Posted on 08/15/2023 5:50:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
Nikola, the leading electric semi-truck manufacturer, has announced a massive recall of its battery-powered commercial trucks due to concerns over a defective battery component that can cause fire. The recall is the result of an investigation into a fire at Nikola’s own facility. Ominously, the company advises truck owners to park their vehicles outside.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Nikola’s recall comes in the wake of a fire incident that occurred on June 23, when a truck parked at the company’s Phoenix headquarters caught fire. An external investigation into the incident revealed that a “defective battery part likely caused a fire in one of the trucks.”
The company said on Friday that a battery part was probably to blame for a coolant leak in one of the trucks. The battery overheated, which resulted in the fire. Initially, there were speculations from Nikola hinting at potential foul play as the cause of the fire. However, the investigation firm hired to probe the incident indicated that foul play was an unlikely cause.
The Nikola safety and engineering teams discovered a part inside the battery-powered truck that is probably to blame for the coolant leak while the business tries to address the problem. The company remains optimistic, stating that the trucks can continue to operate, but with certain precautions. Nikola advises owners to enable real-time monitoring on their trucks and to think about parking their trucks outside.
About 60 percent of the heavy-duty battery-electric trucks that Nikola produced in the previous year are included in the vehicles that are currently being recalled. This includes almost all of the trucks that have been shipped to customers, with the remaining unsold trucks currently parked at Nikola properties.
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“The recall is the result of an investigation into a fire at Nikola’s own facility”
Catching fire before they even leave the factory.......so much for quality control.😏
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Their HQ is 2 miles from my house. I don’t knopw where the factory is.
Just follow the smoke..................
Lithium batteries are great until they go bad and then they are really BAD.
IOW they started a Fire Sale!....................
There's a father-son outfit in Missouri that refurbishes steam-driven tractors and whatnot.
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I think it’s somewhat amusing to see battery powered vehicle companies with names “Nikola” or “Tesla”. Nikola Tesla was an advocate for AC power. Edison advocated for DC.
Hard to of anything more idiotic than a EV Semi. An absolute preposterous idea for so many reasons.
“Hard to of anything more idiotic than a EV Semi”
Well I hear they’re working on EV aircraft, so the stupidity continues.
Well yes that’s even more idiotic
I think you're pointing your finger in the wrong direction.
Quality control addresses how well the product is built; whether or not it meets its design specifications and is constructed as planned.
The way I read the article, the problem isn't in faulty construction, it's in faulty design. Quality control can't fix that; the problem isn't on the factory floor. The problem is back in the engineering lab.
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