, Golf, Tiguan, and Arteon worldwide. Audi also is recalling 24,400 vehicles, while Seat and Skoda are also affected., German safety regulator KBA explains that, “inadequate fastening of the engine design cover can lead to contact with hot parts and subsequently to fire.” 16 such fires have been reported in Germany. Apparently, the connection to the high voltage battery in those cars is not sufficiently insulated.
and sidestep emissions requirements. But then I asked Google to tell me more on this topic and found the story has been picked up by
'Oh, damn. VW has a battery fire issue. This is going to set the EV revolution back at least 5 years.” Poor judgement. Even if it were BEV's and not hybrids, this incident would be forgotten all too soon. The E-fuse is lit, the EV fire is on.
Aha, recalls them OTA, to Germany... good for them.