BYD's Blade Battery is Catching Fire all over China! 

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Let us set this straight. Being critical of the CCP does not equate to hating Chinese people.

Serpentza doesn't seem to understand the new auto-BBQ ignition system is a feature and not a bug. The car is so luxurious that one of it's many exclusive features is the ability to cook your dinner while you drive. Some people just don't understand what it means to live the good life.

BYD is a major seller of electric buses to American transit systems and is also bidding on the Sepulveda Pass project In Los Angeles. The company was caught bribing California officials.

- I live dangerously, I like to skydive and swim with sharks. You? - I own a BYD -Dannnnnnnng

This year the Chinese ev market will experience explosive growth in the markets.

I worked in a assembly line for 18 wheelers and we once got a giant order from China of bolts instead Of Mexico or Canada where we’d normally get them I was a parts quality manger my god I rejected every single box just on spider fractures. I was amazed that anybody would try to send that off as a product

Watcher from Sweden here, just watched your video whilst on my phone. Just got a BYD commercial on RU-vid during the video, never ever seen one before here in Sweden. The irony of the seeing their cars on fire in your video made me laugh. Thank you for your videos!

That's strange I was told blade batteries was one of the safest batteries made.

BYD = Buying your Disaster

It's not cutting edge, it's cutting corners.. lol.. That's why it failed.

Thanks for your comments - I will be ordering my Atto 3 on Saturday

I live in China and pay attention to BYD's spontaneous combustion accidents. I can seriously tell you that there have been at least more than 200 spontaneous combustion accidents in BYD in the past year.

I won't lie. I recently purchased a BYD Atto 3. It hasn't burnt down. I charge it outside the house so if it catches fire it's less likely to burn down my house. However, after your last video I did up the agreed value on my insurance policy so I'll make a little money if the thing burns to the ground. So far so good though.

I heard a firefighter say that he has seen an EV dunked in water for 30 days and it caught fire two more times after it was submerged. Those fires are incredibly dangerous.

2:49 I have to say I had a pretty bad crash a few years ago in a Toyota Aygo and the airbags did not deploy either, but the assessor told me the car worked exactly like intended... the frame and some parts took most of the impact it almost acted like a crush core in the landing legs of a falcon 9... and he also told me the car knew the injuries from the airbag would have been greater than the injuries if it didnt deploy (the car has sensors to determine if the airbag should deploy in a fraction of a second) and it was actually right... I had minor bruises where the seat belt held me in place and my neck hurt a little but I was fine, same for the passenger... but the car looked even worse than the car shown here... I dont want to defend against the point you are trying to make here in general, but to be fair I dont think this airbag in the video malfunctioned... Would be interesting to see what injuries the passengers suffered...

Your video was the final reason I just needed to buy an Atto 3. Thank you

Byd ! Aka “Burn your Dreams”

my immediate guess of what BYD stands for was something along the lines of Bring Your Own Bodybag, or Bring Your Deathcasket in this case

It only needed one electric car to destroy a whole ship loaded with expenses cars. Imagine what it could do to your home and family.

Hi! Love your video - especially the "quirks and features" dig at 3:12! I just watched this after watching your last one about EVs and it's great! I've seen SO MANY BYD Atto cars around of late that I bought into the BYD hype, but you're right - I've never seen one on fire until I watched your video, they do a great job of covering up these videos. It's funny, because there a lots of videos of burning Teslas on Twitter. The only BYD issues I've seen discussed is how expensive the batteries are to replace. Like, people crash them, they need a new battery and the car is pretty much written off because replacing the battery would cost so much. I'll keep a keen eye on whether BYD fires make it into the news, especially now they are being sold outside of China quite a lot now. Glad you mentioned the bogus BYD sales figures at 6:38 - if you check out another channel called China Observer, they found footage of all the unsold BYD cars hidden on the upper floors of an unused building. It's crazy!

I am in Australia and I seeing a lot of them, I will never park my ice car next to one. Cheers for the info brother.

Thanks for another video. It's interesting to note that Berkshire Hathaway have sold a large majority of their stock in BYD. I believe they have kept much of what they have purchased in 2008 (it was a cheap stock back then) but old uncle Warren B is not stupid and got most of his stake out before the stock tanks.

They’re selling like water in Brazil and until now there’s NOTHING happening. And here that would be news. Strange, isn’t it?

Researchers from insurance deal site Auto Insurance EZ compiled sales and accident data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the National Transportation Safety Board. The site found that hybrid vehicles had the most fires per 100,000 sales at 3474.5. There were 1529.9 fires per 100k for gas vehicles and just 25.1 fires per 100k sales for electric vehicles.

I live in Australia. I went shopping last week and the only parking spot was between two BYD EVs. I thought carefully about parking my car there and then thought "HELL NO"! I would rather walk a few hundred meters.

What a coincidence! I am literally writing a project about the EV market, focusing on both BYD and Tesla. I was in charge of talking about BYD's blade battery, and I praised it thinking it was an innovation. now your video shows up, and I am not entirely sure if I want to delete my part or add on top of it. Maybe I will just stick to it, my professor wouldn't notice... 😅😅

One person CAN make a difference.. inspirational!Thanks for your hard work mate you’ve got support in Aus 🇦🇺 referring to all your videos not just this one, stellar work Thankyou

Certainly will not buy one after seeing a similar report a few weeks ago. Thanks for the report. An eye opener. Another problem I saw was flooding. These cars are short circuiting when flooded raising other issues. As a retired electrical engineer, I know what a 600 volt or more can do. Highly dangerous. This can apply to many manufacturers.

I can understand using a Chinese-made pencil, but driving a Chinese-made car must be a joke with life! You did a really great job, thanks a lot for sharing！👍😄👏

You are a genius! 20 years living in China and so glad to see you spilling the beans on the CCP. Love your work!

I saw my first BYD on the road. It was an Atto 3. We have a dealer in town but never seen the cars move and they are covered in spiderwebs.

The barely visible footage @6:14 of burning BYD in the back of the BYD advert is the best thing I've seen this week lol

My boss's wife is Chinese and is proud that she is the superior Han variety. I pissed her off when I purposely asked her if she ever visited the COUNTRY of Taiwan. She tried to "educate" me that it is a province, not a country...LOL

Those firefighters should know better. Electric vehicles typically use lithium ion batteries since they're the most efficient we have. Lithium starts on fire and can explode when exposed to water, so you're not supposed to use water to extinguish lithium battery fires.

I think the most terrible scenario would be EV fires underground. Nowadays, EVs are parked even 2 to 3 floors below ground level in overcrowded areas of East Asia. It can be difficult for firefighters to reach these places. Do you have any media sources in China about this issue?

They seem to give off a lot of emissions when burning. They can't be classed as green then.

absolutely loved the flames in the background of the BYD driving lol

But the problem is that these cars somehow get 5 star Euro NCAP ratings

My close Chinese friend and his own friends and relatives are from Tianjin ....They all despise the CCPand most if not all of their extended friends and relatives think and feel the same ... Many FOLKS IN Mainland CHINA behind the iron curtain/ under the iron fist all love and support your channel

I'd never heard of a BYD before your previous video, and now I'll never get in one of those death traps

It's a feature. In the settings there is Protest mode where the vehicle self-immolates.

BYD has been available in Australia for a while now. So if China are burying quality issues on these cars the problem should start becoming quite evidence over the coming year or so. Lots of Atto 3s driving around now.

In Israel, Chinese EVs are rapidly taking over the market, and for example BYD has the top selling model this year, (among all car types, not just among EV,). I hope their quality control is better on their export models...

I have been expecting videos like this to appear, but thought they would come on EV enthusiasts' channels first.

I watch Japanese news channels, and at least once a week there's a story about something big exploding in China. This will make it even worse 😂

All batteries are a fire hazard, this is a design flaw. It does not depend on the manufacturer.

Thank you so much for bringing out videos like these. Here in Europe I see way too many positive news articles these weeks on how we'll all soon drive Xpeng and BYD and how the Chinese car brands will be the one we'll see most on the roads coming years blabla. I work in the automotive industry and I speak to a lot of people in front and behind the curtains of different EV brands from all over the world, and I warn people of these Chinese brands and how those articles are likely paid for by the wrong kind of source to make China money at the cost of regular people's safety and lives. I urge them to find your videos and do a bit more deep diving, nót to go out and buy a Chinese EV if they can.

Man, I knew electric cars were hot, but I didn't realize they were THIS hot.

Why do Boeing's planes always have problems, but they can still be sold?

Other countries need to step up to China and do something about the crazy environmental destruction they are doing in the name of getting richer.

Glad you are spreading awareness about this, its wild how fragile blade batteries can be

BYDs are now available in Malaysia, but with your videos, I will have second thoughts.

about the white crashed car: no airbags will deploy if the car drives slow or is stationary. the airbags deployment speed has to be 15 to 25 mph, depends on the brand...

Berkshire Hathaway is a major shareholder of BYD - they have a history of cutting corners

I love how Winston went from living in and loving China, to living in the US and dedicating part of his life to dismantle the CCP web of lies. Really shows you how insidious it is. Keep up the fight sir!

老哥你这题材相当可以，比很多中文youtuber做得好。

I have a brand new Jeep compass….rental… my driver assist tried to kill me as it slammed on the brakes as I was going 70 mph on the highway. I haven’t turned it on since. There was nothing in front of me or behind me. Thank god.

I'm an electrical engineer, and if you ask any of us you'll get the same response regarding lithium battery cells: *NEVER trust Chinese lithium* - always buy reputable cells made by a company like LG or Samsung.

Carwow’s mat watson was absolutely raving about BYD cars in his latest video at an auto show in China 😂

The BYD's electric cars are on fire on the market in China! Their cars exploded in popularity across the whole nation!

not to mention all the toxic smoke and fumes from the batteries - that stuff is as dangerous as the fires, if not more so - and what are the long term effects from exposure to them? not going to hear about that

Beijing Institute of Technology said that with the popularity of low-cost electric vehicles, fires will be a dangerous factor that cannot be underestimated for electric vehicles.

i got a byd commercial in front of this video 😂

I've been cautiously interested in BYD possibly coming to the western consumer car market. I was very well aware that any issues in China were being censored to increase their chances of selling well over here, so we wouldn't really know their quality until they get here. Lets just say that if I see one in the parking lot I'm going to give it a lot of space lol

wow, It found there was a 0.0012% chance of a passenger electric vehicle battery catching fire, compared with a 0.1% chance for internal combustion engine cars.

Cheers Sir! I am happy to be back!!!

It seems that these fires all start inside car or in the front of car. Not from batteries.

Looking forward to the first BYD car battery fire in Australia. Perhaps our general absence of ultra fast charging services and associated battery overheating is keeping them safe to date. However the rust issue is now well known. BYD e-buses are now quite common, but also no fires as yet.

Bad construction? Guaranteed!

Is there an exhaustive worldwide study about lithium battery fires?

Thank you for providing this information. It has obviously been suppressed.

@serpentza: Did you hear that BYD has a new model coming out this year? It's called the Firebird!

worst thing is, I seen these BYD in the Netherlands.. luckily not many yet but it is really concerning especially few times you have mentioned it, and seeing messages on twitter too... cheap out as much as you can, all to fill the war machine

Thanks! And yes, we often hear about Teslas burnings. Personally i hope that the military looks like these cars there in action.

Naming your Car "Han" is like BMW naming their car "Aryan" or Fiat naming their car "Veni Vidi Vici"

Did you know that in America it’s 25 EV fires per 100’000 vehicles compared to over 1250 per 100’000 of Internal combustion engines cars? Nothing is safer on four wheels.

Here in New Zealand BYD is taking off, however due to an unstated problem the new cars were held in storage and containers of replacement battery packs arrived and were changed over.

These cars will cause massive problems in the future. Imagine one of those EV's catching fire in a tunnel full of traffic, or on car ferries full of people. There are many more examples.

From what I had seen most of the Tesla fires in the US were due to metal debris punching a hole through the underside shield plate that protects the batteries. In china I assumed any Tesla fires were due to the cars getting obliterated by bad drivers at super high speeds.

Hi Winston, good you double down on the BYD case, it must be shown. A few words from a guy being in BEV business for a quarter of a century: You can get the Han as BEV and as plug-in hybrid, the majority is sold as PHEVs (keep in mind, people name hybrids very often battery vehicles, thus even journalists are confused). The shown BYD SUVs too, most likely are hybrids - this is why: Hybrids a more prone to catching fire by far than anything else on four wheels - a highly stressed battery next to a fuel tank is not an ideal combination. Followed by ICE cars (gasoline & Diesel), with the real BEVs catching much less often fire. The drawback: if a car with a medium to large Lithium-Ion battery (thus HEVs/PHEVs and BEVs) catches fire it is a challenge to stopping the fire. Certain battery variants are even trickier to stop due to re-igniting characteristics. Here we talk about ternary battery types, only. As long as there is no certainty about which model and variant BYD was on fire, it is tricky to point fingers towards the BYD blade battery, which is based on my information as safe as it is marketed for. Based on the footage, most of these cars were hybrids and they do not have the blade battery. You need to dig deeper resp. verify sources, I guess. BTW: Tesla uses BYD blades and these cars are known for the best battery safety ratings among Tesla cars. However, even the safest battery can be driven to fire and explosion - if the engineering and production of the managing electronic is bad. Which happens quite often on electric ships and boats since the responsible engineers and manufacturers have little clue about battery tech and design stuff they should not. And this is all kept quiet, too - since it is about the riches among the rich and they dislike such publicity. Regarding inflated registrations: so-called “one-day-registrations” are very much common in the automotive business, globally, and with most car manufacturers. Here where I live, in Stuttgart next to the HQ and factories of Mercedes, we see such happening on a monthly base. It is more the question how many of these cars end up being stored away and which finally are sold. In the USA, as of today with slowing sales, new car dealers have major troubles getting all the cars allocated to their dealerships and have to park somewhere. In Europe, we see a quick increase of “one-day-registrations”, too - all this indicating a bubble building up, but this bubble includes ICE and PHEVs/HEVs only - most BEVs are in high demand. In fact, I observe first US dealers going out of business, as we speak. And based on the information of my sources there are at least two airfields in the US where unsold cars are stored away. Is this any good? Now. Is this common? Oh, yes! Will we see small Chinese manufacturers going out of business because of this? Most likely. Cheers Nicolas

I've been in the automotive industry since 2011. It is not easy to build a machine that doesn't kill its occupants. We've had norms and standards for ages. Those are neither easy to learn, not cheap to obtain. I am pretty sure Chinese producers cut on those safety features.

China aside. I live in Poland, and they want us to buy EVs - period. Even though 80% of our electricity is made out of fossil fuels/coal. Even though Polish citizen makes around 36K PLN, the cheapest EV available on polish soil is (I believe) Dacia Spring - which costs (strats from) 106K PLN. So you'd have to somehow save 3 years worth of income, without spending a penny, and still drive a car that is polluting (80% of electricity out of coal etc.), and I'd be scared parking it at my place - not to mention drive it. Another thing - pollution wise - my car actually caught on fire once in its lifetime. Aaaaaaand... I AM STILL DRIVING IT! It needed new throttle body, set of injectors and respray of the bonnet/hood. All combined came up to about 5% of cars value. EV catching on fire? 1. You might not escape it, 2. It's gone completely. 3. It pollutes a s**t ton of - I am sure - very HEALTHY gas into the atmosphere. Don't get me wrong - I'm all in on being environment friendly - but not at such risk and cost. Why not going hybrid or hydrogen? AND WHEN WILL YOU BAN PRIVATE JETS for Tay Tay and other millionaires?

On the surface, gasoline-powered cars do catch fire as well. However, most of those cases are years-old cars that have cracked or leaking fuel lines or electrical faults that didn't get repaired - it almost Never happens with newer cars or those still under warranty.

Imagine you sit in your car and a fire starts at your seat belt clip. Can't get away due to wearing the seat belt, can't undo the seat belt due to the fire. What a horror story!

Maybe they use ECE, external combustion engine in those cars.

Thank you!

It's like being in an action movie where cars turn into bombs at the slightest provocation.

Making those batteries safe is a highly elaborate process, as the slightest contamination can short out the battery and release all of its anergy at once. Samsung had to learn that hard lesson with a phone series once. But China also had a series of exploding hydraulic office chairs once, so you would know what to expect of their quality. I highly doubt those cars would get a street license in my country. (At least I hope so.)

Ah come on, absoutley an unfair attack on an amazing car brand

New selling numbers say BYD is now the biggest E-Car Company, selling more cars than VW and Tesla!?!

"These are certainly not quirks and features that in interested in" That burn is hotter than BYD batteries

Shouldn't the Chinese FD be using Class D (Dry Powder) Fire Extinguishers for lithium battery fires? What is that they are using?

Before i knew byd when i went to colombia in mid 2000 there was an uproar about Chinese cars and truck being sold. After multiple mild rear end crashes in taxis killed or left paralyzed the rear passengers and trucks having their cabins crushed in mild accidents as well.

the crazy thing is that this is new cars and as the battery ages the probability of catching fire will grow. So much for no emissions and you need a fire proof suit to go with the car.

This is absolutely crazy. Those cars are death traps. I have a hard time understanding how anyone could want to drive one.

"There are no faults in Be Ya De" That one lady from Avatar, probably.

Like any new coming product or brand, I'll wait to see how the early adopters are faring. 3-5 years usually. Why? Because the stakes are too high, i.e., safety of my loved ones, high investment cost, environment.

Every day, without fail, I give thanks to the universe that I was not born in China.

i like your setup, keep the videos coming man you are like MUST WATCH TV