Chinese Electric Vehicles Are On Fire

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Dong Yi Chen | April 18, 2022

The Chinese media reported only 86 electric vehicle fire accidents in the past two years, averaging one accident per week. However, in the first quarter of this year, 640 electric vehicles caught on fire, a year-on-year increase of 32%, which is equivalent to an average of 7 electric cars caught on fire per day, according to the latest data released by the Chinese Fire and Rescue Department of the Ministry of Emergency Management on April 3 this year.

Whether it is the international giant Tesla, the domestic giant BYD, or traditional vehicle manufacturers such as GAC and BAIC, none of them escaped the burning fate...

The latest BYD fire occurred in October 2021 when a BYD Han was seen emitting a lot of white smoke on the side of the road on the Shenzhen Shuiguan Expressway. The last Tesla fire also occurred in October 2021 when a Model S spontaneously burned while parked, and the vehicle was burned to an empty shell...

...Among the 86 reported fire accidents, the four main types of fire accidents were: fire while charging, fire while driving, fire while parked, and fire after a collision. Among those four types of fire accidents, excluding 7 accidents with unknown causes, 31 occurred while parked, 22 occurred during charging (including fires at charging piles), 20 occurred during driving, and 6 occurred after a collision with other objects. 38.5% of fire accidents occurred in a static state, and 27.5% of fire accidents occurred in a charging state, according to the Beijing Institute of Technology...
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...That time Actress Mary McCormack's Husbands Tesla caught on fire driving down Santa Monica Blvd.