DETROIT – Basic Motors is advising some Chevrolet Bolt house owners to not park their electrical vehicles inside 50 ft of different autos to scale back the chance of a possible hearth spreading to close by vehicles and vehicles.

The warning follows the Detroit automaker recalling greater than 140,000 of the EVs produced since 2016 as a result of danger of batteries spontaneously catching hearth from “two uncommon manufacturing defects.”

GM has confirmed fires in at the least 12 autos, however extra proceed to be reported. Not less than one of many recalled autos reportedly caught hearth and unfold to a Maserati and Hyundai in Sacramento, California.

The parking recommendation is being given to clients that decision into the corporate’s name middle about parking their recalled autos in parking tons or buildings, in response to GM spokesman Dan Flores. That is completely different from earlier warnings involving parking the car exterior, not charging it unattended in a single day and altering the automobile’s charging settings that have been issued to all house owners.

“In an effort to scale back potential injury to buildings and close by autos within the uncommon occasion of a possible hearth, we suggest parking on the highest ground or on an open-air deck and park 50 ft or extra away from one other car,” Flores mentioned in an e mail.

The up to date parking steering was first reported by Bloomberg Information.

The recall is anticipated to value $1.8 billion, a few of which the corporate plans to get from its battery provider, LG Chem, which produced the faulty batteries in South Korea and Michigan.

GM has mentioned it’s working with LG to rectify the problems and improve manufacturing of the brand new modules for the doubtless faulty battery packs. It’s going to notify clients when substitute elements are prepared.

GM says house owners with questions ought to go to www.chevy.com/boltevrecall, contact its Chevrolet EV helpline at 1-833-EVCHEVY or contact their most well-liked Chevrolet EV supplier.