Not all EV manufacturers or even most or some. One. This thread is trashing GM only.
General Motors Chevy Bolts from 2017-2019 that were previously recalled. The repair they made on the recall wasn't enough and 2 cars had this problem, out of all of them. So they added this additional guidance to their recall.
The original post mistakenly makes it sound like all EVs have some sort of mattress tag manufacturer's warning on them.
The original post is misleading by saying some car makers as opposed to one, and acting as if it applies to all EVs in general, when the issue happened to only 2 cars.
Maybe the OP's original source was misleading and biased and not the poster herself, and she just believed and repeated what she heard second hand. That happens a lot.
"General Motors is telling owners of some older Chevrolet Bolts to park them outdoors and not to charge them overnight because two of the electric cars caught fire after recall repairs were made.
The company said Wednesday that the request covers 2017 through 2019 Bolts that were part of a group that was recalled earlier due to fires in the batteries.
The latest request comes after two Bolts that had gotten recall repairs caught fire, one in Vermont and the other in New Jersey, GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said."
Edited to add:
There seems to be a real emotional attachment to fossil fuel powered engines. People probably felt that way about steam engines as well. Many still love steam powered locomotives and work to restore them. Water power has an emotional pull too. People still lovingly restore old mills and water wheels.
Regardless, everyone was fine when they made the transition away from steam power etc, and eventually to fossil fuels, and we will be fine in the future as well.
People always get upset when things change and they have no control over it. Technology keeps moving forward faster and faster and there are always early adopters as well as those who never adapt. It works out.
The vehicles of the near future may not be electric at all. They may use some other type of power that is yet to be perfected or even discovered. Some person working in a university lab somewhere may wake up tomorrow and discover an even better energy source that will amaze us all.
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