Reuters reports that the National Highway Transportation Safety Board (NHTSB) has opened an investigation into electrical fires occuring during crash tests of the Chevy Volt. The investigation is not limited to the Volt but covers all cars with lithium battery packs. Chevy has offered owners concerned about their car safety a loaner car until the NHTSB investigation is complete.
Dan Carney from MSNBC provides some perspective on the fires noted in the Volt crash tests. Under most circumstances you will have a minimum of at least three days to exit the damaged car before a fire starts. This should more than sufficient time for the jaws of life to extract you from the car. For a car with a large gas tank the time to exit would be considerably less than three days. GM spokesman, Dan Martin notes that outside the test facility none of the five or six severe Chevy Volt crashes has resulted in a fire.
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Dan Carney from MSNBC provides some perspective on the fires noted in the Volt crash tests. Under most circumstances you will have a minimum of at least three days to exit the damaged car before a fire starts. This should more than sufficient time for the jaws of life to extract you from the car. For a car with a large gas tank the time to exit would be considerably less than three days. GM spokesman, Dan Martin notes that outside the test facility none of the five or six severe Chevy Volt crashes has resulted in a fire.
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