fisker karma battery not behind post-sandy fire - buy lithium ion battery
This has become an embarrassing, unfortunate routine.
Somehow a Fisk Kama was on fire somewhere and the company sent inspectors and engineers to analyze the accident.
A few days later, Fisk motor issued a statement explaining the series of batteries-
The extended electric vehicle did not fail and some other causes caused the fire.
In the latest case, Fisk analyzed the fire of October 30, when Hurricane Sandy floods retreated from the Port of Newark, New Jersey shipping terminal, which destroyed 16 Karmas.
In a statement last night, the company said it had reached a conclusion ---
After the "thorough investigation witnessed by the NHTSA representative ---
The reason is the residual salt damage inside the vehicle control unit submerged in seawater for several hours.
Corrosion of salt causes the device to be short-circuited when Karma's 12-
Volt batteries power the circuit.
The strong wind then spread the fire to other karm Mars parked nearby.
But the factory said there was no explosion, as reported by mistake.
The company ruled out 20-kilowatt-hour lithium-
The ion battery pack is the cause of the fire, even the contributing factor of the fire. (
This battery pack was the subject of Fisk's recall earlier this year, when-
The bankrupt battery maker A123 Systems says its Michigan plant has produced defective batteries. )
Fisker called the control unit "a standard part found in many types of vehicles" and pointed out several other "non-
After the flood receded, hybrid cars from various manufacturers fired in different events.
Thousands of cars from many different manufacturers were destroyed by floods
The handling facilities drown the car in salt water from 5 to 8 feet for several hours.
On August, the plant concluded that a fire seriously damaged the karma of 2012 Fisk people parked outside a store in Woodside, California, caused by a short circuit of the cooling fan located in the engine compartment.
Fisk immediately launched a recall to replace the fan.
On last May, the first Karma fire in sugar fields in Texas destroyed the car and damaged the garage and house where the car was stored.
Owner Jeremy gutrez and Fisk remain in a state of hostility.
Start-up Fisker has not said recently how many cars it produces, but 18 cars damaged or destroyed in three fires may come from the total population of about 3,000 Karmas built so far
As in the previous statement, the company's statement on the Newark port fire ended, reiterating that Fisker Karma "met or exceeded all safety requirements in North America, the European market, and the Middle East.