Two Chevrolet Bolt EVs recently caught fire after they were repaired as part of a recall last year that affected nearly 51,000 vehicles in the United States, federal safety officials announced on Wednesday. Now, owners of Chevrolet Bolts from the model years 2017 through 2019 have been urged to park their vehicles outdoors after charging and to avoid leaving them while they charge overnight, the officials and the car’s manufacturer said on Wednesday. The affected vehicles were originally recalled in November 2020 over concerns that some of them may contain high-voltage batteries “that may pose a risk of fire when charged to full, or very close to full, capacity,” the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said at the time. As part of the 2020 recall, the car’s manufacturer, General Motors, offered to have software inside the vehicles reprogrammed so that batteries could only be charged up to 90 percent of their original capacity.

Source: New York Times July 15, 2021 12:11 UTC