GM’s Chevy Volt catches fire when parked in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) parking lot.
NHTSA official along with three other people investigating this issue are refused to be identified because the investigation isn’t become public still.
GM’s chief engineer Jim Federico says that “I want to make this very clear: the Volt is a safe car, we are working cooperatively with NHTSA as it completes its investigation”.
NHTSA and the energy department have planned to test the volt battery modules that have been taken from the car to check whether it can reproduce the condition that had led to fire.
Lithium batteries could catch fire easily but it happens only when the battery cells that stores electricity get highly pierced by any metal. If the piercing is small, then the reaction can take many days or weeks to occur.
This year Leaf and Volt ranked high in the top crash-test rating. NHTSA has declared that based on the data available there’s no greater risk of fire.
In fact, both electric and gasoline-powered vehicles have some risk of fire in the event of a serious crash.
NHTSA official along with three other people investigating this issue are refused to be identified because the investigation isn’t become public still.
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GM’s chief engineer Jim Federico says that “I want to make this very clear: the Volt is a safe car, we are working cooperatively with NHTSA as it completes its investigation”.
NHTSA and the energy department have planned to test the volt battery modules that have been taken from the car to check whether it can reproduce the condition that had led to fire.
Lithium batteries could catch fire easily but it happens only when the battery cells that stores electricity get highly pierced by any metal. If the piercing is small, then the reaction can take many days or weeks to occur.
This year Leaf and Volt ranked high in the top crash-test rating. NHTSA has declared that based on the data available there’s no greater risk of fire.
In fact, both electric and gasoline-powered vehicles have some risk of fire in the event of a serious crash.
