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[Motown_Johnny]

38. There were no "Exploding Volts" that is just more RW bullshit

Please look into these things before posting


http://www.driveforinnovation.com/the-volt-and-the-battery-fires-furor


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To recap, we know of three fires in which Chevy Volts were involved or nearby:

1. A fire destroyed a garage in northwestern Connecticut. The owner–a volunteer firefighter named Storm–had a Volt and a home-converted Suzuku Samurai EV (pictured, right); here's his blog on the fire, where he writes "definitely not the Volt." (Here's local TV coverage.) No cause has been determined.

2. In Mooresville, N.C., a fire in a three-car garage that housed a Volt spread to and destroyed a luxury home. Initial suggestions identified the 240V charging station as the possible cause. That's been rejected since then, as fire officials have said the fire started away from the vehicles and charging station. But no cause has been determined.

3. The National Highway Transportation Safety Board crash-tested a Volt, pushing it into a pole at 20 miles an hour. The car performed well and was stored outside in the cold. Weeks later, the car caught fire. The fire apparently was caused by a short when the punctured coolant system leaked into the LiOn cells.


There was only one fire and that was caused by a vehicle that was crashed and then just left to sit for weeks. Any privately owned vehicle would not have been neglected the way this one was.