When you read the title and enter the content, you may have lost your faith in electric cars, but don’t worry, they are currently at fire risk. electric vehiclessafer than vehicles with combustion engines. But while electric vehicle fires are rare, these fires reach much higher temperatures than we are used to.

Moreover, because claims of unknown origin are accepted as soon as they are thought of, a lot of misinformation it spins around. These claims range from vehicles catching fire from the slightest friction to electric vehicles being unsafe due to these fire claims. Tesla Since they are private, we will address this issue through Tesla first.

The term we are looking for is ‘thermal leakage’.

What we see in phones and electric vehicles in lithium-ion batteries If one of the cells wears out or becomes damaged over time, a short circuit can occur. When this is the case, our cell begins to heat up with chemical reactions. When the rapidly rising temperature of this cell spreads to other cells, it creates an avalanche effect, creating an endless and growing electric vehicle fire.

Although these vehicles are electric, fires can be extinguished with water. So if you have enough water on hand…

In some cases it is recommended to immerse the vehicles in water, while in other cases it is said to wait until the battery burns itself out. However, we see that the most common method of water retention is used. The problem here is in petrol vehicles While the fire location can be easily determined, in the case of electric vehicles Location of the battery is difficult. Because it is located under the vehicle, it can be difficult to route water directly to this battery. This provides 3 to 5 hours of effort. The main goal here, of course, is to prevent the fire from continuing by cooling the battery, rather than extinguishing the flame.

Even though it is thought to be safe hours after extinguishing We also saw batteries catch fire again.

This is not the only threat. Have you seen that smoke coming out of electric vehicles before they start burning? That’s it, it’s not smoke.

What you see is a cloud of highly flammable gas flowing out. This gas cloud, which stands out as more poisonous than burning, because it burns in fire. If it doesn’t light at first, that’s when the real problems begin. Especially our car If it is in an enclosed area such as a parking lot This flammable gas accumulates in an unburned state. Then, when this accumulated gas cloud suddenly ignites, the explosion that we think is coming from the vehicle occurs. What we know is that this explosion can happen as big as a scooter One battery is enough. Even that battery can release gas that will cause this explosion.

It is the endless fire that ultimately destroys the vehicle.

Because, as we said before, this fire is much hotter than we are used to. In addition, as it spreads to the cells, it burns more intensely, leading to the destruction of the vehicle. Because different vehicle manufacturers may use different battery methods, it is difficult to say something common for all car manufacturers.

We should point out that fires are quite rare in electric vehicles, and this statistic is higher in vehicles with combustion engines. What are your thoughts on the subject?

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