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From July 1 to July 14, a number of streetcar fires have been exposed in a short period of nearly half a month, and there are more and more fires in the environment of the rapid popularity of new energy vehicles, the safety of electric vehicles can not be ignored.

On the afternoon of July 4, a new energy vehicle caught fire in Qingyuan, Guangdong. The new energy tram in the parking lot of Zhouxin Industrial Park in Qingcheng District spontaneously ignited. After 20 minutes, the fire of the new energy tram of New China and Brazil was successfully put out, and more than a dozen burning vehicles have been burned into empty shelves. It is understood that this is an idle parking lot, so there are no casualties, the cause of the fire is unknown.

On the afternoon of July 6, an abandoned electric car spontaneously ignited in an open-air parking lot on Changning Road in Qingdao, causing smoke to billow at the scene. After receiving the news, fire control, public security, and streets immediately went to the scene for disposal, and the fire was put out in about 10 minutes. No casualties were caused in the accident, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

On the morning of July 8, a new energy vehicle spontaneously ignited at the intersection of a gas station in Huizhou, Guangdong, less than 50 meters away from the gas station. According to the police, the new energy vehicle, which was parked here unmanned, suddenly smoked in the morning and then burst into flame. the fire spread to the whole car in only 2-3 minutes, and the car was eventually destroyed, leaving only a shell.

In the early morning of July 11, in a new energy charging station next to a gas station in Tongshan District, Xuzhou City, a new energy vehicle that was being recharged caught fire and quickly ignited the vehicles next to it. Firefighters put out the fire within 10 minutes, but the new energy vehicles were also destroyed, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

On the afternoon of July 12, a new energy vehicle caught fire on the Shanghai G1503 highway around the city. due to the lack of fire-fighting equipment in the car, it was unable to stop the fire from spreading at the first time. The new energy vehicle burned into an empty shell in 15 minutes. The type of vehicle that caught fire and the cause of the fire are unknown.

On the morning of July 13, an electric van ignited spontaneously on the Dalian Road section of the Yangquan Development Zone. Firefighters rushed to the scene to deal with the accident, and the cause of the accident remained to be further announced. On the morning of July 14, a video of a Geely new energy vehicle spontaneous combustion was exposed on the Internet.

In summer, fire incidents of new energy vehicles occur from time to time, which are not only related to the hot weather and other external factors, but also related to the battery pack of new energy vehicles, the service life of new energy vehicles, interior circuits and circuit boards, as well as the charging environment of new energy vehicles and the quality of charging piles. Under the condition that the new energy vehicle technology is still immature, a variety of reasons increase the fire probability of the new energy vehicle.

At least seven new energy vehicles caught fire in just half a month, but there were so many spontaneous combustion accidents that although the relevant departments investigated the cause of the fire, they did not see the release of the relevant findings. In fact, the cause of each spontaneous combustion fire accident is thoroughly investigated, and the cause of the accident and related vehicle and battery information are published to urge the relevant responsible enterprises to improve continuously and improve the product quality. It is very important for the production of car companies.

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