Electric cars’ safety concerning fire:

How to prevent fire in electric vehicles?

P.C: ADAC - Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club





Below links will take you to the safety instructions page of some popular EV model / makers. Now, all the manufacturers offer the standardized emergency cards for download. If you search “Rescue card / manual”, you can find the official instructions of almost every EV in the market.





➤ Tesla Model S, X and Model 3 : links here





Having said that, no prevention mechanism is 100% safe. What to do when there’s an unfortunate incident of fire? You may read this follow-up post: How to extinguish electric vehicles fire (video)., which explains the step-by-step procedures followed by the professional fire fighters across the world.

➤ Comparatively, it is easier to implement "" such as automatic emergency braking systemsfor superior collision prevention.Below video may clearly explain the structural advantages of electric vehicles that helps in a safe crash in different scenarios.For those who may think that only expensive electric vehicle such as Tesla can ensure that high level of safety, may go through the safety tests performed on Volkswagen e-Up!, in comparison to its direct pear VW Up! (Petrol) , by ADAC - renowned automobile association in Germany.The crash structures created are identical in both the vehicles and the after collision results clearly shows that the Volkswagen e-Up even with its additional weight of the batteries,. The vehicle structure has​​for the passengers are identical to those of the petrol-powered up! variant. TheCritics often highlight the Li-Ion batteries of electric vehicle as a major source of risk. It is true that, the liquiddue to prolonged exposure to wrong conditions; or due to aging .. Both these scenarios (overheat & short circuit) can catch up fire.(BMS) inside the electric vehicles continuously monitor and regulates all the possible causes of fire. In case of any issue that can induce fire, theseEven in the rare event of an fire, electric vehicles battery packsthan a fire that is fuelled by gasoline fuel.Passenger compartment in the EV is isolated from the battery pack high voltage section by a multi-layer firewall. For example, Tesla batteries are fully. Thus, there is less chance of fatal injuries or loss ; when comparing with the highly inflammable gasoline, Li-Ion batteries in the electric vehicles pose less risk.Though the electric vehicle design & manufacturing takes extreme care to prevent incidents, and every vehicle goes through stringent safety requirements before arriving at the showroom, in the end, the EV driver must take care a few items.When comparing with a gasoline car, the electric vehicles have much fewer moving parts, thus requires very low maintenance. However, the battery, electric motor, and related electronic components require periodic maintenance as suggested by the EV manufacturers.In case of home charging, the stations must be installed via necessary protection switches (RCCB); and in case of semi/- public stations the charge point operators have the obligation to periodically check various fault conditions of the infrastructure.Mechanical construction and battery arrangement of every vehicle is different, so the manufactures always give clear instructions to the rescue teams on what to do, how to dismantle, what tools to use in case of an emergency.