Recently, Xpeng Motors applied to China National Intellectual Property Administration for a patent on the thermal runaway protection method for electric vehicles, which can extinguish the fire of power battery components when the thermal runaway occurs.
From this structure, the patent mainly monitors the power battery through sensors. Once the battery is found to be out of control and cause a fire, the fire extinguishing device will be started to extinguish the fire, and the danger will be nipped in the bud; If there is no fire, it will be fed back to the cloud center. Generally speaking, this design structure is not complicated, but it is not easy, because it involves the safety of drivers and passengers, requires a lot of experimental data and repeated verification of feasibility and durability, and may not be mass-produced in a short time.
If it is mass-produced in the future, Xpeng Motors will definitely be favored by more consumers, thus promoting sales growth. Of course, other car companies will also make more efforts on the safety of power batteries.
It is worth mentioning that many friends will say after watching some videos of electric cars catching fire, but it is only a matter of a few seconds. How easy is it to reach 5 minutes? In fact, it is not the same as the fire we saw. As long as there is a perfect monitoring system to remind passengers that people in the car have enough time to escape, don't worry too much. Of course, if there is nothing wrong with the battery, or the car itself can curb the thermal runaway of the battery, that would be the best.
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