Welcome to 2024 and we’re hoping you’re having one to this point. A minimum of, one which’s higher than the proprietor of this Mercedes-Benz EQB, whose automotive caught on fireplace yesterday.
In response to studies, the incident occurred round 245pm yesterday. The hearth was efficiently put out by 10 firefighters.
From pictures, noticed that the hearth was put out whereas there was nonetheless vital daylight so it should not have taken very lengthy, which is atypical of studies of EV battery fires abroad the place the hearth took as much as 24 hours to place out due to fixed re-ignition.
Up to now now we have been very fortunate with EV fires in Malaysia, as the entire reported fires have been put out swiftly. The final one earlier than this case was the Tesla Mannequin Y fireplace in Puchong again in October 2023. Nonetheless no submit mortem report from that case but, and we suspect this EQB case will take some time too.
Whereas we must always not speculate, we predict the relative ease of which the hearth was put out in each circumstances means the battery was not concerned. It was identical to an ICE automotive fireplace, which by the way in which occurs on a regular basis too.
In case you’re questioning, complete motor insurance coverage does cowl fireplace harm. It doesn’t require particular perils add-on which is required for flood harm.
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