Over the past month, at least three high-profile EV fires in Korea—each involving a different automotive brand—have sparked news stories worldwide.
South Korea has since become the focal point of domestic and international EV skeptics worried that a battery-electric in their neighborhood could be the next vehicle on the front page. Now, the people of Korea are spiraling into an EV-induced panic that resembles the old cries of "fan death."
Earlier this month, a Mercedes-Benz EQE caught fire in an underground parking garage 20 miles outside Seoul. The result was catastrophic, damaging 140 cars and sending 23 people to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
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