On July 20, the Fire and Rescue Bureau of the Emergency Management Department held a video conference. At the meeting, Cao Qi, deputy director of the Fire and Rescue Bureau of the Emergency Management Department, reported the fire situation of electric vehicles across the country since the beginning of this year, analyzed the fire situation, and studied and adopted effective measures to resolutely curb the frequent occurrence of electric vehicle fires.

There have been 6462 electric vehicle fire accidents across the country this year.

According to the statistics of the Fire and Rescue Bureau, since the beginning of this year, there have been 6462 electric vehicle fire accidents across the country.

From the point of view of the fire site, residential houses, self-built houses and street stores are the places where electric vehicle fires occur frequently.

From the cause of fire, electrical failure and spontaneous combustion are the main causes of electric vehicle fire, accounting for 62.1% and 23.5% of the total electric vehicle fire respectively, while overcharging, single battery failure and electrical circuit short circuit are the root causes of electric vehicle electric fire.

In terms of the month in which electric car fires occurred, electric vehicle fires increased month by month with rising temperatures, reaching 1215 in June, an increase of 56 per cent over January.

Deputy Cao Qi said that all localities should, in the light of local conditions, promote the implementation of full-chain supervision of electric bicycle fire accidents beforehand, during, and after the event, and comprehensively consolidate the responsibilities of all levels and departments.

In advance, we will coordinate the construction and transformation of intelligent charging piles in residential communities, and strengthen the operation and safety supervision of charging facilities. Strengthen the supervision and inspection of electric bicycle sales enterprises and business premises, and rectify illegal refitting problems such as batteries.

During the incident, the investigation results of electric vehicle fire accidents were announced to the public in a timely manner, and the manufacturers, brands, battery models, and retrofitting units of electric vehicles were identified, and the production, sales, and modification units were forced to implement their fire safety responsibilities. improve the essential safety level from the source. Establish a cooperation mechanism with market supervision, public security, industry and credit departments to achieve common governance.

Afterwards, we should strictly investigate the responsibility for the fire accident in accordance with the rules and regulations, make good use of criminal and administrative means, investigate the responsibility of the accident units and related personnel, and carry out reverse investigation from the aspects of production, sales, modification and use, so as to force the implementation of the responsibility.

Cao Qi also demanded that we should give full play to the propaganda and guidance of the news media and the role of supervision by public opinion, focus on exposing enterprises that produce, sell, and refit electric vehicles in violation of laws and regulations, and vigorously publicize the harmfulness of illegal modification, parking, and charging. We should strengthen warning education, educate the masses with painful cases, raise their awareness of the legal system and risks, consciously resist modification, report modification, and share safety.

The Battery Network noted that according to the documents previously issued by the emergency management department on the regulations on Fire Safety Management of High-rise Civil buildings, non-profit units and individuals park their electric bicycles or charge in the evacuation walkways and stairwells of high-rise residential buildings. up to a fine of 10,000 yuan, which will come into effect on August 1, 2021.

Improvement of market penetration of lithium electric two-wheeler

Behind the high incidence of fire accidents is the rapid increase in the market demand and ownership of electric bicycles in China.

There are 223000 enterprises related to electric bicycles in China, according to the data released by the company on February 1. In the ten years since 2011, the registration of electric bicycle enterprises has increased year by year. The number of registrations of related enterprises reached the highest point in number and growth in 2020, with a total of 51600 new registrations for the whole year, an increase of 83 per cent over the same period last year.

According to the latest data released by the Consumer goods Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, from January to May this year, among the main products of the national bicycle manufacturing industry, the output of electric bicycles was 12.611 million, an increase of 42.0 percent over the same period last year, and the business revenue of electric bicycles was 41.24 billion yuan, an increase of 39.6 percent over the same period last year. Profits totaled 1.21 billion yuan, down 17.0% from the

According to the "White Paper on the Development of China's Electric two-wheeled vehicle Industry (2021)" released by EVTank and Ivy Economic Research Institute and China Battery Industry Research Institute, the total production of electric two-wheeled vehicles in China was 48.34 million in 2020, an increase of about 27.2% over the same period last year, and the cumulative social ownership has reached 340 million. Among them, in 2020, China's production of lithium electric two-wheeled vehicles reached 11.36 million, with an overall penetration rate of 23.5%, an increase of 84.7% over the same period last year. EVTank expects the market penetration of the entire lithium electric two-wheeler to be close to 60 per cent by 2025.

Statistics from the white paper also show that shipments of lithium-ion batteries for electric two-wheeled vehicles in China reached 10.7 GWH in 2020, an increase of 91.1% over the same period last year. It is estimated that by 2025, the demand for lithium-ion batteries for electric two-wheeled vehicles will reach 45.9Gwh.

It is worth noting that in 2019, the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the General Administration of Market Supervision jointly issued the Circular on further strengthening the Fire Safety Management of Electric Bicycles. It is proposed to strengthen the safety control of two-wheeled electric bicycles to prevent the occurrence of fire. Since then, the electricity exchange market for two-wheeled vehicles has developed rapidly.

At present, the two-wheeled vehicle power exchange market is still in the early stage of development, and the market scale is relatively small. In 2020, the scale of China's two-wheeler power exchange market is about 16.18 billion yuan. EVTank predicts that with the improvement of power exchange service penetration and the growth of power exchange users, the scale of China's two-wheeler exchange market is expected to exceed 100 billion in 2025, becoming the new "blue ocean market".

EVTank also predicts that the demand for lithium-ion batteries for two-wheeled vehicles will reach 10.9 GWH by 2025, of which the demand for lithium-ion batteries at the C terminal of To will reach 7.1 GWH, accounting for more than 65%.

Conclusion: the number of electric vehicle market is increasing rapidly, and the application of lithium battery is also accelerating, but to support the high growth of electric vehicle market for a long time, safety is always the top priority. We need all parties to make concerted efforts: the policy side should strengthen industry regulation and supervision, the enterprise side should also improve the product safety quality, and the consumer side should also improve the safety protection and safe use awareness.