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KONA Electric: 14th Fire While Quick Charging in Korea!!

Discussion in 'Hyundai Kona Electric' started by kennykim, Oct 16, 2020.

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  1. Oct 16, 2020 #1
    kennykim

    kennykim New Member

    SEJONG,KOREA
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    https://n.news.naver.com/article/092/0002202205

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    In addition, there was a fire accident in the Hyundai Kona Electric electric car.


    The 14th Kona electric vehicle fire accident was held at 3:41 am on OCT-17-2020 at the electric vehicle rapid charging site at the Wabu-eup Community Service Center, Namyang-si, Gyeonggi-do. Occurred.

    It has been 13 days since a similar fire accident occurred in Dalseong-gun, Daegu on the 4th.

    No human injury occurred due to this fire accident.


    According to the Namyang District Office, firefighters arrived at the site 3 minutes after the fire accident, and they quickly succeeded in extinguishing the initial stage.

    If you look at the photo of the vehicle fire received by GDNET Korea, it is estimated that the battery part at the bottom was ignited.


    The Namyang District Office said that after the initial suppression, smoke continued from the vehicle, and firefighters dispatched to the site were closely watching the situation for more than an hour.

    This is to prevent the possibility of secondary accidents.


    This fire accident was particularly noticeable when it was connected to a vehicle and a fast charger.

    A total of two electric vehicle fast chargers are in operation in the parking lot of the Wabu-eup Community Center.


    Both the Kona electric car fire accident in Jeju City on the 26th of last month and the fire accident in Dalseong-gun, Daegu on the 4th of this month occurred at the apartment slow charging site.

    The vehicle in which the fire occurred in Namyangju was not burned down unlike the previous Daegu case.

    The fire vehicle was moved to a separate location, and it is expected to be investigated by the National Institute of Scientific Investigation.


    Hyundai Motor Company has been voluntarily recalling some of the Kona electric vehicles from Oct-16-2020.

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  2. Oct 16, 2020 #2
    Sean Kim

    Sean Kim New Member

    It happened in a suburban area of Gyeonggi province, South Korea on Oct 17 at 3:41 AM. According to the local fire station, the firemen arrived approximately 3 minutes after the incident, and successfully extinguished the flames. The car was reportedly connected to the quick charging station when it caught a fire.

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  3. Oct 16, 2020 #3
    dan17

    dan17 Member

    Ottawa ON, 2019 Kona Built Apr 2019
    Bright side is the car did not burn down so this should help in their investigation into this problem and help reinforce or adjust their planned software fixes and/or battery replacement.

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  4. Oct 16, 2020 #4
    KiwiME

    KiwiME Well-Known Member

    New Zealand '2019' EU, heat pump, pink coolant
    The charger site does not seem to be on Plugshare while many others are. However, it does look like a site similar to what we might expect for a pair of DC chargers.
     
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  5. Oct 16, 2020 #5
    kennykim

    kennykim New Member

    SEJONG,KOREA
    I just awating confirmation that car has been LASTEST BMS UPDATE or NOT !!!

    Yesterday has been started BMS update in korea by automaker..

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  6. Oct 16, 2020 #6
    electriceddy

    electriceddy Moderator Staff Member

    Nanaimo BC, 2021 Kona Ultimate Built Sept 2020
    Hopefully NOT, or we are back to square 1.:confused:
    Awaiting confirmation, and thank you for posting.
     
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  7. Oct 17, 2020 #7
    electriceddy

    electriceddy Moderator Staff Member

    Nanaimo BC, 2021 Kona Ultimate Built Sept 2020
    The DC charger is now shut down, pending further investigation:
    https://zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20201017150932
     
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  8. Oct 17, 2020 #8
    Barry T

    Barry T New Member

    Duncan B.C.
    I wonder if or when the details will surface.
    SOC, VIN, etc.
     
  9. Oct 19, 2020 #9
    cmwade77

    cmwade77 Active Member

    Also, is it possible that in this instance, some safety features in the DC fast charger are what actually failed?
     

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  10. Oct 19, 2020 #10
    KiwiME

    KiwiME Well-Known Member

    New Zealand '2019' EU, heat pump, pink coolant
    It is possible in theory because the DC charger is directly connected to the battery, or at least via the battery's current shunt. However, given the high number of incidents that appear to have been on AC charging, I would doubt that this incident would be unique.
     

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