FartsWithAnAccentChina'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...
Low end electric vehicles of this type seem trustworthy, but I would absolutely avoid any of the high end EVs from China. 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.
UnderpantsWeevilI 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 about 2000 fires in more than 800000 electric vehicle-related enterprises in China every year. | Shanghai Non ferrous Metals
[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?
Any amount is a serious problem that should be addressed by improved safety IMO. Hoping that solid state batteries pretty much eliminate fires but I guess we'll see.
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.
Could be, but why not engineer against human error? Seems like a very sensible thing to do: Make your products easy to use safely. No such thing as perfect but it should still be an important factor in engineering/designing anything.