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>Due to SK Cells I predicted Ford would have problems with SK batteries two years ago the moment Bolts started going up in flames https://news.ycombinator.com/
by rasz 4y ago
>Due to SK Cells
I predicted Ford would have problems with SK batteries two years ago the moment Bolts started going up in flames https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28547711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28547711 :
>you will be happy to know Ford is using SK batteries after switching away from LG. SK just recently settled for $2billions a case that revealed they stole LG battery technology. Bolt uses LG batteries.
>LG had a chain of costly recalls and replacements for all of their clients
>"LG Energy Solutions, the company that makes the battery for the Bolt and Kona EV, has not had a good year. First, they agreed to replace the 82,000 batteries sold to Hyundai for the Kona EV, Ioniq, and Elec City buses. Although the initial rumors were from a faulty battery separator, Hyundai later said that the problem was badly folded tabs. GM emphatically pointed out that they use a different separator, and a different factory. Thus neither of those problems should apply to the Bolt fires.
>Porsche recently initiated a recall on a loss of power in its Taycan LG batteries, and Ford also moved from LG in its Mustang Mach-E to SK in its Ford F-150 Lightning."