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On July 26, netizens posted a video saying that the chassis of a BMW i3 electric 3 near Beilong Lake in Zhengzhou, Henan Province suddenly caught fire during normal driving. It also revealed that the burning vehicle was a test drive of the 4S store, which was being tested by employees and consumers of the 4S store at that time. As can be seen from the exposed video, the burning vehicle is a blue BMW i3 with a fire at the bottom of the vehicle. Then you can see that the fire is getting bigger and there is a lot of smoke coming out of the car. Other staff at the back of the 4S came to put out the fire with fire extinguishers.

Today, in response to the fire incident, the 4s store said that the cause of the fire was due to the failure of the test driving line, and the manufacturer had arranged for technicians to check the store, and there were no casualties. It said that there was something wrong with the test driving line on the road, and there was indeed a little flame. after the personnel in the car felt that the vehicle was abnormal, all the personnel were evacuated safely. At present, the vehicles are inspected by the technical department of our factory. In this case, it is just an example, a glitch.

According to relevant data, the BMW i3 is a pure electric model of the BMW 3-Series, which went on sale on March 31 this year, with an official price of 349900 yuan. As the pure electric version of the BMW 3-Series, it is currently only sold in the Chinese market. In terms of power, the BMW i3 is equipped with a drive motor with a maximum output power of 210kw and a peak torque of 400N ·m, which is matched by 70kwh's high-nickel ternary lithium battery pack, which has a range of 526km under the CLTC standard. Competitive products on the bid Xiaopeng P7, Tesla Model 3, ET5 and other models.

It is worth noting that the recent high temperature weather in many places, with the rise of temperature, the risk of fire of new energy vehicles is also gradually increasing, there have been a number of vehicle fires. On July 26th, a Tesla in Guangzhou suddenly caught fire in the early morning, leaving only the frame and front of the car. In the early morning of July 25, an electric car caught fire in a parking lot in Fuzhou, causing several cars to catch fire one after another. On July 5, a Xiaopeng P7 caught fire on the road in Baoshan District, Shanghai. On July 3, a Roewe electric car caught fire on the north-south viaduct in Shanghai. Firefighters were preparing to rescue the vehicle as it burst into flames and smoke. On July 2, a Volkswagen new energy vehicle caught fire while charging. On June 27th, a Lantu FREE caught fire on the street of Xiangyang, Hubei province. At about 6: 00 a.m. on July 9, a fire broke out at BYD Zhengya Xiuxiang No. 1 store in Nanning, Guangxi, and a number of fire engines carried out fire-fighting operations in front of the store.

In recent years, fire incidents of new energy vehicles occur frequently, and safety issues have also attracted the attention of consumers. Many brands of new energy vehicles have successively caught fire and spontaneous combustion accidents have become the focus of new energy vehicles. The fire of the new energy vehicle is not only related to the hot weather and other external factors, but also related to the battery pack of the new energy vehicle, the service life of the new energy vehicle, the interior circuit and the circuit board. in addition, it is also related to 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, many factors also increase the fire probability of the new energy vehicle.

Up to now, although there are many fire accidents of new energy vehicles, few car companies admit that it is caused by the quality of their own products. Therefore, at present, more than 95% of the fire accidents can only be attributed to external causes, which may be caused by the extrusion of the battery pack after the fierce collision of the vehicle, resulting in structural damage, resulting in fire and combustion. It is also possible that the battery is heated during charging, or the high temperature in the natural environment, the BMS system can not keep up with the heat dissipation capacity and other factors caused by the fire.

The frequent fire incidents of new energy vehicles are worth pondering. As the development direction of the future automobile market, new energy vehicles have been widely concerned by the market, but reports about the smoke and fire of new energy vehicles emerge one after another. it also makes consumers worry about the safety of new energy vehicles. With the rapid development of new energy vehicles, car companies should also pay attention to quality risks and safety problems, and constantly improve the stability of new energy vehicles, which is conducive to the sustainable development of the industry.

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