With the rapid growth of domestic electric vehicle ownership, car fire accidents have attracted much attention in the industry. The reporter learned from the latest statistics of the High-tech Industry Research Institute (GGII) that according to incomplete statistics, 34 electric vehicle fire accidents occurred in China from January to May 2021, an increase of 20 over the same period last year; The number of vehicles involved was 38, an increase of 73% over the same period last year. From the perspective of the power type of each accident, pure electric models from January to May 2021 are still the largest proportion of fire accidents.
From the distribution of the provinces and cities where the accidents occurred, the number of accidents occurred in Guangdong and Zhejiang regions was relatively large. From January to May 2021, the number of electric vehicle fire accidents in April was the highest, reaching 10, and with the rise in temperature, high temperature, exposure and other bad weather will affect the safety of electric vehicles.
From the perspective of the vehicle category of each accident, the highest incidence of domestic electric vehicle fire accidents is new energy passenger vehicles, and 27 new energy passenger vehicle fire accidents occurred from January to May, accounting for 79% of the total; There were fewer fire accidents in the field of new energy buses, with a total of 3, of which two spontaneous combustion accidents occurred in Baoding in three days in May, and the number of fire accidents in this field increased compared with the same period last year. There were 4 fire accidents in the field of new energy special vehicles, accounting for 12% of the total.
From the vehicle state of each accident, 20 fires occurred in the use state, accounting for 59%, ranking first in the electric vehicle fire accident; Followed by 10 fires in the charging state, accounting for 29%; Finally, there were 4 cases in the static state, accounting for 12%. It can be seen that fire accidents have occurred in many aspects such as charging, use and static setting of electric vehicles, and safety problems have infiltrated into all aspects of electric vehicles