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> More than 40 NEVs spontaneously combusted in China in 2018. I will be the first one to complain about shoddy quality control and questionable practices but.

> More than 40 NEVs spontaneously combusted in China in 2018. I will be the first one to complain about shoddy quality control and questionable practices but... this doesn't seem like a high number at all. I mean, ICE cars will catch fire pretty often, but this is not news. "In 2003-2007, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 287,000 vehicle fires per year. " The ICE fleet is pretty big, but this also goes to show how absolute numbers are worthless.

davemp 8y ago
Are the ICE numbers due to collisions? I think there is a significant difference between a car catching fire as a result of a collision and during normal operation as `spontaneously` suggests.
- davidgould 8y ago
  I have seen at least a dozen car fires and had the car I was driving catch fire twice (same car, different causes), and none of these fires involved a collision. Anecdotal, I know but that’s what I have.
  - yial 8y ago
    I’ve seen at least two car fires where the person was able to pull over to the side of the road, get out of the vehicle... and then watch it burn while they waited for the fire department. I also one time had a minor fire in Jeep of mine due to a mouse nest.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago
  https://abcnews.go.com/US/bmw-recalls-million-vehicles-fire-risk/story?id=50922136 https://abcnews.go.com/US/bmw-recalls-million-vehicles-fire-... >BMW of North America has issued two recalls covering about one million vehicles that contain parts implicated in car fires. >The investigation — launched in collaboration with ABC-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Raleigh, N.C. — found more than 40 cases in the last five years in which BMW owners said that parked cars that were not then subject to recalls for fire-related issues spontaneously burst into flames. Some of them, they said, had been turned off for hours or even days.
- gambiting 8y ago
  Well......there is this $45 million insurance claim due to a single car spontaneously combusting: https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-in-cars-damaged-1826086012 https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-i...
Nition 8y ago
Bet they don't have a 10.8% recall rate though!

davemp 8y ago

Are the ICE numbers due to collisions? I think there is a significant difference between a car catching fire as a result of a collision and during normal operation as `spontaneously` suggests.

davidgould 8y ago
I have seen at least a dozen car fires and had the car I was driving catch fire twice (same car, different causes), and none of these fires involved a collision. Anecdotal, I know but that’s what I have.
- yial 8y ago
  I’ve seen at least two car fires where the person was able to pull over to the side of the road, get out of the vehicle... and then watch it burn while they waited for the fire department. I also one time had a minor fire in Jeep of mine due to a mouse nest.
rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago
https://abcnews.go.com/US/bmw-recalls-million-vehicles-fire-risk/story?id=50922136 https://abcnews.go.com/US/bmw-recalls-million-vehicles-fire-... >BMW of North America has issued two recalls covering about one million vehicles that contain parts implicated in car fires. >The investigation — launched in collaboration with ABC-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Raleigh, N.C. — found more than 40 cases in the last five years in which BMW owners said that parked cars that were not then subject to recalls for fire-related issues spontaneously burst into flames. Some of them, they said, had been turned off for hours or even days.
gambiting 8y ago
Well......there is this $45 million insurance claim due to a single car spontaneously combusting: https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-in-cars-damaged-1826086012 https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-i...

Nition 8y ago

Bet they don't have a 10.8% recall rate though!