Literally from the linked article: "Hyundai and Kia have the same parent company, however the Kia Niro EV has completely different batteries on board—sourced by a different South Korea–based supplier...". So nothing about Kia's having a recall.

Also Tesla's have caught fire. It's a risk with all EV's.

And also worth pointing out that traditional engines catch fire far more often. Battery fires are just harder to extinguish.

They haven't recalled them, but fire concerns are real.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/08/04/tesla-f...

I believe that is the same battery manufacturing issue that caused GM to recall all Chevy Bolts over potential fire concerns. (only a tiny number of cars have actually caught fire). This was finally traced down to problems with a specific manufacturing problem in batteries supplied by LG who supplied those batteries to GM and Kia and another manufacturer.

Kia operates independently of Hyundai.