Lin Zhiying's car accident should be the most concerned of Tesla's many car accidents. As a well-known star, with the identity of a professional racing driver, Lin Zhiying will have a car accident, which will inevitably make people feel that more problems belong to Tesla, and Tesla also lives up to expectations, with "can not determine the cause of the fire", instantly lit up with netizens' "mocking" attributes.
The car spontaneously combusted in less than 5 seconds
Surveillance footage confirmed by the police showed Lin Zhiying driving the car, making a U-turn in the lane, driving forward at normal speed, but it was suspected that he did not notice the road conditions in front of him, causing him to hit the barrier and the front of the car began to catch fire.
According to the recollection of the rescued party, after the accident, the people in the car have not been rescued, the front of the car has been on fire, and the sound of explosions has been continuously made. Less than 5 seconds after dragging Lin Zhiying and the child out, the fire became even bigger, burning the entire car.
One of the people who rescued Lin Zhiying's father and son, Peng Yuhong, said he witnessed the whole process. When he heard a "bang", he noticed that a car had crashed not far away, and there was the sound of an explosion. Then he rushed to the rescue and rescued Jenson (Lin Zhiying's son) and Lin Zhiying.
Jenson's body was hit, but the situation was not serious, compared to Lin Zhiying's much worse, with severe damage to the head and shoulders, and blurred flesh and blood. Peng Yuhong said that from the sound of the explosion to the rescue of people, the actual time is only about one or two minutes, and when the people are rescued less than 5 seconds later, the fire burns to the driver's seat.
Judging from the media reports and the recollections of the parties concerned, the severity of the accident is far beyond imagination. Lin Zhiying and her son were able to survive in a big way, relying on only two words "timely".
The fatal problem for new energy vehicles
But the luck of "just in time" is only a minority, and tesla car accidents are far from enough time to rescue time most of the time. From the start of the crash to the full explosion of combustion, the process only takes two or three minutes.
Tesla customer service said in response that although it is not clear why the fire started, the body does not have any flammable materials. If you encounter a similar situation, you can open the door to escape by mechanical door opening device, and you can also escape from the trunk while sitting in the back row.
It may seem simple to say, but isn't it a bit of a mistake that you expect the injured person in a car accident to crawl out and stay away in just two or three minutes? As a car, when an accident occurs, there should be enough time for the owner to escape, otherwise its safety will be difficult to say.
If you do not ask the cause of the accident, in fact, not only Tesla, most new energy vehicles are facing a similar problem, that is, after the impact will soon spontaneously ignite and explode. This is actually related to new energy lithium batteries. The characteristics of lithium ions themselves are strong activity and low burst temperature. In the production process, in order to stabilize the lithium ions, there will be a special layer of microporous structure polymer film as a barrier.
However, when a violent impact occurs, this layer of film is easily destroyed, losing its barrier effect, and then generating a super current, triggering the consequences of high temperature and spontaneous combustion. The fatal place is that the traditional fire extinguishing methods can not stop the riot of lithium ions, which will react violently when encountering water, and can also react with carbon dioxide in the case of spontaneous combustion. So when an electric car explodes and burns, water and fire extinguishers are poured on the fire.
When most accidents occur, the owner and rescuer can not find an effective way to stop the combustion and explosion, only to wait for the burning body material to slowly burn clean, and then slowly clean up.
There is still a long way to go
New energy vehicles are constantly expanding and occupying the market, but in fact, it is far from perfect. Battery life, charging, safety, etc., all need to be further optimized.
The road belonging to new energy vehicles still has a long way to go.