China's electric farm trucks are very different than ours. I went there to see how
China's electric farm trucks are very different than ours. I...
China's electric farm trucks are very different than ours. I went there to see how
China's electric farm trucks are very different than ours. I...
I would absolutely avoid any of the high end EVs from China
Won’t be an issue, since Chinese EV tariffs and trade restrictions are going to preclude imports entirely.
The amount of battery issues (and fires from those) and other structural problems with their more expensive EVs seems like a lot of corners are being cut.
Are you talking about a particular model? I haven’t heard of any BYD vehicles exploding into flames, like the odd Tesla.
Just general news. Such as these:
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/27/2024/china-ev-battery-safety
Here's one specifically on a BYD even: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3249963/byd-electric-car-catches-fire-hong-kong-charging-station-expert-says-short-circuit-could-be-cause
[there are more than 800000 electric vehicle-related enterprises in China, about 2000 fires occur every year.] there are more than 800000 electric vehicle-related enterprises in China. In 2021, there were 118800 new enterprises related to electric vehicles in China, an increase of 13.87 percent over the same period last year. It is the year with the largest number of new electric vehicle-related enterprises in the past decade. In 2014, 70700 were added, an increase of 21.64% over the same period last year, the fastest growth in nearly a decade. There were 104300 new units in 2020, a decrease of 7.19 percent over the same period last year, and 118800 in 2021, an increase of 13.87 percent over the same period last year.
There are about 2000 fires in more than 800000 electric vehicle-related enterprises in China every year
Is a 0.000125% rate of vehicle fires considered a serious problem?
Good point! Now I'm the one who can't math. :P Though your source doesn't seem to mention the cause of the fires? I would assume the batteries, but involved in a fire can be vague. Same for the gasoline vehicles.
Meanwhile, the original source I have was fires just from the manufacturing of the cars, so not even including the numbers for the vehicles sold themselves.
I wouldn't say there's nothing to worry about: Worry about taking good care of your batteries is wise.
Don't charge them when frozen, protect them from impact/damage, and regularly inspect both your battery and bike's systems to keep yourself (and your bike) safe.
Eh, I wouldn't say there's nothing to worry about: Worry about taking good care of your batteries is wise. So is avoiding cheap shoddy batteries and bikes that don't have any protections built in.
Take care of your batteries: Don't charge them when frozen, avoid extreme heat, protect them from impact/damage, and regularly inspect both your battery and bike's systems to keep yourself (and your bike) safe.
Any amount is a serious problem
An incidence of failure that low can more readily be attributed to human error than manufacture’s defect. The idea that Chinese vehicles are less safe than their American or Japanese counterparts is not born out by your citations.
In NA, vehicle fires happen at the following rates per 100k sales per year:
Hybrid : 3,474
Gas : 1,523
EV : 25.1
If the proposed 2,000 per 800,000 is accurate that works out to 250/100k per year. Or way lower than everything but EVs in NA.