Wednesday, September 18, 2024

A Mercedes-Benz Fire in South Korea Jolts EV transition, burned for 8 hours and damaged almost 900 other cars

When EV vehicles burn, they burn! Why are those fires so little reported in the news, because they are rare or because they might deter buyers?

Even one of the most prestigious carmakers in the world and German engineering can not prevent EV vehicles from a presumed spontaneous combustion.

"The flames and smoke from a burning Mercedes-Benz electric sedan spread rapidly through the underground parking lot of an apartment complex in South Korea this month. The fire damaged almost 900 cars, and 23 people suffered smoke inhalation.

It took firefighters more than eight hours to put out the blaze, which reached temperatures above 1,500 degrees Celsius, according to officials in Incheon, the city near Seoul where the fire broke out around dawn on Aug. 1. ..."

A Mercedes-Benz Fire Jolts South Korea’s E.V. Transition - The New York Times

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