Even though electric vehicles (EV) were invented over a century ago, their popularity has grown significantly within the last 10 years due to the development of Li-ion battery technology. This evolution created an increase in the fire risk and hazard...
Electric vehicles (EVs) are currently emerging as alternative vehicles due to their high energy efficiency and low emissions during driving. However, regarding the raising concern, the safety of EVs can further be improved before they completely repl...
The rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs) has introduced new fire safety challenges for the built environment, particularly within reinforced concrete structures. Fires involving lithium-ion batteries are substantially different from conventional h...
(1) Background: In recent years, electric vehicle fire accidents have occurred frequently. Studying the risk factors leading to electric vehicle fire can take corresponding safety measures to reduce the occurrence of electric vehicle fire accidents....
Internal combustion engine vehicles damage the environment and public health by emitting toxic fumes, such as CO2 or CO and other trace compounds. The use of electric cars helps to reduce the emission of pollutants into the environment due to the use...
Electric vehicles (EVs) are widely recognized as a key strategy for improving global sustainability; however, their implications for building safety, particularly under fire conditions, require further investigation. This study examines the structura...
This study examines public perceptions of electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Kuwait, a high-income petroleum-dependent country characterized by highly subsidized electricity, low fuel prices, limited charging infrastructure, and extreme climatic condi...
The widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has elevated the importance of rigorous safety standards, particularly for fire resistance in post-crash scenarios. Existing testing protocols, such as Regulation No. 100, utilize petrol pool fires t...
Due to the increasing number of battery electric vehicles (BEV) on the roads and the number of BEV accidents with the occurrence of a fire, full-scale fire tests of BEVs were carried out. For initiation, the BEVs were mechanically damaged, forming a...
The rapid expansion of the electric vehicle (EV) market has raised significant safety concerns, particularly regarding fires caused by the thermal runaway of lithium-ion batteries. To address this issue, this study investigates the real-time fire det...
Electric vehicle (EV) fire accidents are caused by multiple factors, including the traffic conditions, parking environment and firefighting facilities, and are a typical public safety issue in cities. Owing to the lack of accurate and quick estimatio...
During the charging process of electric vehicles (EV), the circuit inside the charger plug is connected in series, the charger input voltage does not match the rated input voltage, the temperature caused by the severe heating of the charging time is...
Conflagration is the major safety issue of electric vehicles (EVs). Due to their well-kept appearance and structure, which demonstrate salient visual changes after combustion, EV bodies are recognized as an important basis for on-spot inspection of b...
Recent fire incidents following electric vehicle (EV) collisions have been increasing rapidly in Korea, corresponding to the growing distribution of EVs. While the overall number of EV fires is lower compared to those involving internal combustion en...
Thermal Energy Storage (TES) plays a pivotal role in the fire protection of Li-ion batteries, especially for the high-voltage (HV) battery systems in Electrical Vehicles (EVs). This study covers the application of TES in mitigating thermal runaway ri...
Internal combustion engine vehicles and electric vehicles share many similarities in the event of a vehicle fire but also differ in certain aspects. While both vehicle types release pollutants typical of vehicle fires, fires involving electric vehicl...
Electric Vehicles (EVs) offer a promising solution to reduce the environmental impact compared to internal combustion engine vehicles. However, EV adoption in Australia has been hindered by concerns over fire safety. This study aims to comprehensivel...
The article discusses the analysis of the possible development of hazards associated with the operation of vehicles equipped with an electric drive using the example of passenger cars. The authors review the problem of the safety of people and proper...
With the rapid increase in electric vehicle ownership, fire risks associated with electric vehicles in tunnels have attracted increasing attention. In this study, a numerical model of an electric vehicle fire in a two-lane tunnel with an arched ceili...
With the growing prevalence of lithium battery electric vehicles, the incidence of fires resulting from thermal runaway in lithium batteries is also on the rise. In contrast to conventional fuel vehicle fires, fires involving lithium battery electric...
Due to their reduced emissions and environmental benefits, electric vehicles (EVs) have grown in popularity over the past few years. However, EV fires can be a serious threat to nearby buildings, especially in garages where they are parked and charge...
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The electric vehicle (EV) market, together with photovoltaic (PV) installations continues to develop at a pace. However, there are concerns that EV and PV installation fires may create more harmful substances than other types of fire. PV modules and...
The fire safety of lithium-ion battery systems in electric vehicles is often examined through separate studies of thermal runaway, propagation, early warning, and fire suppression, making it difficult to translate fragmented evidence into system-leve...
The fire resistance and thermal propagation delay of a flame-retardant battery pack case (BPC) were investigated in this study for electric vehicles. Following the Lithium-ion traction battery pack and system for electric vehicles, Part 3: Safety req...
Nowadays, electromobility has a significant role in transportation; different electrically driven vehicles are spreading continuously. Due to this form of drivetrain, fire safety hazards have also changed when compared to those of conventional vehicl...
As the market share of electric vehicles continues to expand, fire accidents due to impacts from the power battery located at the bottom of the electric vehicles are receiving increasing attention. Lithium-ion batteries, as the mainstream choice of p...
Electric vehicle (EV) transport by ship is expanding beyond industrial logistics centred on automobile production, trade, and pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) into daily transportation for island tourism, commuting, and essential mobility. Accordi...
Battery electric vehicle (BEV) fires in road tunnels can intensify thermal, smoke transport, visibility, and CO exposure hazards under confined ventilation. This study evaluated the combined mitigation performance of water mist and semi-transverse me...
Battery pack fires remain a critical safety concern for lithium-ion battery systems. This study presents a comprehensive application of Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) to identify and structure the sequences of failures that may lead to a battery pack fire...
Thermal runaway in electric vehicle power battery packs is a key risk in fire prevention and control for electric transportation. Its triggering, propagation, and failure modes are jointly affected by external thermal abuse, material insulation perfo...
The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has posed new challenges to fire safety, especially when multiple EVs are transported on electric trailers, as limited studies exist on heavy electric vehicle transportation and little research has been conduct...
The electrification of road transport is developing dynamically around the world. Many automotive companies are introducing electric vehicles to the market, and their popularity is constantly growing. The increasing popularity of electric vehicles is...
This paper constructs a numerical simulation model for the fire and fire-fighting system of an all-electric vehicle ro-ro passenger ship to study the influence of fire characteristics and fire-fighting system layout parameters on the fire-extinguishi...
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are seeing widespread adoption globally due to technological improvements, lower manufacturing costs, and supportive policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Governments have introduced incentives such as...
Battery electric buses (BEBs) are widely regarded as a safe and sustainable alternative to internal combustion vehicles. However, the lithium-ion batteries that power them present safety risks. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the safe...
Electric vehicle (EV) fires can rapidly affect smoke and thermal conditions in underground parking garages. In this study, fifteen PyroSim/FDS cases were screened, but quantitative analysis was restricted to four prescribed-extraction cases and one b...
Due to concerns with air pollution and climate change, governments and transport operators around the world have engaged in transforming their fossil-fueled vehicles into electric vehicles (EVs). It is essential to build a model for the electrifying...
The emergence of electric vehicles (EVs) has brought specific risks, including the possibility of fires or explosions resulting from mechanical, thermal, or electrical failures, which can lead to thermal runaway (TR). There is a great lack of knowled...
As the power and voltage of electric vehicles increase, the thermal stability of battery components, such as busbars, becomes critical. This study proposes a method for inorganic thermal insulation and insulating coating using alumina–silica hy...
Battery-powered applications are rapidly spreading in handheld, domestic, business and power storage appliances and in propelling a range of electric vehicles. Fast developments of new battery technology sparked an equally fast development of a new a...
Rapid electric-vehicle adoption is reshaping urban energy and mobility systems, especially in multi-unit dwellings (MUDs), where concentrated charging in shared parking areas simultaneously stresses distribution transformers and amplifies the consequ...
Fires caused by electric vehicle (EV) batteries can pose hazardous situations during accidents and during the servicing of critically damaged vehicles. Managing and preventing such fires requires a thorough understanding of the underlying causes and...
Fire accidents in electric vehicles are mainly caused by battery fires, and one of the most effective fire suppression methods is to spray water from the bottom of a vehicle in an upward direction. In this study, analyses and experiments were conduct...
Fire hazard events for road tunnel has correspondingly increased with battery electric vehicle (BEV) penetration rate rising. Compared with conventional internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV), the research on damage degree of road tunnels caused...
Roll-on/Roll-off passenger vessels transporting electric vehicles (Ro-Ro EVs) face unique fire hazards, challenging traditional fire risk management strategies. This study integrates fault tree analysis (FTA) with Fuzzy Bayesian Network (FBN) to asse...
With the rising adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), fire-related issues have garnered significant attention, prompting extensive research efforts. This study investigates the dispersion of toxic gases generated during EV fires in confined spaces, su...
The effort to automate is present across all industries. It has an economic purpose but potential impacts go far beyond economics. Research has been carried out and a lot of investment has been made in automation in a variety of industries, as well a...
As electric vehicle (EV) adoption continues to surge globally, the question of what to do with retired EV batteries looms large. While these batteries may no longer meet the rigorous demands of automotive use, they often retain a significant portion...
In the near future, electric powered vehicles will represent a major part of the road traffic. Accordingly, there will be a natural increase of accidents involving electric vehicles. There are not many cases of such accidents yet and therefore the ex...
This study probes the probabilistic features of major fire hazards in enclosed spaces to establish their importance to the occurrence of fires onboard Ro-ro passenger ships and, in turn, to raise effective operational countermeasures. Distinct from t...
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