[HN Gopher] GM recalls every Chevy Bolt ever made, blames LG for...
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       GM recalls every Chevy Bolt ever made, blames LG for faulty
       batteries
        
       Author : _JamesA_
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2021-08-23 20:03 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | Arrath wrote:
       | This does not inspire confidence in the idea of making the
       | batteries part of the car's structure.
        
         | Tagbert wrote:
         | There are different chemistries and designs that are more or
         | less prone to fire. These batteries in the Bolt (and Hyundai)
         | have a particular design that makes them higher risk. lithium
         | iron phosphate battery (LiFePO) batteries are know to be quite
         | stable.
        
       | aidenn0 wrote:
       | It just seems to me that the natural state of many LiIon
       | chemistries (LiCoO2 in particular) is "on fire" and if you treat
       | them _very_ nicely and actively manage them, you can prevent them
       | from getting to that state most of the time.
       | 
       | [edit]
       | 
       | Read the article more closely and the Bolt batteries are
       | suspected to be NMC, which is apparently more prone to fire than
       | CoO2?
        
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