These are common excuses we as EV advocates encounter in daily conversations with people. We also hear that EVs will burn people’s houses down when they’re charging, yet people continue to buy cars that will actually kill you if you run them without proper ventilation. EV fires are a gen...
Despite this, there have been some cases of electric cars catching fire, but very few of these incidents have been caused by battery failures. More typically they've resulted from accidents or incidents that might have caused any vehicle to catch fire - such as the 2013 case of a Tesla Mod...
Before you jump to conclusions, don’t let this generalized assertion scare you. Electric scooters and vehicles in general do not catch fire very often. The modern battery pack that powers electric vehicles has many safety features that prevent it from catching fire. However, fires pose a real ...
While the danger of fire due to flooding in EVs has been known to experts since at least Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Hurricane Ian has put the issue front and center for the public. "This is really the first time we had flooding in an area with a lot of electric cars," said John Lin...
Electric cars dorequire first responders to handle them differentlyin the event of an accident or fire. Despite a fewhigh-profile fire-risk recalls, however, multiple studies show that EVs are actuallysignificantly less likely to catch fire than combustion cars. ...
The idea to limit the battery charge to 90% its capacity will likely sound familiar to owners of Chevrolet Bolt electric cars. Following reports of Bolts catching fire while parked and with the batteries nearly or fully charged, General Motors announced an interim recall repair to limit the Bolt...
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First, Hyundai Motor Co. made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. The next day, it was BMW AG. Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the electric era. An estimated171,500took place annually in the U.S...
Electric automobiles catch fire less frequently than gasoline-powered cars, but the duration and intensity of the fires can make them considerably more difficult to put out due to the use of lithium-ion battery packs. Lithium-ion batteries are notoriously difficult to keep cool. Even after appeari...