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Government announces first measures after Incheon fire
Special free inspection recommended for electric vehicle manufacturers
5,582 Benzes with ‘Same Battery’ Sold
The government has decided to recommend electric vehicle manufacturers to “voluntarily disclose information on the batteries installed in all electric vehicles sold domestically.” It also plans to stop providing budget support of up to 5 million won per unit to chargers without overcharge prevention devices. This is the first government-wide response to the spread of “electric vehicle phobia” following an electric vehicle fire in an underground parking lot of an apartment building in Incheon on the 1st.
On the 13th, the government held a ‘Vice-Ministerial Meeting to Establish Measures to Strengthen Electric Vehicle Safety Management’ presided over by Bang Ki-seon, Director of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, at the Government Complex Seoul and announced measures to alleviate public anxiety.
First, the government decided to recommend that all electric vehicle manufacturers voluntarily disclose information about the batteries installed in their domestically sold electric vehicles. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, 11 out of 14 electric vehicle manufacturers and importers decided to disclose the names of their battery manufacturers by that day. In particular, Mercedes-Benz Korea, the manufacturer of the vehicle involved in the Incheon fire, reversed its previous stance of “not disclosing supplier information” and disclosed the manufacturers of the batteries installed in eight of its electric vehicle models on that day. Five of these models were equipped with the Chinese Farasis batteries that caused the recent fire. According to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association, a total of 5,582 vehicles equipped with these batteries were sold as of July of this year. Tesla, GM, and Volkswagen, which have not announced their plans to disclose the names of their battery manufacturers, plan to decide whether or not to disclose them after consulting with their headquarters.
The government also decided to stop supporting electric vehicle slow chargers that do not have a power line communication (PLC) modem, which is an overcharge prevention device. If this device is installed, the electric vehicle system can check the battery charging status in real time and prevent overcharge. Currently, most fast chargers are equipped with it, but slow chargers are almost never equipped with it.
The government is currently providing subsidies of 350,000 won to 5 million won per charger to electric vehicle charger installers. The government has set aside a total of 74 billion won for general slow chargers and 80 billion won for slow chargers with PLC modems in this year’s budget, but it plans not to set aside a budget for general slow chargers next year.
The government also decided to recommend automakers to provide special free inspections of electric vehicles. While Volkswagen is already conducting free inspections all year round, Hyundai, Kia, and Mercedes-Benz began free inspections today.
They are also pushing for an emergency inspection of firefighting facilities. This is in consideration of the fact that the damage could have been reduced if the sprinklers had worked properly during the Incheon fire. The Office for Government Policy Coordination said, “We have decided to conduct an emergency inspection of firefighting facilities such as sprinklers in underground parking lots of apartment complexes of a certain size or larger.”
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