{"id":1998626,"date":"2023-08-12T08:15:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T12:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikola-recalls-all-battery-electric-trucks-halts-sales-after-fire-probe\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T08:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T12:17:13","slug":"nikola-recalls-all-battery-electric-trucks-halts-sales-after-fire-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikola-recalls-all-battery-electric-trucks-halts-sales-after-fire-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola recalls and stops selling all electric trucks due to fire investigation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnikola-recalls-all-battery-electric-trucks-halts-sales-after-fire-probe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998626&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Nikola Recalls All\u200b Battery-Powered Electric Trucks Due to Fire Risk<\/h2>\n<p>Nikola, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/electric-truck-company-to-pay-125-million-settlement-for-misleading-investors\/\" title=\"Electric Truck Company To Pay 5 Million Settlement for Misleading Investors\">electric truck manufacturer<\/a>, has \u2063announced a \u2062recall of all its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikola-recalls-209-battery-electric-trucks-halts-sales-after-fire-probe\/\" title=\"Nikola recalls 209 electric trucks, stops sales due to fire investigation.\">battery-powered electric trucks<\/a> following an investigation into recent fires. The company has identified a \u2063coolant leak inside the battery pack as the cause of the fires.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are a total \u2062of 209 battery-powered electric trucks \u2062in the marketplace, including those with dealers and customers. Nikola is taking immediate action by recalling these vehicles\u200c and \u2062contacting all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation&#8217;s preliminary findings were confirmed when \u200ba &#8220;minor thermal incident&#8221; occurred on \u2062one of the parked engineering-validation\u2064 trucks. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/hyundai-and-kia-recall-nearly-92000-vehicles-and-tell-owners-to-park-them-outside-due-to-fire-risk-5442024\">Hyundai and Kia Recall Nearly 92,000 Vehicles and Tell Owners to Park Them Outside Due\u2062 to Fire Risk<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <em>8\/3\/2023<\/em>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/6-6-million-unsafe-vehicles-ply-the-roads-despite-safety-recalls-transport-canada-5439489\">6.6 Million &#8216;Unsafe Vehicles&#8217;\u2063 Ply the Roads Despite Safety\u2062 Recalls: Transport \u200bCanada<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <em>8\/2\/2023<\/em>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nikola stated that the incident was\u200d not caused by foul play or external factors. The company is actively working on providing a remedy for the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation was initiated in June after trucks at Nikola&#8217;s Phoenix headquarters caught fire. The suspicion\u2062 of foul play arose when a damaged truck, kept for monitoring, re-ignited last\u2064 month.<\/p>\n<p>Internal investigations conducted by Nikola&#8217;s\u2064 safety and engineering teams\u200c have identified \u2064a single supplier component within the battery pack as \u2064the likely source of the coolant leak that led to the fires.<\/p>\n<p>Due to supply chain challenges and weaker demand, Nikola has decided to focus on manufacturing battery electric trucks only on \u2063order and\u2062 shift its attention to hydrogen \u200cfuel \u200bcell trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Nikola appointed Chairman Stephen Girsky, a former General Motors executive, as its chief executive, marking the fourth change in\u200d leadership within four years.<\/p>\n<p>The company \u200dhas expressed &#8220;substantial doubts&#8221; about its ability to continue\u2064 as a going concern for\u200c the next 12\u2062 months, reiterating its warning\u2063 for the third time since February. Nikola is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikola-recalls-all-battery-electric-trucks-halts-sales-after-fire-probe\/\" title=\"Nikola recalls and stops selling all electric trucks due to fire investigation.\">eagerly awaiting additional capital<\/a>, which it considers critical for its operations.<\/p>\n<p>As a precautionary measure, Nikola has advised\u200b customers and dealers of its Tre battery\u2062 electric trucks to\u2064 take immediate safety measures,\u200b including parking the vehicles outside.<\/p>\n<p>Following the\u200c announcement, Nikola&#8217;s shares fell by as much as 5.6 percent after the market closed.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Mrinmay Dey<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikola is recalling and suspending sales of all its delivered battery-powered electric trucks due to a coolant leak causing recent fires. 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