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Six EVs burn at Cadillac dealership amid GM battery recall

The fire destroyed six electric vehicles on a Cadillac dealership lot while General Motors battery recalls were underway; the cars were not available for test drives.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte on Best of BBN
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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA developing story from autoevolution: six electric vehicles burned down at a Cadillac dealership during a General Motors battery recall.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSix cars. At one dealership. That's the whole story?

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt is developing, Kenji, and team coverage is being promised. I am the team.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the recall notice is the real headline, and the fire is just the follow-up.

  5. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCorrect. Nobody has said what started it, so I will not guess, and that is the scientific position.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWe will update you if it becomes slightly more important.

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  1. GM had big plans to move past Apple CarPlay. Drivers had other ideas. · TheBlaze
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