Audi recalls its first pure electric SUV due to battery pack storage risks

Recently, according to media reports, the luxury brand Audi under the Volkswagen Group is recalling some e-tron SUV models. The reason is that the battery pack has a sealing problem, which may cause moisture to seep into the battery pack, causing a short circuit or even a fire. It is worth mentioning that e-tron is also Audi's first pure electric vehicle model. Audi spokesperson Mark Danek said, “The company voluntarily recalled about 540 e-tron SUV models sold in the United States because of the problem of the sealing problem of the wiring harness between the battery pack and the charging connector, and there is a possibility that moisture may penetrate into the battery through the wiring harness failure. Risk. If the moisture on the components accumulates, it will leak out of the battery pack, which may cause a short circuit or even the battery fire.” However, Daneck said that Audi has not found any fire or casualties caused by this defect. Report. In September last year, Audi officially announced its first pure electric mid-size SUV, the e-tron, in San Francisco. The new car is built on the Audi vertical modular MLP platform. The power will be equipped with a four-wheel drive system composed of dual motors. The cruising range is 400km under WLTP (European Union) conditions. Currently, Audi e-tron is officially mass-produced off the assembly line at the Brussels plant in Belgium. In April of this year, Audi e-tron was the first to be sold in the United States, with a price range of US$784-86,700. Audi said that there have been 5 cases where the battery failure indicator lights up due to humidity problems in e-tron around the world. Before the U.S. federal safety regulatory agency issued a warning, the company began contacting e-tron users in the U.S. last week and should fix it by August. In addition, Audi said that a batch of new e-trons will be delivered soon, but these new cars will not have the same problems as mentioned above.