Curious story that I saw briefly on N-TV news (Commercial German news) this morning.
Halfway between Jena and Erfurt....is this town of Apolda. Firemen got called out to a parking garage (outdoor) of apartment complex yesterday.
E-car on fire.
It took a while but the fire was eventually put out (total loss on the car). Damage cost? Between the E-car and surroundings....near 100k Euro.
About every ten days now, if you pay attention to local and national news....some E-car catches on fire. Just an odd thing.....no one is saying one brand or another....nor are they explaining how the fires start up.
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I am nit an electrician but i do have a technical background, most likely the issues lie in manufacturing defects, improper usage -very frequent fast charges can probably cause damage to the battery and to a lesser extent physical damage done against the battery pack could ignite a fire… most likely insurance companies will start to pay attention to these events as the electric car fires usually are 100% vehicle loss
You are correct...on E-car losses, it's 100-percent.
On causes? Unknown. I suspect that a short starts up somewhere....melts something, and then a flame starts up. One curious....there's no fuel in such a car, so it's just the batteries on the burn and fire business.
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