> In the meantime, the company is urging owners to park outside and limit charging to 70% to eliminate the risk of a fire.
They must be using NMC batteries which are fairly common and are not recommended to be charged above 80% for regular driving and not left out in very hot conditions above 80% charge to prevent battery degradation. In this circumstance the batteries are kept "cool" through their onboard temperature packages.
This is a pretty serious issue given these types of batteries have the thermal runaway issues.
I like Volvo, but I can't help but think if this happened to Tesla's there would be an uproar among people.
NoPicklez•1h ago
They must be using NMC batteries which are fairly common and are not recommended to be charged above 80% for regular driving and not left out in very hot conditions above 80% charge to prevent battery degradation. In this circumstance the batteries are kept "cool" through their onboard temperature packages.
This is a pretty serious issue given these types of batteries have the thermal runaway issues.
I like Volvo, but I can't help but think if this happened to Tesla's there would be an uproar among people.