Analysis on Fire Accident of Electric Vehicle,
Electric Vehicle,

▍Vietnam MIC Certification

Circular 42/2016/TT-BTTTT stipulated that batteries installed in mobile phones, tablets and notebooks are not allowed to be exported to Vietnam unless  they are subjected to DoC certifctaion since Oct.1,2016. DoC will also be required to provide when applying Type Approval for end products (mobile phones, tablets and notebooks).

MIC released new Circular 04/2018/TT-BTTTT in May,2018 which stipulates that no more IEC 62133:2012 report issued by overseas accredited laboratory is accepted in July 1, 2018. Local test is necessity while applying for ADoC certificate.

▍Testing Standard

QCVN101：2016/BTTTT（refer to IEC 62133：2012)

▍PQIR

The Vietnamese government issued a new decree No. 74/2018 / ND-CP on May 15, 2018 to stipulate that two types of products imported into Vietnam are subject to PQIR (Product Quality Inspection Registration) application when being imported to Vietnam.

Based on this law, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) of Vietnam issued the official document 2305/BTTTT-CVT on July 1, 2018, stipulating that the products under its control (including batteries) must be applied for PQIR when being imported into Vietnam. SDoC shall be submitted to complete the customs clearance process. The official date of entry into force of this regulation is August 10, 2018. PQIR is applicable to a single import to Vietnam, that is, every time an importer imports goods, he shall apply for PQIR (batch inspection) + SDoC.

However, for importers who are urgent to import goods without SDOC, VNTA will temporarily verify PQIR and facilitate customs clearance. But importers need to submit SDoC to VNTA to complete the entire customs clearance process within 15 working days after customs clearance. (VNTA will no longer issue the previous ADOC which is only applicable to Vietnam Local Manufacturers)

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According to data recently released by China’s Ministry of Emergency Management, 640 fire accidents of new energy vehicle were reported in the first quarter of 2022, a 32% increase over the same period last year, with an average of 7 fires per day. The author conducted statistical analysis from the state of some EV fires, and found that the rate of fire in the non-use state, driving state and charging state of EV are not very different from each other, as shown in the following chart. The author will make a simple analysis of the causes of fires in these three states and provide safety design suggestions.
Regardless of what situation causing the battery fire or explodes, the root cause is the short circuit inside or outside the cell, which resulting in thermal runaway of the cell. After the thermal runaway of a single cell, it will eventually lead to the entire pack catching fire if thermal propagation cannot be avoided due to structure design of module or pack. Causes of internal or external short circuit of the cell are (but not limited to): overheating, overcharge, over discharge, mechanical force (crush, shock), circuit aging, metal particles into the cell in production process, etc.