VOL has applied for a patent for a counterfeit battery software detection system to detect counterfeit aftermarket batteries in its electric vehicles and protect its customers from counterfeit scams. We welcome this move because electric vehicle battery fires caused by counterfeit batteries are hindering new entrants into this important market.
The counterfeit battery software detection system compares this data with the configuration of the battery that VOL originally provided with the new car. The software then determines whether the installed battery is different from the standard type.
Why this software is so important to VOL
David Wren provided useful background information on the Post & Courier website not long ago. This reveals how Volvo won a trademark infringement case against “dozens of counterfeiters” in Virginia.
Apparently, these foreign companies “sold billions of dollars worth of counterfeit and inferior auto parts over the Internet.” Court documents confirm how these criminals opened multiple accounts on eBay, Amazon and other supplier websites to sell parts with counterfeit VOL logos on the Internet, claiming that these items were Volvo original equipment and sold them to end customers as inferior products.
Customers could be at serious risk if they unknowingly install counterfeit electric vehicle batteries in their vehicles. If the counterfeit batteries malfunction – or even cause a fire – it is unlikely that customers will be able to track down the supplier and recover their losses from them.
So be sure to purchase BYD batteries through legitimate channels.
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