Popular Post webfact Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 A week-old electric car costing over a million baht, suddenly caught fire while being charged in front of a shopping mall in Udon Thani, northeast Thailand. The owner, a 41 year old man named Vin (pseudonym), was taken aback when 50% charged, the vehicle began to emit smoke from under the hood. Chinese engineers are currently investigating the electric car fire incident, which occurred at 2pm yesterday. The scene of the electric car fire was a chaotic one, with smoke billowing from the hood of the grey BYD electric car, which was parked with a red registration plate. Firefighters and rescue workers from the Udon Thani Municipality and Udon Sawang Methatham Foundation were quick to respond, managing to extinguish the fire with foam before disconnecting the car’s battery and dousing it with water for a second time. Vin described the electric car fire situation, explaining how he had driven the car to the mall for a family shopping trip. Upon arrival, he parked at the charging point since the car’s battery was at 10%. by Nattapong Westwood Photo courtesy of KhaoSod. Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/week-old-electric-car-worth-over-a-million-baht-unexpectedly-catches-fire-at-udon-thani-mall-charging-point -- The Thaiger 2023-09-04 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 3 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Keep Right Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 These EV cars are death traps and I will never drive them. 3 2 1 1 6 5 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Geoffggi Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 Thailand & electrickery do not appear to go well together - What will the future hold ....................LOL 3 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VocalNeal Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 16 minutes ago, webfact said: electric car costing over a million baht, Sounds like he was overcharged???? 2 1 1 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoePai Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 26 minutes ago, VocalNeal said: Sounds like he was overcharged???? Nope - correct : https://en.byd.com/news/standard-range-of-byd-atto-3-launched-in-thailand/ 1 1 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbkk Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 38 minutes ago, webfact said: Chinese engineers are currently investigating.... Why not Thai Engineers? (Stop sniggering!) Must it be Indian engineers investigating MG incidents? Do Japanese engineers need to investigate Toyota malfunctions? 1 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 Can't wait for the "It won't happen to my EV" brigade to turn up here, or "He should have bought an MG" crowd......................???? 2 4 1 3 2 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JonnyF Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 I'm expecting to see a lot more of these incidents as more and more people buy these Chinese EV's. I wonder how insurance premiums will be affected. I can't imagine it's a cheap fix once you car has burnt out. 3 4 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post josephbloggs Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 7 minutes ago, rbkk said: Why not Thai Engineers? (Stop sniggering!) Must it be Indian engineers investigating MG incidents? Do Japanese engineers need to investigate Toyota malfunctions? I think it's pretty normal for the original manufacturer to investigate something of this nature. 5 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rbkk Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 minute ago, josephbloggs said: I think it's pretty normal for the original manufacturer to investigate something of this nature. The charging station was installed by Thai's. If that is to blame, BYD, I'm guessing, could sue for shedding bad light on their brand. 1 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sungod Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 32 minutes ago, JoePai said: Nope - correct : https://en.byd.com/news/standard-range-of-byd-atto-3-launched-in-thailand/ I think it was a play on words......???? 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JeffersLos Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 It doesn't look damaged. Perhaps the dealership will say 'normal'. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 How unlucky was that the warranty for combustion was only 6 days ???? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Shop mak Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 Oohhh this topic will FIRE UP all the ev-vehicle haters in here. Christmas came early for you guys. 5 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Shop mak said: Oohhh this topic will FIRE UP all the ev-vehicle haters in here. Christmas came early for you guys. Not really, and haters is totally the wrong word.... 5 3 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Shop mak Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Keep Right said: These EV cars are death traps and I will never drive them. If you still around 30 years from now, when many or most countries have no more fossil fuel vehicles, How Will You Get Around? 1 3 1 1 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post still kicking Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, transam said: Not really, and haters is totally the wrong word.... Absolutely E-Vehiges do not save the world 4 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, transam said: Can't wait for the "It won't happen to my EV" brigade to turn up here, or "He should have bought an MG" crowd......................???? To be fair...... have we not also read of numerous reports of ICE vehicles in flames here in Thailand (and elsewhere)..... The reality is any vehicle presents an extremely minor risk of combustion when something goes wrong or it is involved in an accident etc... E.V's certainly do not have a monopoly on combustion - any implication otherwise is simply presenting false and bias information. 7 2 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Just now, richard_smith237 said: To be fair...... have we not also read of numerous reports of ICE vehicles in flames here in Thailand (and elsewhere)..... The reality is any vehicle presents an extremely minor risk of combustion when something goes wrong or it is involved in an accident etc... E.V's certainly do not have a monopoly on combustion - any implication otherwise is simply presenting false and bias information. I will try and find a vid on BYD and fires in China I watched a while back....???? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, transam said: I will try and find a vid on BYD and fires in China I watched a while back....???? No need... I believe you that EV's can catch fire... as do normal ICE's I'm neither pro nor against EV's... but I do prefer to see factual rather than misleading information. Evidence suggests that petrol cars are more likely to catch fire than an E.V. Some stats (from link below). A recent study by US insurer, AutoinsuranceEZ found that hybrid cars had the worst fire record, while EVs were the least likely type of car to catch fire. - Hybrid cars had 3474 fires per 100,000 - Petrol cars had 1,530 fires per 100,000 - EVs had just 25 fires per 100,000 https://thefifthestate.com.au/energy-lead/energy/while-the-ev-markets-on-fire-the-vehicles-are-not/#:~:text=A recent study by US,25.1 fires per 100%2C000 sales. https://thedriven.io/2023/05/16/petrol-and-diesel-cars-20-times-more-likely-to-catch-fire-than-evs/ https://belux.edmo.eu/fact-check-do-electric-cars-catch-fire-more-often-than-combustion-engine-cars/ Edited September 4, 2023 by richard_smith237 5 1 1 2 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VocalNeal Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, josephbloggs said: I think it's pretty normal for the original manufacturer to investigate something of this nature. If a Merc busts into flames on the expressway in BKK, I've never heard that German engineers are investigating the cause.???? 1 3 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 23 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: To be fair...... have we not also read of numerous reports of ICE vehicles in flames here in Thailand (and elsewhere)..... The reality is any vehicle presents an extremely minor risk of combustion when something goes wrong or it is involved in an accident etc... E.V's certainly do not have a monopoly on combustion - any implication otherwise is simply presenting false and bias information. I will try and find a vid on BYD and fires in China I watched a while back....???? 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VocalNeal Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 2 hours ago, webfact said: the vehicle began to emit smoke from under the hood. So it was internal combustion???? 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) Initial thoughts are the fire started around the 12v battery area and the lfp battery was not affected but need to wait for a proper investigation before coming to any conclusion. Interestingly, it was reported , and seen on the video, that a lot of time was lost trying to open the bonnet !!, the BYD Atto 3 has a strange system in that the internal bonnet release catch has to be pulled twice to enable release. Edited September 4, 2023 by Andrew Dwyer 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ExpatOilWorker Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 10 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: Evidence suggests that petrol cars are more likely to catch fire than an E.V. Some stats (from link below). A recent study by US insurer, AutoinsuranceEZ found that hybrid cars had the worst fire record, while EVs were the least likely type of car to catch fire. - Hybrid cars had 3474 fires per 100,000 - Petrol cars had 1,530 fires per 100,000 - EVs had just 25 fires per 100,000 Lots of fake EV propaganda is getting pushed on naive souls, but so far no solid data on EV vs. ICE fires. In the above, you omit that it is per 100,000 SALES. Since EV sales are just taking off, that skew the balance about a factor of 20 in favor of EV cars. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketboy2 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Bet a Somchai, had a tinker with his bent screwdriver fitting something. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, transam said: "He should have bought an MG" crowd. If MG ever make a performance version we can be sure it will not be called "Electro-Lyte"???? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bignok Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 36 minutes ago, Shop mak said: If you still around 30 years from now, when many or most countries have no more fossil fuel vehicles, How Will You Get Around? Nonsense. Enough to last more than 60 years. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VocalNeal Posted September 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said: Lots of fake EV propaganda is getting pushed on naive souls, Not to mention all the furor about nuclear waste now we need nuclear power more than ever.???? 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 BYD = ???? BurnYouDown ???? 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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