Regardless of a recall of 77,000 vehicles final October, Hyundai remains to be apparently affected by the specter of battery fires. The newest Hyundai Kona Electric Automotive-B-Q seems to have taken place in Olso, Norway on morning of the twenty first.

It ought to be famous that, sure, internal-combustion autos additionally expertise fires and at reportedly increased charges. Nonetheless, battery fires have lengthy been a priority and, as we talked about, the mannequin concerned right here had already been recalled months in the past, so the incidence is sudden.

There are usually not many particulars obtainable in the meanwhile, nevertheless it seems as if the automobile was parked and never charging. There have been no accidents or any security considerations past the presence of smoke. The native constabulary put out a message on Twitter concerning the incident, the machine-translation of which reads: “Oslo. Båhusveien. The emergency providers are on web site in reference to a report of a hearth in an electrical automobile. There may be management on web site and it isn’t burning now. Some smoke nonetheless from the automobile. No hazard of spreading. Unknown trigger of fireplace.”

After spraying the automobile down with water, firefighters coated it in a hearth blanket, which appears to have significantly dampened the blaze. Nonetheless, a big container with water was introduced in and the automobile hoisted up and submerged inside.

Sadly, the fireplace in Norway is not a very remoted incident. One other Kona Electrical fireplace was reported this morning in South Korea. This incident additionally concerned a parked automobile that seems to not have been charging. Counting on a machine translation of an article on segye.com, it seems fairly potential this Kona Electrical was manufactured after final March, so was not affected by the recall. Just like the others, although, it used LG Vitality Resolution cells.

Whereas the harm in these instances was fairly contained, it is nonetheless too early to say how they might have an effect on the model. The Hyundai Kona Electric owner community on InsideEVs Forum exhibits quite a lot of responses to the continuing state of affairs. Whereas some are fairly pleased with the efforts made by the Korean automaker to cope with the state of affairs, it is definitely inflicting doubts within the minds of others concerning the security of the Kona Electrical, in addition to upcoming merchandise just like the Hyundai Ioniq 5.

Hyundai’s communications division hasn’t but spoken publicly about these incidents, however we’ll report on their response when it happens. Whereas we sincerely hope these fires have been sparked by some aberration unrelated to the autos or their batteries, we’ll be protecting a watch open for any future flambés.