Hyundai has issued a recall for the Kona Electric in South Korea over a potential fire risk, involving nearly 26,000 units of the electric B-segment crossover, Automotive News reports. This follows an incident where one unit of the Kona Electric caught fire in an underground car park in Daegu, South Korea recently.
That is just one out of 16 known cases, globally, of the model catching on fire. Similar reports have also been recorded in Australia and Canada. Hyundai is still in the midst of investigating whether the Kona Electric sold in Europe and the UK are subject to the recall exercise.
According to LG Chem (the company that supplies the Kona Electric’s battery), the source of the fire has not yet been determined. Internal reenactments have indicated that the lithium-ion polymer batteries, which burn much more intensely than more conventional batteries when set alight, were not the main cause of the blaze.
The recalled vehicles will get software updates, as well as a battery replacement should they require one. KB Investment and Securities said the exercise will cost Hyundai up to £400 million (RM2.15 billion), depending on the number of batteries it replaces.
GALLERY: Hyundai Kona Electric
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Someone will kona fire for this. hahahaa
Wonder how the safety testing is done prior to releasing the product… Especially catching fire of the battery ( where else if not the battery of a electric car). Samsung hp not allow to board plane, Hyundai kona not allow to cross border. Skip this by all means
Kimchi safety board cover line to plotek local industries. So big & yet Samsung and HyundaiKIA still need tongkat….
No reason to skip anything. The fire risk is still below that of ICE cars if you do a bit of reading.
Kona just started selling oredy on faiya literally. Talking statistics is BS for a car this new to have such a major problem. Try talking to the person trapped inside that his case was one in a million unlucky fluke.
Relax, the fire risk is still below ICE cars. Just read numbers, not panicky words.
DOA Dead on arrival
DOB Dead on burning
DONR = Dead on not reading statistics that show fire risk is lower than ICE cars still… Fail…
I read about someone say still below the number according to standard. Do you like to be the one in a million?
better stick to conventional cars because Ice cars wont catch fire
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right??