NHTSA opens probe of Bosch EV chargers

Bosch Power Xpress is is primarily marketed to residential customers.

April 21, 2014 05:00 AM

DETROIT (Reuters) -- U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation of electric-vehicle chargers made by German supplier Robert Bosch LLC after a driver of a 2013 Nissan Leaf reported one emitted smoke while charging.

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