Faulty batteries have forced Porsche to urgently recall some of its luxury cars in Australia.
The country's federal transport department DITRDCA issued the recall notice this week for all Taycan EV models sold in Australia between 2019 and 2023.
Nineteen cars are affected, including all Taycan variants (Y1A, Y1B and Y1C) sold during those four years, the transport department's notice said.
"Due to a manufacturing issue, the cell modules installed in the high voltage battery may be defective," the notice said.
In future, the battery may overheat and catch alight.
"A short circuit could cause a thermal overload and result in a vehicle fire over time," it said.
The German automaker's Taycan model hit the market in 2020 as its first fully electric vehicle.
Porsche sold more than 20,000 in the first year of manufacture.
The Taycan also won the World Luxury Car and World Performance Car in 2020 at the World Car of the Year Awards.
But the latest recall isn't good news for the carmaker, because it comes two months after 8000 units of the 911 model were recalled in the US due to faulty windshields.
