my feeds. Thankfully she has yet to become interested in oil advertising.

I say this even though I’m interested in plug ins, it just seems like they have slow news days and have to make up something to discuss about them even when nothing important is happening

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.motor1.com/news/486681/ford-super-duty-fire-video/amp/

I’ve seen 2 car fires on my own street over the years, one quite minor and got put out (burned a bunch of crap in the engine compartment, like something spilled something on the manifold) other was pretty bad.

My own cobalt leaked a trail of gas down the road when a steel line rusted through under an aluminum heat wrap (brilliant design)

 

[2EHA]

EVs are under a magnifying glass lit up like the sun, any time a Tesla driver farts it’s news worthy for some reason, EVs dominating every aspect of the news over every insignificant non-event is just as irritating as the 24/7 JLO Benifer coverage, if I wanted to learn about what 50 somethings are doing there literally are thousands of them, don’t need to be bombarded by JLO by air, sea, phone, news, paper. Can’t avoid seeing her in any of my feeds. Thankfully she has yet to become interested in oil advertising.

the issue is keeping the fires put out, EVs present a different challenge than normal vehicle fires. teslas are well known mobile cremation stations