Latest safety recall information

noteven wrote:
Is it the batteries that catch fire?

Or the 'lectricity gettin out of the wires?

Or the both of them?

Batteries.

See NHTSA website HERE for full recall notice.

"GM is expanding the current Chevrolet Bolt recall to include model year 2017-2022 Chevrolet Bolt vehicles. With this expansion, all Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles are now recalled due to the risk of the high-voltage battery pack catching fire. "

From the earlier recall that was issued found HERE..

"Owners of select Model Year 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt vehicles should park their cars outside and away from homes until their vehicles have been repaired, due to a new recall for the risk of fire.

GM has issued a recall of 50,932 Chevrolet Bolt vehicles for the potential of an unattended fire in the high-voltage battery pack underneath the back seat’s bottom cushion. The affected vehicles’ cell packs have the potential to smoke and ignite internally, which could spread to the rest of the vehicle and cause a structure fire if parked inside a garage or near a house.

Chevrolet bolt parked in open lot
These vehicles can catch fire even if they are turned off, parked, and disconnected from a charging unit. NHTSA has confirmed five known fires with two injuries; at least one of the fires spread from the vehicle and ignited a home. Until these recalled vehicles have been repaired, the safest place to park them is outside and away from homes. "

You want to play with high density lithium packs, you should be aware that they are not "docile" by any means.. Only a few yrs ago many Lithium packs used in pretty much every laptop were recalled for fire hazard due to impurities present at the cells manufacturing level that would cause a internal short in one or more cells.

With the push to build cheaper EV vehicles you may as well get used to this type of thing..