Bolt Owners Call to Park Away

General Motors; electric Chevrolet Bolt to vehicle owners, their vehicles to other vehicles at least 15-16 It recommends parking meters away. The reason is sudden fire riski reduce.

Detroit car manufacturer has approximately 142,000 Bolt wanted the model car back because of the risk of the batteries suddenly catching fire. For now the cost of asking back $1.8 billionIn addition to this, General Motors is buying cars from car owners who are not at all satisfied with the situation.

General Motors hopes to get the bulk of the cost out of LG Corp:

The company is responsible for a large part of the cost, the manufacturer of the battery. LG Corp.He hopes to receive from The company’s advice for this situation is a bit confusing for vehicle owners who use their Bolt model vehicles more limitedly in order to prevent the battery from heating up and a possible fire.

The parking guide, which recommends that they park their vehicles at least 15 meters away from other vehicles, especially for users living in the heart of the city, is almost impossible an application that can be tried.

Fully charged under normal conditions 259 This feature of the Bolt, which can go miles, is limited by the guidance put by General Motors to prevent a possible fire. Another piece of advice from the automaker to Bolt owners is to charge the battery. 90% mileage, charging the vehicle more frequently, and not discharging the battery below approximately 70 miles of remaining range. It is also recommended that they park their vehicles outside immediately after charging and not leave them on charge overnight.

13 Bolt fire cases have been reported:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration until now 13 General Motors has suffered from these fires, although many say the Bolt caught fire. 10 He has undertaken one of them and has not yet made a statement about the remaining three.