... and the wheels fall off - literally. You couldn't make stuff like this up.
Toyota recalls its first electric cars amid fears the wheels could fall off Global recall of 2,700 bZ4X SUVs a major blow to world´s largest carmaker´s first attempts at battery-only vehicle The ... manufacturer found a problem with the bolts that connect the wheels to the chassis. It is investigating whether the components need to be replaced. "Until the remedy is available, no one should drive these vehicles," the company said in a statement. ***** Toyota said in December it would spend $35bn (£28bn) on developing its own EVs, with an aim of making 30 models available by 2030 and quickly catching up with rivals as sales of electric vehicles soar in some of the world´s key markets. Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/24/toyota-recalls-its-first- electric-car-amid-fears-the-wheels-could-fall-off Shortcut URL: https://v.gd/CYCMMn --- Editor's note: The author is mistaken: this is NOT Toyota's first attempt at a BEV, though it's their first production EV to not have a "regional lock." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Without its users, Facebook would be nothing. But without Facebook, you would only be inconvenienced. Facebook needs you more than you need it. -- Parimal Satyal = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/sub/index.html CONFIG: http://lists.evdl.org/options.cgi/ev-evdl.org ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
