Recall of all BMW i3 in the United States

German carmaker BMW has announced a stop-sale and recall on all BMW i3’s sold in the States. This affects all-electric models as well as i3 versions with range extender – all in all approximately 30,000 units.

The reason for this measures are crash tests led by the NHTSA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. These tests proved that persons of a certain body size that do not wear a seatbelt have a marginally higher risk of neck injuries than is allowed in case of a frontal collision. Although in the States it is mandatory to wear seatbelts (except of New Hampshire), obviously there are still minimum requirements to fulfil for persons ignoring this obligation.
electrek.co, insideevs.com