Hyundai faces class action lawsuit from the USA
The Hyundai Group is facing a nationwide class action lawsuit in the US from owners of the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Hyundai Ioniq 6, Genesis GV60 and Kia EV6 electric models.
According to a statement from Hagens Berman, the law firm representing the plaintiffs, when AC charging at home, the electric cars’ charging ports often overheat after just 30 minutes, causing charging to fail unexpectedly and repeatedly. A software update provided by Hyundai in March 2023 means that charging processes now take ten hours or even longer instead of the advertised five to seven hours (depending on the model), as the update automatically reduces the current from up to 48 amps to 23 amps in the event of overheating, which was not communicated when the update was released.
“Not only do Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis continue to sell vehicles that are clearly incapable of performing as advertised, they also issued a software patch which substantially worsens charging rates and widens the gap between what they promised and what they delivered,” says Steve Berman, who is leading the case.
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