Talk:Plug-in electric vehicle fire incidents

Zotye M300 EV fire

http://chinaautoweb.com/2011/04/hangzhou-halts-all-electric-taxis-as-a-zotye-langyue-multipla-ev-catches-fire/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.238.59.179 (talk) 06:52, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. I already added this incident.--Mariordo (talk) 20:10, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Bolloré Bluecar

A couple of Bluecars on duty for the Autolib' carsharing service in Paris burnt this week, and apparently there was an explotion. Considering this might be a case of vandalism (see here and here), I propose we hold any edit in this article until the police investigation shares some light on the causes (considering this article is about fires or thermal runaway incidents caused by the batteries or the electric system). Any opinions? --Mariordo (talk) 01:44, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

PS: See the related edit here on the Bolloré Bluecar article, as suggested in the talk.--Mariordo (talk) 03:10, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Volt fires update

It's been a long time since the fires with the Chevy Volt's battery packs in NHTSA testing. I'm going to take a sober second look at this section and update.--Freeinfo (talk) 13:06, 9 November 2013 (UTC) Okay. Done. I took out a lot of the PR-style comments about Leafs, Focus Electrics, Teslas, etc. The NHSTA investigation has been closed for almost two years now. Time to summarize it and move on. I think the way it reads now can stay for posterity.Freeinfo (talk) 13:41, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Nice work. My only question is if for NPOV purposes, the fix performed to the Volt should be mentioned, in the same tone you did these edits.--Mariordo (talk) 15:03, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

I thought about removing that, but I think it should stay in to describe what was changed. I think it's an important part of the story.--Freeinfo (talk) 14:43, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Tesla Model S

As at July 03 2021 an item on the end of register of fires in Tesla Model S asserts a fire in the newly release Model S Plaid and cites (number 106) a much older article covering a fire in a Porsche Panamera Hybrid. How do we get this corrected? Did they intend to cite [1]? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tjlf (talk • contribs) 22:11, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Not included in the article: Tesla Model S Plunges Off Cliff, Catches Fire, Fatality Reported http://insideevs.com/tesla-model-s-plunges-cliff-catches-fire-fatality-reported/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Benne (talk • contribs) 18:19, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

GEM Car fire

apparently a GEM car owned by Veronica Webb was 'Implicated' in a garage fire. is that case solid enough to include in this article?

http://electrifyingtimes.com/webb_gem_fire.html

--Patbahn (talk) 22:55, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Apparently there have been a small number of GEM car fires, such as

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/engadget-posts-picture-of-gem-electric-truck-on-fire/

--Patbahn (talk) 23:02, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Frequency of vehicle fires section

Why is this section in here? It's talking about gas car fires. At the very least, we should make it clear that the statistics here have nothing to do with plug ins.----Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:16, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Summary Needed

This article started out quite simple and easy to read. it is now lengthy and needs a summary, either numerical or graphically, to show how many of each brand and the total cars that have caught fire. For fairness the total number of cars sold in each category could also be shown. I don't think EV fires should be compared with ICE fires. The latter usually catch fire when the owner is present, the engine is starting or running and after a collision. On the other hand EV fires often occur when unattended, inside a garage and on overnight charge. This fact means the car is usually destroyed, often with serious building damage and after a much longer period of time before being extinguished. The Public may not embrace EV's if they pose a risk to their other car, their house and possibly their families lives while sleeping. Parking and charging outside is a temporary solution, but not practical in the long term for the traditional owner.

Exploding Buses

https://www.sustainable-bus.com/news/bus-fire-paris-ratp/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r-yN8SugWM

--171.100.191.108 (talk) 07:25, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

The electric bus fires in France and Germany should not be censored by Wikipedia and definitely belong here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.205.198.247 (talk) 14:51, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

These are news articles that must be included in Wikipedia.

Electric Bus fires in Paris and Germany

https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-75013/paris-un-bus-de-la-ratp-en-feu-dans-le-xiiie-arrondissement-29-04-2022-CUWYABUZWNAWVOF2L2GNEVQW24.php https://www.sustainable-bus.com/news/bus-fire-paris-ratp/ https://www.sustainable-bus.com/electric-bus/sbb-stuttgart-fire-electric-bus-depot/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.205.198.247 (talk) 14:54, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

When will these news articles about electric bus fires be added into Wikipedia ? Let's do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.205.188.45 (talk) 10:53, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

I think we should make a new article about electric bus fires, since it's separate from electric car fires. The electric bus fire section is just at the very end of the long list of electric car fires, so I think it's a good reason to split the article.

Sincerely, Thenewright22 (talk) 13:27, 3 October 2022 (UTC)