The first was in Barkhamsted, Connecticut in April 2011. The fire marshal concluded that the fire was started by a nearby Suzuki Samurai that the owner had converted to an electric car in a do-it-yourself conversion.
The second was in Mooresville, North Carolina in November 2011. The fire marshal there concluded, once again, that the fire started elsewhere in the garage and not in the Volt.
The only Volts that have ever caught on fire were two that had been demolished in a crash test. The test engineers mistakenly failed to drain the damaged batteries and they only caught on fire a week after the test. If you get in an accident and it takes you a week to get out of the car, you have bigger problems to worry about.
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