On February 17, a video of a BYD Tang on fire and smoke on a trailer in Yantai, Shandong Province, circulated online. According to the exposed video: at the intersection, there was continuous smoke coming out of the front position of the BYD Tang on a trailer, and sparks appeared at the bottom of the vehicle and accompanied by crackling explosions, and the whole car was quickly spread by the fire and burned beyond recognition in an instant.
According to witnesses, there was a fire when it was seen, but fortunately there was no one in the car, and then the fire extinguished the fire. Regarding the cause of the accident, the fire department said that the cause of the fire is investigating. BYD's customer service responded that it had not received the relevant information and would register for processing, and the specific situation would need to wait for the results of the investigation.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that BYD Tang has been exposed to fires, and there have been many similar vehicle fires last year. In January 2022, a BYD Tang DM-i in Shanghai caught fire while on the way to a trailer. On March 25, 2022, the owner of the Shanghai car reported to the media that the newly mentioned BYD Tang spontaneously combusted in the parked state, and the vehicle burned seriously, leaving only a pair of frames; On April 5, 2022, some netizens posted a video saying that a BYD Tang in Haikou, Hainan Province, caught fire. In June last year, in Guigang, Guangxi, another BYD Tang new energy vehicle caught fire on the road. According to the exposed video, a new energy vehicle parked in the middle of the slippery road chassis position of continuous smoke came out, during the traffic police took out a dry powder fire extinguisher to extinguish the vehicle fire, but in the process of extinguishing the vehicle made many crackling explosions, the vehicle fire continued to increase, soon the fire covered the vehicle, and finally the vehicle burned to only one frame.
Although BYD Auto Tang has had many fires, the cause of the accident has not yet been officially announced. However, BYD recalled its model Tang twice last year. On April 29, 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued a recall notice stating that BYD Automobile Industry Co., Ltd. filed a recall plan with the State Administration for Market Regulation in accordance with the requirements of the Administrative Regulations on the Recall of Defective Automobile Products and the Implementation Measures of the Administrative Regulations on the Recall of Defective Automobile Products. It was decided to recall some Tang DM electric vehicles manufactured between September 2, 2021 and March 14, 2022, totaling 9,663 vehicles, from April 29, 2022. Due to manufacturing reasons, the installation surface of the tray vent valve of the power battery pack tray of some vehicles covered by the recall is uneven, and there is a risk of water ingress. This may cause the electrical circuit failure of the power battery system, and in extreme cases, there is a risk of thermal runaway of the power battery, and there are potential safety hazards.
On July 29, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) once again announced that BYD Automotive Industry Co., Ltd. filed a recall plan with the State Administration for Market Regulation in accordance with the requirements of the Administrative Regulations on the Recall of Defective Automobile Products and the Implementation Measures of the Administrative Regulations on the Recall of Defective Automobile Products. It was decided to recall a total of 52,928 electric vehicles manufactured between April 5, 2021 and April 18, 2022 from July 29, 2022. This recall is an expanded recall of the "BYD Automobile Industry Co., Ltd. Recalls Some Tang DM Electric Vehicles" recall campaign announced on April 29, 2022.
According to the attention of the automotive industry, BYD Tang is one of BYD's models, positioned as a mid-size SUV, equipped with a battery for BYD blade batteries. Since BYD announced the suspension of fuel vehicles in April last year, its sales have not only not been affected, but have continued to rise, in the final analysis, the competitive advantage of DM-i super hybrid system and blade battery, especially blade battery is BYD's innovative product in the field of power batteries. According to relevant data, the annual sales of BYD Tang DM in 2022 will be 125368 units. Wang Chuanfu has publicly said that the current electric vehicle battery spontaneous combustion has become an important problem hindering the development of electric vehicles, with the gradual entry of new energy vehicles into the role, sales continue to increase, safety accident rate will inevitably increase, and power batteries as the main components of new energy vehicles, safety is also crucial, in this hope that safety issues will no longer become an obstacle to the development of the new energy vehicle industry, so that more consumers who are willing to choose new energy can enjoy more safety guarantees.
Of course, compared with fuel vehicles, new energy vehicles have many advantages such as energy saving and environmental protection, low cost, and quiet driving, but frequent new energy vehicle fires are also worth pondering. As the development direction of the future automobile market, new energy vehicles have always attracted widespread attention from the market, but reports of smoke and fire of new energy vehicles have emerged one after another, which has also made consumers worried about the safety of new energy vehicles
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