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Originally Posted by JusticePete
This is what happens the moment you become the biggest and best auto company in the world. The press goes crazy and wants to see blood. This is a complete NON-event. The NHTSA takes a Volt and does a crushing side impact test on it. Then they let it sit for three weeks and make a headline out of the fire. Can you say dumb, Dumber and DUMBEST?
How about we take a gasoline vehicle with a crash test. After the test it is leaking gasoline. Then we park it for three weeks with gasoline dripping from it. It cathes fire and we are all surprised??? The people at the NHTSA should have done what ANY responsible storage yard or repair facility would have done. They should have 'unplugged' the battery pack just like they would stop the gasoline leak.
NHTSA didn’t follow Chevrolet protocol, which would have required the agency to de-energize the battery after the crash test.
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You don't even know the details of how the fire started yet and you're already saying there is no way there is a problem. The investigation is to find out if there is a problem. Sure, this type of thing can be turned into sensationalism like with the Toyota gas pedal debacle, but the whole point of the investigation is is to find any potential problems. I doubt the NHTSA has shorted a bunch of GM stock and there is some huge conspiracy to drive it into the ground. “Based on the available data, NHTSA does not believe the Volt or other electric vehicles are at a greater risk of fire than gasoline-powered vehicles,” NHTSA officials told Bloomberg in a statement. I don't see any problem with investigating a fire and making a statement that there's no reason to believe there is an issue yet. If everybody had enough bias to their given brand to just assume there isn't an issue the NHTSA would never open investigations.