Key Highlights of the Stellantis Jeep Recall 375,000 Jeep SUVs recalled globally — including 2020–2025 Wrangler 4xe and 2022–2026 Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrids. Battery fire risk identified after 19 reported incidents and one injury; most fires occurred while vehicles were parked. Samsung SDI-manufactured batteries found to have separator damage causing potential thermal runaway. Previous … Continue reading “Stellantis Recalls 375K Jeep 4xe SUVs Over Fire Risk – iShook Finance”
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Ford is recalling 950 F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks because they may contain defective battery cells that could short circuit, and the company is asking owners to limit charging in the meantime. The recall of 2022-2024 F-150 Lightning trucks addresses suspect cells that, due to a manufacturing issue with a supplier, could have misaligned electrodes, … Continue reading “Certain Ford F-150 Lightnings recalled due to possible short circuit, fire”
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Renault’s new solution to extinguish electric vehicle fires can help first responders take out flames faster and more efficiently. EV fires are statistically rarer than ICE vehicles, but in the rare cases when EV batteries catch fires, it’s difficult to get them under control. The French automaker has made its EV fire safety tech freely … Continue reading “Renault Made A Breakthrough In EV Fire Safety. Now Others Can Use It For Free”
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On today’s episode of Quick Charge, we look at a group of $TSLA shareholders on Reddit who want Elon Musk fired as CEO of Tesla – and they’re using his own public words against him. Plus the new Model Y arrives in US showrooms and FSD users can get a break on insurance. Plus the Volvo … Continue reading “Reddit TSLA group moves to fire Elon, Tesla insurance discounts, and big solar”
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Parent company of Dodge, Ram, Jeep envisions an exhaust system for EVs Would identify battery thermal runaway, could help prevent resulting fire by treating gases Dodge Charger Daytona EV already makes the sound of an ICE exhaust system Exhaust systems remove the byproducts of internal combustion, so they might seem superfluous in electric vehicles. But … Continue reading “Stellantis EV exhaust system could cool the chances of a fire”
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This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes new e-bikes from Ride1Up, new e-scooters from NIU, Ted Cruz’s war against safer e-bike batteries, Talaria MX5 fire, Gogoro’s CEO resigning, and more. The Wheel-E podcast returns every two … Continue reading “Wheel-E Podcast: Ride1Up Roadster V3, Talaria fire, and more”
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Built by noted upfitters Rosenbauer on an all-electric International eMV medium-duty chassis, HazMat1 incorporates a mobile command post with an onboard electronic research library that’s fully equipped to support the Cambridge Fire Hazardous Materials Task Force at hazardous materials incidents throughout the region. It’s the first such vehicle in service in New England. The trucks and engines used in fire … Continue reading “HazMat1: Cambridge becomes first NE FD to put electric fire truck into service”
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On today’s episode of Quick Charge, we take a break from watching the DNC’s coronation party to talk about Chinese EV trade wars, Tesla Semi trucks on fire in California, and Rivian making Normal even better than it already is. We also talk about Uber’s big executive coup and the first ever floating offshore wind research lease … Continue reading “Tesla Semi on fire, Uber supercharges its C-suite, and Rivian gets bigger”
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A fire with a Mercedes-Benz EQE and then a Kia EV6 has sent South Korea into a panic over EVs. EV fires are statically few and far between, but if they do happen, lithium-ion battery fires are particularly nasty and hard to extinguish. The involved car companies are making a number of changes in an … Continue reading “How Hyundai And Kia Are Dealing With EV Fire Concerns In Korea”
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Even though, statistically, electric vehicles are less likely to catch fire than cars with a combustion engine. But when they do go up in flames, they can cause a lot more damage. This Mercedes-Benz EQE started showing white smoke and went ablaze seconds later in an underground parking lot in an apartment complex in the … Continue reading “Mercedes EQE's Catastrophic Fire In Underground Garage: What We Know”