Electric vehicles from Chinese car maker BJEV are catching fire

By Accident, EV, AUTO

Electric vehicles from Chinese car maker BJEV are catching fire

So far in 2019, there have been least three incidents of electric minivans of the same model catching fire while charging, with the latest incident happening last week in Shenzhen,

news outlet National Business Daily (link in Chinese) reported yesterday (March 18).

The vehicles in question are the Beiqi Weiwang 407EV, manufactured by BJEV (paywall), an EV maker linked to state-owned manufacturer BAIC, a staffer at the Shenzhen Electric Vehicle Application and Promotion Center confirmed to Quartz.

Quartz

https://qz.com/1575817/electric-vehicles-from-chinese-car-maker-bjev-are-catching-fire/

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