Some residential underground carparks in Seoul ban EVs after explosion case


SEOUL: South Korean police on Tuesday (Aug 6) said it is investigating what caused the mysterious explosion of an electric car last week, but some apartment residents in the greater Seoul area are already moving to ban electric vehicles from their underground carparks.

An apartment complex in Anyang, Gyeonggi province recently hung a banner saying EVs were banned from parking underground, in a measure decided via a resident meeting that took place after a parked Mercedes-Benz sedan spontaneously caught fire (pic) on Aug 1.

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