How Safe is Tesla?
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Safety concerns arose following the "Shanghai Tesla Spontaneous Combustion Incident" on April 21, 2019, which sparked widespread attention. In response, the automotive section of Economic Daily - China Economic Network published a series of four articles, raising continuous questions about the incident's on-site conditions, the relationship between batteries, range, and spontaneous combustion, when an official explanation would be provided, and issues regarding insurance compensation. Below is more related information: Differences in batteries: Commercial vehicle batteries and passenger car batteries follow different technological paths. Currently, pure electric commercial vehicles use lithium iron phosphate batteries, while passenger car products, to meet users' demands for high speed and strong endurance, mostly opt for ternary material batteries. The battery configuration leans more towards the pursuit of high energy and high density, which to some extent increases safety risks. There is currently no official industry report that can definitively state that lithium iron phosphate batteries are safer than ternary batteries. This is mainly because, at this stage, both domestically and internationally, the number of new energy commercial vehicles is insufficient to form the data volume required for such reports. The "safe" impression that lithium iron phosphate batteries currently give to the industry stems from the absence of such accidents, and it is still too early to conclude which type of battery is safer.
