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As an increasingly popular model, new energy vehicles have been chosen by a large number of rental industries and individual users, but they are also concerned by consumers because of their frequent spontaneous combustion incidents. BAIC officials also responded recently after a smoke and explosion of a new energy vehicle occurred at a charging station in Fujian. Unexpectedly, today there is another model under the fire phenomenon.

A BAIC new energy pure electric vehicle caught fire again on the streets of Changsha today, according to a group of pictures uploaded by netizens. According to videos and pictures, the accident vehicle was parked on the side of the road, the whole vehicle was completely surrounded by fire, the scene was blazing and smoke billowed. The engine room and crew cabin of the vehicle have also been completely burned.

(BAIC New Energy Fire Video)

According to another video, the same as BAIC's previous smoking vehicles, there was also an explosion during the burning process. As can be seen in the video, a passer-by is very worried about making a rapid evacuation when passing the accident vehicle, guessing that the environment at the scene is very scary.

(BAIC new energy explosion video)

After receiving the alarm call, the local fire department, carrying 22 tons of foam water tank fire engine, went to the fire scene to put out the fire. At present, the vehicle fire has been put out, and no casualties have been reported for the time being.

According to the picture, the vehicle caught fire and explosion is suspected to be BAIC's EU5 model, with BAIC LOGO hanging on the front, not the latest BEIJING logo. It is reported that the car is a three-car compact car, equipped with ternary lithium battery, the maximum battery capacity in the 60kWh, the highest mileage 501km.

As this is an emergency, BAIC New Energy and the official fire department did not respond.

It is worth noting that at about 11: 00 a.m. on August 20, there was also a BAIC New Energy EX360 model in Sanming, Fujian Province, which caused smoke when it was parked in the charging shed. At first, there was only smoke around the vehicle, and there was no open fire. When the firefighters arrived at the scene, the vehicle began to burst out. Firefighters then retreated to the side of the road to cool the vehicle with a water cannon. In the process, the vehicle exploded and body fragments were scattered everywhere under a strong impact. Fortunately, before the deflagration of the vehicle, all the vehicles and personnel parked around it had been evacuated in time, without causing too serious consequences.

In response to this matter, the person in charge of BAIC New Energy has also expressed the latest progress, saying that "it is currently judged that the deflagration accident is related to the placement of flammable liquid containing alcohol in the car." the results of the investigation need to be investigated and analyzed in detail by the company's special team and the fire department before they can be determined. " However, specific information about the "flammable liquid containing alcohol" in the car and the reason for the smoke during the charging process have not been disclosed.

Although some experts have said that the probability of spontaneous combustion of new energy vehicles is very small, even less than that of fuel models, according to relevant information, since 2020, there have been more than 20 incidents of fire and smoke in new energy vehicles, although some experts have said that the probability of spontaneous combustion of new energy vehicles is very small, or even less than that of fuel models.

Especially since the beginning of summer, with the gradual rise in temperature, there are more fires and smokes in new energy sources. According to the time of occurrence of these 20 accidents, 65% of them occurred in summer, and in 11 cities where 20 incidents occurred, there are more cities in the south.

At the same time, the data show that except for three models that can not determine the specific battery type, the other 17 new energy vehicles are equipped with ternary lithium batteries. Compared with lithium iron phosphate battery, the energy density of ternary lithium battery is higher, which makes the range of electric vehicles longer. However, in terms of safety, compared with lithium iron phosphate battery, there is still a certain gap.

Therefore, for the spontaneous combustion accidents of these new energy vehicles, we hope to attract the attention of the relevant departments, find out the causes of the accidents and really pursue the responsibility, so as to improve and improve the quality and safety level of new energy vehicles.

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