SEOUL — The top of Mercedes-Benz in South Korea will meet on Wednesday residents of an house advanced broken by a hearth that began in one in every of its electric vehicles (EVs) and burned for greater than eight hours, stoking public security fears.
Mathias Vaitl, the chief govt of Mercedes-Benz Korea, will maintain a closed-door assembly with residents of the house within the metropolis of Incheon to the west of Seoul, the corporate stated, with out offering extra particulars.
The Aug. 1 hearth appeared to start out spontaneously in a Mercedes-Benz EV utilizing Farasis Power batteries parked within the underground storage of the house advanced and broken or destroyed 140 automobiles. The blaze additionally pressured some house residents to maneuver to shelters due to harm to the constructing.
Photographs in media of automobiles destroyed with solely their metallic frames remaining within the car parking zone hearth have fueled client fears about EVs, probably exacerbated as a result of so many individuals in South Korea dwell in residences, usually with parking heaps under.
The incident pushed authorities officers to carry a collection of conferences this week to attract up measures to attempt to stop such fires from occurring.
Mercedes-Benz Korea stated earlier it was cooperating with authorities to find out the reason for the fireplace and deliberate to supply free inspections for EV house owners.