[Mbelverud]

Volkswagen to recall more than 100,000 cars on fire risk

Volkswagen Group will have to recall more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles globally due to the risk of fire, said a spokesperson for the German carmaker.

www.reuters.com

16 fires in Germany alone.

 

[Tom E-Tron]

Volkswagen to recall more than 100,000 cars on fire risk

Volkswagen Group will have to recall more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles globally due to the risk of fire, said a spokesperson for the German carmaker.

www.reuters.com

16 fires in Germany alone.

Thats not good....

 

[Dark-Fx]

German daily Bild cited the KBA regulator as saying "inadequate fastening of the engine design cover can lead to contact with hot parts and subsequently to fire"

This sounds like an ICE design defect to me, only tangentially battery related.

 

[Tom E-Tron]

This sounds like an ICE design defect to me, only tangentially battery related.

Ya, I read the recall, does not seem to have anything to do with the battery

 

[azbill]

I saw an article a while ago that stated hybrids had a higher fire rate then BEV or ICE.

 

[Tom E-Tron]

I saw an article a while ago that stated hybrids had a higher fire rate then BEV or ICE.

That makes sense, Hybrids have more parts to malfunction, and all of the worst parts of both systems