Everyone should have fire extinguishers at home, whether have EV or not. At least have those small mosquito repellent-sized fire extinguishers for fighting kitchen fires.

BYD Atto 3's battery is LFP type. This battery is far safer than NMC and NCA batteries, which is more prone to fires and also not advisable to charge up to 100%. LFP can be frequently charged to 100% without degradation.

Yes, the current trend is LFP maybe because it is cheaper and lasts longer also. That's why Tesla using LFP batteries from CATL and BYD instead of Panasonic NCA batteries.

Max temperature in thermal runaway for LFP Blade is only 60C.

Normal LFP is 404C.

NMC and NCA are over 900C.

Lithium batteries don't explode - they simply burn. You are far more likely to see car explosions at petrol stations:



Most likely reason why lithium batteries burn is when they are short-circuited, such as when they are dented or punctured. The blade design is to prevent cascading cell fires.

The so-called EVs that caught fires in China were mostly PHEV, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, which have internal combustion engines (ICE) and batteries. BYD also makes some PHEV models.

PHEV are more prone to catching fires than ICE, probably because it has petrol and batteries.

ICE are more prone to fires than EV.



PHEV simply doesn't make sense any more now that EVs can be quickly charged using DC fast charger.