China Internet Joint Rumor Refutation Platform: The probability of new energy vehicle fires in 2019 was 0.0049%, and the probability of fires has dropped to 0.0026% since 2020

The official microblog of the "China Internet Joint Rumor Refutation Platform" released the "2023 New Energy Vehicle Industry Rumor Refutation List", with a total of 9 rumors related to new energy vehicles on the list. The list shows that one of the rumors includes "New energy vehicles are more likely to catch fire than fuel vehicles?" According to popular science, this statement is false information, and the probability of new energy vehicles catching fire is not higher than that of fuel vehicles.

Data shows that in 2019, the probability of fire for new energy vehicles was 0.0049%. From 2020 to date, the probability of fire has dropped to 0.0026%.

According to data released by the public security department, the annual fire accident rate of traditional fuel vehicles is about 0.01%-0.02%.

Among the causes of new energy vehicle fire accidents, spontaneous combustion of power batteries accounts for 31%. With the maturity of battery manufacturing technology and the improvement of vehicle manufacturing level, the probability of spontaneous combustion of new energy vehicles is gradually decreasing.

"New energy vehicles have short battery life, cannot run on highways, and dare not turn on the air conditioner?" Many people who pay attention to new energy vehicles have seen this statement.

The truth is that different environments, different road conditions, different driving habits, traffic jams and no traffic jams, high speeds and low speeds, high temperatures and low temperatures... will all affect the actual endurance of electric vehicles. Even if the same person drives the same route, the endurance consumption will be different each time.

This is a physical property of the battery, not a battery quality issue.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in the first three quarters of 2023, the technology level of new energy vehicles has increased rapidly, the energy density of large-scale mass-produced power battery cells has reached 300 watt-hours/kilogram, and the average cruising range of pure electric passenger vehicles has exceeded 460 kilometers.

It is reported that the list also refuted rumors such as "Will new energy vehicles leak electricity when driving on rainy days?" "New energy vehicles cannot be charged on rainy days?" "Driving new energy vehicles has high radiation and will it cause cancer?" "New energy vehicles are more polluting than fuel vehicles?"

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