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The spontaneous combustion incident of new energy vehicles has once again entered the stage of "frequent occurrence", and whether it is related to power batteries has become the focus of attention. On May 17, a Guangzhou Automobile Aion S new energy vehicle caught fire and burned down, which was the first fire incident since the vehicle was launched.

At this time, GAC New Energy official response media said, This spontaneous combustion situation is true, Because the site environment is more complex, The specific cause of spontaneous combustion is under investigation.

Gu Huinan, general manager of GAC New Energy, said in an interview with Sina Automobile that the preliminary judgment of the incident may be related to the 'disinfectant' in the trunk, and the specific reasons are still under further investigation.

On the 17th, a white Aion S new energy vehicle parked in the parking lot on the east side of the south gate of Guangzhou Yangtao Park suddenly caught fire. The first place to catch fire was the rear of the vehicle, and then the fire spread to the body, and at the same time, it also affected the Audi A6L parked nearby.

It is understood that Ruqi Chuxing is a mobile travel brand under GAC Group, which is jointly invested and developed by GAC Group, Tencent, Guangzhou Public Transport Group, Didi Chuxing and other investors.

Recently, spontaneous combustion incidents of new energy vehicles occur frequently. In addition to the above-mentioned GAC Aion S new energy vehicles, spontaneous combustion incidents also occur in the ideal car-ideal ONE of the new power brand. However, the official has not announced the specific reasons for spontaneous combustion so far. However, the ideal ONE owner involved in the matter has replaced the ideal official on the social platform, claiming that the cause of the fire is not the problem of the range extender and oil circuit, nor the battery and motor problems that everyone said, the specific reasons are still under investigation.

May 8,, Guangdong Dongguan a charging station a Zhengzhou Nissan Shuaike pure electric (Shuaike EV) car burst into spontaneous combustion, During the explosion sound. Due to the fierce fire, the accident also ignited a new energy pickup truck and a pure electric car parked next to it. Dongguan fire report said, Fortunately put out the fire in time did not cause casualties, But spontaneous combustion vehicles and several surrounding vehicles were burned into skeletons.

On April 28, a new energy vehicle caught fire and exploded at the charging station downstairs in Shenzhen Jixiang Mingyuan Community, and vehicles were charging at the scene. After preliminary investigation, 5 vehicles were damaged to varying degrees at the scene, causing no casualties.

With the rapid development of new energy vehicles, quality hazards and safety problems should be paid attention to, and the stability of new energy vehicles should be continuously improved in order to benefit the sustainable development of the industry.

On May 12,2020, in order to further improve and optimize the safety technical requirements for electric vehicles and power battery products, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the latest mandatory national standards for electric vehicles. The standard will be implemented from January 1,2021, mainly adding requirements for thermal event alarm signals of battery system to remind drivers and passengers; adding thermal diffusion test of battery system, requiring battery system not to catch fire and explode within 5 minutes after thermal runaway of battery cell, reserving safe escape time for passengers, etc.

As for the self-ignition accident of the above-mentioned new energy vehicles, I hope the official can give detailed investigation results and reports as soon as possible, so as to give the public a clear statement.

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