Web Desk -US automaker General Motors (GM) has announced that it is recalling Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles from around the world due to a risk of fire due to a faulty battery.
General Motors electric vehicles
General Motors' decision has raised questions about batteries used in electric vehicles sold around the world.
GM's decision this week on Friday will recall about 73,000 electric vehicles from 2019 to 2022 models, compared to 69,000 older models.
GM Batteries
According to GM, batteries can sometimes catch fire due to two manufacturing defects.The company says it will replace batteries in all vehicles.
The decision will cost the company about 1 billion.
GM says owners should charge their batteries up to 90% and park them outside their homes.
South Korean LG Company
The wreckage is being dumped on South Korean LG Chemical Solutions, which supplies batteries to the company.The LG company says that according to the investigation, the fault occurred in the batteries that were manufactured in other factories.
According to reports, the batteries used in the new Bolt vehicles were manufactured at the LG plant in the Netherlands in the US state of Michigan.
GM says it will demand a refund from the battery company.
GM Batteries caught fire
It may be recalled that the GM had received reports of fires in five Bolt vehicles in November.Which caused one person to be exposed to smoke and one house to catch fire.
Initially, the company did not know why the fire broke out, but it was later revealed that the batteries.Which were fully charged, caught fire.
It should be noted that the vehicles sold in the United States include a very small portion of GM.Which sells about 3 million vehicles a year.
US President Joe Biden wants half of all cars used in the United States to be converted to electric vehicles by 2050 to tackle climate change.
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