Electric cars: how often do they really catch fire?!

For every billion kilometres driven, statistically 90 combustion-engine cars and 3 electric cars catch fire

Here is an official report from practice on how “dangerous” the batteries in electric cars really are. We have known the result for years, as we work intensively with them when building stationary power storage systems and also install these batteries – as well as LiFePO4 batteries, which do not react at all. These, however, were not shown in the report.

How often do electric cars really catch fire?! How does the fire brigade put them out?!

How is an electric car battery built? Do electric vehicles catch fire in an accident? In this episode of “E-Mobilität am Punkt” (e-mobility in a nutshell) by Salzburg AG, the e-mobility experts Harry Lixl and Geri Auerbach tackle these ultimate questions (German).

Battery performance has improved dramatically in recent years. Geri takes a closer look at how a battery is built. After all, what does the inside of an electric car battery really look like? That is not something you see every day.

At the Vierthaler car dealership in Bischofshofen in the Pongau region, a single battery module is being replaced, and the film crew takes the opportunity to look inside the batteries of various electric cars.

The experts also look into battery safety, because the myth goes that electric vehicles easily catch fire in an accident. In practice, however, this is not the case. A video by ÖAMTC (the Austrian automobile club) shows how hard it is to set an electric car battery on fire. But if such a rare battery fire does actually occur in an electric car – how does the fire brigade put it out?

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