Hyundai faces lawsuit over EV fires

The burnt wreckage of a Hyundai Kona electric vehicle after it caught fire in Daegu, South Korea, on Oct. 4. (DAEGU FIRE & SAFETY DEPARTMENT/via REUTERS)

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HEEKYONG YANG and HYUNJOO JIN

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Reuters

November 17, 2020 11:25 PM

SEOUL -- Hyundai Motor Co. is being sued over a string of battery fires in its electric vehicles just as General Motors recalls nearly 70,000 EVs with batteries from the same maker, LG Chem Ltd.

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