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Re:2019 Hyundai Kona EV Explodes When Parked by SmellyGeekBoy on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:30AM (#20673576)
> Hopefully it will not repeat Samsung battery disaster. Few more cars and it would bring bad publicity for all electric cars.

Strange how that works. A few Samsung phones explode and Samsung phones are declared dangerous. One Hyundai explodes and obviously all electric cars are somehow inherently dangerous.

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Re:2019 Hyundai Kona EV Explodes When Parked by lifthrasiir on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:48AM (#20673648)
> A few Samsung phones explode and Samsung phones are declared dangerous.

As far as I recall (I haven't rigorously collected the statistics), about 10--20 phones exploded in the first month the issue was raised. One explosion at any time is an accident, multiple explosions in a month are not. The Kona explosion can be thus regarded as an accident until something more fishy happens.

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