Hi Everybody, "The car that caught fire was tested May 12 by an agency contractor at a Wisconsin facility using a relatively new side-impact test intended to replicate crashing into a pole or a tree, the official said. Three weeks later, while the car was parked at the test facility, it caught fire. A NHTSA investigation concluded the crash test damaged the battery, which later led to the fire.
"Lithium-ion batteries, which are used in a vast array of consumer electronics, have a history of sometimes catching fire when damaged." <snip> "The Volt can travel about 35 miles on battery power. After that, a small gasoline engine generates power to run the car's electric motor." What? Then it is a hybrid, right? Seems like it is being called an "electric" when it should be a "plug-in hybrid"? Or an I missing something. The price is ridiculous . . . Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/11/11/feds-investigating-chevrolet-volt-fire/?test=latestnews#ixzz1dU1Dz07S -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
