Why did Porsche explode and the car circle exploded with it?

Does this accident indicate that the new forces will be the leaders of the next era?

Text/Qian Jiaqing

Yesterday, a Porsche Taycan caught fire and exploded in the private garage of a house in southern Florida, which was the "first explosion" since Tayan went public last year. Although the accident did not cause any casualties, the loss was only caused by this Taycan and this house, but this Taycan ignited the global automobile circle like a Mars.

In order to minimize the impact of the explosion in Tekan, Porsche also controlled the videos circulating on the Internet and talked about the incident.

Why did you delete the video after the netizen who first broke the news responded?

However, elon musk, who had complained about Taycan's design flaws before, did not make public comments on this incident. Only Tesla's American car rental company has made an anodyne comment on this incident, and an anodyne "I know" is worth a thousand words.

However, in Tesla's forum, a group of "people who eat melons" appeared, and even great god netizens used the structural diagram of Porsche Taycan to compare the charred frame, proving that the residue in this picture came from Taycan.

Some netizens mentioned Bill Gates on this matter, because the former richest man in the world just said in a talk show not long ago that he loves the Tesla brand very much and is optimistic about the future of pure electric vehicles, so he has ordered a Porsche Taycan.

I wonder if Bill Gates will unsubscribe from this Taycan and let Musk change to a Tesla?

As for the lack of real car owners in the domestic market, netizens are also very concerned about this matter. Of course, more comments are saying: "This is the routine operation of electric vehicles" and "Let's buy fuel vehicles".

Is the battery the culprit?

As of press time, Porsche officials have not given the cause of the fire and explosion of this Taycan, and have not even determined whether the cause of the fire is this Taycan or other external factors.

If it is indeed the spontaneous combustion of the vehicle itself, then combined with the spontaneous combustion of the electric vehicle in the parking state, the battery pack should be the cause of the fire.

For example, some netizens said that the current electric vehicle should control its weight while pursuing a large-capacity battery pack, resulting in thinner and thinner insulation film inside the battery pack.

If fast charging is pursued again, the crystallization and electrolysis of electrolytic materials need ultra-fast conversion, and the insulating film is easily broken down by crystallization, leading to accidents. Taycan is the first 800V super fast charging pure electric vehicle, which is inevitably reminiscent.

Of course, we have to wait for the official news of Porsche about the specific cause of the accident.

Do electric cars have to be "fire"?

In fact, talking about the spontaneous combustion of electric vehicles seems to be the only way for every electric vehicle brand and even every electric vehicle. Even if Tesla has been in this field for more than ten years, spontaneous combustion can't be avoided, so such uncertainties have become a major reason for some people to resist electric vehicles.

Compared with the emerging brand of electric vehicles, Taycan is Porsche's first pure electric vehicle. Who is Porsche? It is a car brand that the global auto media and consumers are optimistic about at the same time. In addition to outstanding performance, it also has a solid and reliable "Made in Germany" gold signboard. When the boss of a traditional car company announced the launch of Taycan, many people may acquiesce that it is the best electric car at present, or even not.

And from another perspective, the industry also expects Taycan to act as a leader in the new era, thus changing consumers' views on electric vehicles. The reality is that Porsche Taycan had a spontaneous combustion accident less than three months after delivery, which was really unexpected.

Tesla spontaneous combustion accident

As the biggest competitive model of Porsche Taycan, Tesla model? S also had a spontaneous combustion accident, but its first public spontaneous combustion accident occurred 16 months after the official delivery, which was an accident during the driving of the vehicle, causing the front battery pack to collide with large metal parts.

Regarding similar charging fire accidents, the most famous incident in China was the "Tesla spontaneous combustion door" which happened in the underground garage of a residential area in Xuhui District, Shanghai on April 2, last year. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

However, according to statistics, in the four months before and after the accident, models? S*** meter has had five similar spontaneous combustion accidents in the state of stopping or charging around the world.

The model happened in Guangzhou? ■ Spontaneous combustion accident

Three of them occurred in China, namely, Guangzhou (2065438+ March 26th, 2009), Shanghai (2065438+April 2nd, 20091day) and Hong Kong (2065438+May 2nd, 2009 12), and the other two occurred in San Francisco.

Is the accident model also the model before the change? S (compared with domestic 20 14 and 20 15), the batteries used are 18650 batteries made of early lithium cobaltate cathode materials, and their thermal stability is not as good as that of the modified 18650NCA lithium nickel cobalt aluminate batteries.

Although the news of Tesla's spontaneous combustion can often be seen in my impression, compared with the current global sales of more than 800,000 vehicles (the sales statistics are as of 20 19 10), only about 50 spontaneous combustion accidents indicate that the spontaneous combustion rate is not high. Moreover, most accidents are caused by fires caused by vehicle collisions.

What's more gratifying is that Tesla is currently the best-selling model? There seems to be no spontaneous combustion accident in the world, which also shows that Tesla's products are becoming more and more reliable.

Let's talk about Taycan spontaneous combustion accident. The reason why it is so concerned by the automobile circle is that I think the traditional car companies represented by Porsche hope that the arrival of Taycan can announce that traditional car companies also have excellent car-making strength in the field of pure electric vehicles. The emerging forces headed by Tesla are looking forward to watching Taycan's jokes to ridicule that these century-old stores can't adapt to the new era.

Of course, this spontaneous combustion does not mean that Porsche is no longer reliable. After all, the cause of the accident has not come out yet. Besides the battery mentioned above, it may also be caused by external factors. Without a formal accident report, AutoLab will not make a judgment.

In the competition between traditional car companies and new car-making forces, perhaps Porsche can stand up and fight again, and the final result is regardless of the outcome, but there is no doubt that the partners in the same camp behind Porsche have frowned.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.