Police take a photograph of an electrical Mercedes-Benz sedan from the underground parking zone of an residence constructing in Incheon, on Aug. 5. (Yonhap)
The federal government and the ruling Folks Energy Social gathering agreed Sunday to introduce a system mandating automakers to reveal the battery model data of all electrical automobiles.
Throughout a gathering between senior authorities officers and PPP officers, the 2 sides additionally agreed to launch at an early date a system mandating automakers to get authorities certification on the protection of the batteries for his or her EV fashions, which was initially set to be launched in February subsequent 12 months.
The transfer comes amid security considerations triggered by a fireplace that started in a parked Mercedes-Benz electrical car on Aug. 1, which destroyed a parking storage inside an residence complicated in Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul, whereas both fully destroying or damaging over 100 automobiles.
Days later, a fireplace broke out in a parked EV in Geumsan, 166 km south of Seoul.
Automakers have voluntarily launched the data of battery manufacturers used of their electrical automobiles following the incident.
The federal government and the PPP additionally agreed to deploy gear to place out fires in EVs to all fireplace stations nationwide, conduct free security checks on EV batteries yearly and distribute 90,000 models of “sensible chargers” that forestall the extreme cost of batteries.
As well as, underground parking tons in newly constructed buildings will probably be required to put in sprinklers able to early fireplace detection and prevention. (Yonhap)