EV fires may spark new rules in South Korea
Wall Street Breakfast
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🗓️ 12 August 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to See King Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning. |
| 0:08.0 | Good morning. Today is Monday, August 12th. I'm Julie Morgan. |
| 0:12.8 | Evie worries in South Korea. |
| 0:15.3 | L. L. L. Floring is bankrupt, and Wade and James, the chaotic and unpredictable fast talker |
| 0:21.4 | and his ex-men friend, shoot and claw their way to more than a billion. |
| 0:26.0 | An electric vehicle blaze in South Korea is sparking questions as well as talk about new rules for the industry. |
| 0:34.1 | A major fire on August 1st that took 8 hours to put out and destroyed or damaged about 140 cars |
| 0:41.6 | was found to have been caused by an unplugged Mercedes-Benz |
| 0:45.0 | EV that was parked below a residential building. |
| 0:48.0 | According to the sole Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters, over 600 such fires have occurred in underground |
| 0:56.1 | parking lots in the country over the past decade. |
| 0:59.4 | South Korean officials are now weighing whether to require electric vehicle makers to disclose their |
| 1:05.0 | battery brands at a time when EV sales growth is slowing globally. |
| 1:09.6 | Discussions have been held with Mercedes-Benz as well as |
| 1:12.8 | Honda motor and Volkswagen. |
| 1:15.4 | L.L. flooring is up 4.3% after it announced |
| 1:20.1 | that it had initiated voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings to pursue a going |
| 1:25.8 | concern sale of its business. |
| 1:28.4 | The company is operating normally with over 300 continuing stores and its online platform. |
| 1:35.0 | L.L. flooring has begun closing sales at 94 locations with assistance from Hillco Merchant Resources. |
| 1:42.0 | The company has secured a commitment |
| 1:44.2 | for debtor in possession financing |
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