Hyundai will recall Kona EV products in excess of defective battery cells

In complete, 13 incidents of fireplace involving the Kona EV, which include one particular every single in Canada and Austria, had been documented so considerably, in accordance to a assertion by ruling get together lawmaker Jang Kyung-tae’s office environment on Thursday.

The security remember “is a proactive reaction to a suspected defective creation of high-voltage batteries employed in the cars, which may perhaps have contributed to the described fires,” Hyundai said.

The automaker reported it will deploy all needed steps to detect the cause of the fires and deal with customers’ requires.

Kona EVs use batteries produced by LG Chem.

LG Chem mentioned the correct trigger of the fire had not been established and a reenactment experiment conducted jointly with Hyundai experienced not led to a fireplace, so the fires could not be attributed to defective battery cells.

LG Chem additional that it will take part in potential investigation with Hyundai to locate the bring about.

In July, Hyundai Motor leader Euisun Chung explained Hyundai and sister corporation Kia purpose to sell 1 million total-electric powered motor vehicles in 2025, concentrating on extra than 10 percent of the world wide market place share for these kinds of motor vehicles.

The Kona is Hyundai brand’s most effective-selling design in Europe. Kona sales in the location rose 1.9 per cent to 70,380 in the 1st eight months, including combustion motor variations, in accordance to JATO Dynamics current market scientists.