EV owners are being instructed to limit charging to either 70 or 80 percent (depending on brand) of max. So you paid for a certain range of driving, and now have 20 percent (or 30 percent) less range. Wonderful
First Mercedes: Mercedes-Benz warns EQB owners to cap charging at 80% as software faults trigger renewed fire-risk recalls
Imagine if a shiny electric car could catch fire just from being too full. This is a real problem for the Mercedes EQB. On January 2, 2026, owners are still following safety warnings for over 7,000 of these SUVs in the United States.
Recall documents instruct owners to set a maximum charge of 80% state of charge until the dealer remedy is completed, because an internal short circuit in a battery cell could occur under certain conditions and increase fire risk.
Next we have Volvo: Electric car owners told not to 'charge above 70%' amid serious risk of battery fire
A recall notice has been issued in Australia, with 2,815 Volvo EX30 models from the production year 2024 believed to be impacted.
It stated that a manufacturing issue was responsible for the cell modules installed in the high voltage battery potentially overheating at high charge levels.
Losing 20 or 30 percent of an EV's range is nothing to sneeze at, since "range anxiety" is a thing when you have 100% of the advertised range. Then throw in temperatures below freezing, and I wonder what the real range is.
MGUY Australia expands on some of this. The video is 11 minutes.
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