electric cars may catch fire during charging We can witness it from time to time. A similar incident took place in our country, in Gaziantep. A Togg T10X that was parked and charging suddenly caught fire. While the fire, the cause of which is not yet known, was extinguished in a short time through the intervention of the teams, those moments were also captured on the cameras.

In the images the vehicle is owned by Togg. Trugo We see him charging at the charging station. However, the fact that there is no flare-up at the station indicates that the problem may be in the vehicle and not the station. It is stated that the cause of the fire may have been a malfunction in the thermal management system.

Vehicle batteries can overheat

Not only in electric cars, but in almost all cars in a battery powered device Batteries have an energy density value. In car batteries this value is higher and since perfect energy transfer is not possible, part of the electrical energy is lost by converting it into heat energy. Overheating of batteries is known to be a common situation, especially during the charging process. If there is a problem with the thermal management system, the vehicle will continue to use more electricity because it technically does not understand that it is heating up. That is why batteries can catch fire.

Of course, electric cars There is no single reason. To lower the center of gravity, the batteries of these vehicles are placed as much as possible in the middle and at the bottom. For this reason, batteries can be hit when the underside of the vehicle hits hard, which can cause a fire. There has been no ruling on the matter yet.