Volkswagen is recalling over 70,000 electric cars worldwide due to faulty batteries

Volkswagen is recalling nearly 72,700 electric cars worldwide due to battery problems. The recall mainly affects the Volkswagen ID.3, ID.4, ID.7 and ID models. Buzz, in addition to the Cupra Born.

Batteries with defective cells

As emerges from data from the German Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA), in Germany the three total recalls concern around 10,000 vehicles. It was already known last week that the German car manufacturer was preparing a recall due to defective batteries. According to the group, internal quality checks had highlighted that some high-voltage battery cells in certain vehicles did not meet quality requirements.