Yes. No denying that one instance which is the same one you previously referenced. One instance, or a few instances get extrapolated to become a systematic regular happening and a basically isolated instance becomes an urban myth. Arcfox is a new brand on me. I see they sold 11k cars a year in its record year after Covid. But it’s been insolvent for a few years and sold less than that recently. Interestingly, that video goes on to absolutely trash EV’s in general and after listening to it all no one in their right mind would buy an ev because it simply sets out the case that every ev is a death trap that is about to explode at any minute. Of course Chinese observer is primarily known for offering critical commentary on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese civil society. which may surprise some who think that is prohibited. But nevertheless, I’m not seeing it as a systematic process that happens at multiple ev fires, not least because I do not believe that there are multiple regular ev fires. It can happen, but in the context of the numbers of ev cars, it’s just not an every day thing. Despite what people might think, provincial authorities clamp down pretty hard on sub standard dangerous products such as spontaneously igniting EV’s. And imho, they would not permit such incidents to tarnish the reputation of Chinese EV’s generally. I have googled ev cars catching fire and also ice engine cars catching fire. Which was interesting. “No, electric vehicles (EVs) catch fire significantly less often than internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. Multiple global studies and transportation data show that gasoline and diesel vehicles are roughly 20 to 80 times more likely to experience a fire than battery electric vehicles” Anyway, I take your point about that vehicle fire and the removal of its logos. It wasn’t something that I knew about. But I still have to stand by my belief that it’s not a common occurrence.
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