{"id":6568,"date":"2012-06-02T17:27:47","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T00:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=6568"},"modified":"2012-06-02T17:27:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T00:27:47","slug":"cbs-more-trouble-for-obama-electric-car-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/cbs-more-trouble-for-obama-electric-car-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS: More Trouble For Obama Electric Car Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cXY6CNumKG4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-505245_162-57446093\/fisker-expands-recall-of-plug-in-hybrid-karma\/\">Fisker expands recall of plug-in hybrid Karma<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"inlineSocialBarTopPlaceholder\"><\/div>\n<div>CBS\/ WASHINGTON \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Fisker Automotive is expanding a recall of its 2012 plug-in hybrid Karma because of potential problems with the electric car&#8217;s battery.<\/p>\n<p>The automaker initially recalled 50 of the $100,000 cars in December. It said improperly installed hose clamps in the model&#8217;s battery pack could cause coolant to leak, potentially starting a fire.<\/p>\n<p>Fisker has added 19 cars to that recall, 10 of which it believes were delivered to customers.<\/p>\n<p>The Irvine, Calif.-based automaker says no incidents have been reported by customers or retailers. The company says it will replace the battery pack.<\/p>\n<p>Fisker, founded in 2007, is privately held.<\/p>\n<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigated Chevrolet Volt battery fires earlier this year. It determined that the car was no riskier than vehicles with conventional gasoline engines.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fisker expands recall of plug-in hybrid Karma CBS\/ WASHINGTON \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Fisker Automotive is expanding a recall of its 2012 plug-in hybrid Karma because of potential problems with the electric car&#8217;s battery. The automaker initially recalled&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[9,13,11486],"tags":[13133,4669,13135,8302,13137,2571,13134,198,8547,606,13136,7857,13138],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6568"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}