Tesla says its fire risk is much lower than the average fuel vehicle’s 200 million km fire – Passionategeekz –

[CNMO Technology News]On June 19, Tesla officially released a series of publicity information on its vehicle safety, emphasizing Tesla’s efforts and technical advantages in ensuring passenger safety.

Tesla pointed out that its independently developed battery management system (BMS) can monitor battery temperature in real time to ensure the healthy state of the battery. At the same time, the risk of battery cells being squeezed is reduced through the design of super protective structure, further improving the safety performance of the vehicle. Officials say Tesla’s fire risk is much lower than that of fuel vehicles.

According to longitudinal data disclosed in Tesla’s safety report, a fire accident occurred between 2012 and 2022, with an average driving of about 210 million kilometers, which is eight times the average fire interval between fuel vehicles. Specifically for annual data, Tesla models caught fire on average every 1.1 million miles in 2018, and in 2019 the data was optimized to 1 million miles, and further extended to 1.3 million miles between 2020 and 2022.

Ouyang Minggao, vice chairman of the China Electric Vehicle Hundred People Association, quoted statistics from the National Fire Rescue Bureau in the 2024 Annual Forum that fuel vehicles accounted for 96.6% (18,360 units) among the nationwide spontaneous combustion vehicles in the first quarter of 2023, and new energy vehicles accounted for only 3.4% (640 units). According to the amount of ownership, the spontaneous combustion rate of fuel vehicles is 0.58 per ten thousand, while the new energy vehicles are 0.44 per ten thousand.

It is worth noting that there are essential differences in the causes of spontaneous combustion in the two types of dynamic systems. Fuel vehicle accidents are mostly caused by fuel system leakage, mechanical failure or high temperature ignition of peripheral components of exhaust pipes, while electric vehicles are concentrated in the thermal runaway scenario of battery packs.

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