Recently, Volvo plug-in hybrid models have seen a series of incidents of smoke, fire and even deflagration. The first occurred in Nanjing, on November 30, a Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid model in a residential basement, a combustion explosion occurred in the parking, from the scene photos, a more violent explosion occurred, which has spread to nearby parked vehicles, and many nearby vehicles have been damaged.
The accident has been happening for just half a month, and there is no official investigation conclusion. However, at the first time of the accident, there were various rumors on the Internet, and even some people said that the owner of the car put a gas canister in the trunk, and some people Zhang Guanli Dai sent photos of other accidents to the Internet in an attempt to muddy the water.
Fortunately, the owner of the car debunked the rumors through the official media in time, and there was no gas canister in the trunk. And some photos circulating on the Internet have also been confirmed not to be the accident. It is not excluded that these are the brand's conscious active public relations actions, which want to muddy the water, throw the pot and mislead netizens.
Not long after that, on December 8, another Volvo S90 plug-in hybrid model in Chengdu smoked, fortunately the fire was extinguished in time, except for the vehicle itself, no other damage was caused.
In less than 10 days, volvo's plug-in hybrid models have either smoked, caught fire, or exploded, making many people question Volvo, which claims to be the safest brand.
The Volvo XC90 and S90 plug-in hybrid models are based on a SPA platform, and the vehicle's powertrain includes an electric motor and a lithium-ion battery pack. The official named it the E-drive hybrid T8 model, and the price is not cheap. For example, the guidance price of the S90 plug-in and hybrid model is 499,900 yuan, and the guidance price of the XC90 plug-and-mix model is as high as more than 890,000 yuan.
Volvo's plug-in hybrid system has a large capacity of lithium-ion battery packs, reaching 11.6 kWh of electricity, which can support pure electric travel of 53 kilometers on the S90 and 50 kilometers on the XC90.
Two consecutive fire or explosion accidents are believed to be related to the thermal runaway of this lithium-ion battery pack, which comes from LG Chem. Because LG Chemical's battery packs are prone to spontaneous combustion, GM's electric vehicle Chevrolet Bolt recalled more than 60,000 vehicles, and Hyundai's pure electric vehicle KONA also recalled more than 70,000 vehicles worldwide because of spontaneous combustion of LG Chem's battery packs.
From this point of view, Volvo should also consider whether it should recall the SPA platform plug-in model equipped with LG battery packs. Don't be a shrunken-headed turtle.