Porsche to recall over 27,000 EVs in US over battery quick circuit threat

Porsche is recalling 1000’s of its Taycan electrical autos over a attainable quick circuit threat that would trigger a hearth. The recall impacts 27,527 Taycans constructed between October twenty first, 2019, and February 1st, 2024, in response to the NHTSA safety recall report.

The issue has been narrowed all the way down to a cell block module within the LG Chem-produced batteries used within the Taycan. Nonetheless, Porsche doesn’t truly know which vehicles have the issue and says it may’t get the analytics to verify:

This recall (ARB6/ARB7) applies to a automobile inhabitants for which Porsche at present has no optimistic information that information anomalies exist within the high-voltage battery modules… Even when Porsche at present has no optimistic information that information anomalies exist, Porsche can not exclude that these high-voltage battery modules may present information anomalies sooner or later.

To find out whether or not the difficulty is current, Porsche is advising homeowners to go to a dealership to put in diagnostic software program to allow them to monitor the battery. The replace shall be a “remaining treatment” for this recall, nevertheless it received’t occur till the primary quarter of 2025. Porsche can also be telling clients to solely cost as much as 80 p.c capability till the battery is changed (if wanted).