For those of you that have experience dealing with lithium strips, you will know how volatile the material is. Once it catches fire, there is no subduing the fire, it burns until everything is burned out.

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

Yes, they chemical reaction creates its own oxygen. It's crazy

there are more cases of ice car fire , its just less publicised . you can search the stat on this . the only thing concerns me only resale value due to battery degradation.

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

ICE car fire stats are lumps together in 1 big basket to make it looks big in %. Just like how the mainstream media said about the wage gap.

Those fume is extremely toxic if the fire was coming from the lithium ion battery. The bystanders were standing too close watching and taking video, oblivious to the hazard. While our government is pushing hard for EV adoption, it should also educate the public on the associated risk.

@chestercheng75

4 ай бұрын

Yes, those are very often not highlighted in our Malaysian media and public

Charging at home and might burnt down the house too. Nightmare

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

That's the worst part. If burned at public charging, at least family is safe and house intact.

@dsigner

5 ай бұрын

like charging phone and leave it overnight. remember those days? a lot of burnt phone cases

Even in an established ev charging station country like usa n china, search compilation fight/issue when finding ev station. Still not feasible

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

Yes, it will take another 1-2 more decades at minimum

@Pearl-hs4zh

5 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75 so much dramas at charging station

EV still not proven yet ! Don’t take the risk.

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

Have to wait until battery technologies to mature

Tom Jones and the Cardigans - *Burning Down the House* 🤣

@chestercheng75

4 ай бұрын

Kind of scary if caught fire at home

Hi. What’s yr opinion on X545e as compared to X540e? Worth upgrading?

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

So far, I have not seen any BMW X5 PHEV caught fire to date. In terms of 45e a better upgrade, yes certainly

@wwy7874

5 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75 look forward to your review of the 45e 😊

My name is Mr Wang Peen. I'm also Malaysian. Thank you for sharing. I'm also too heavy recently from makan too much teh tarik. I'm exceeded 160kg heavy. What car do you recommend for my size?

@Zeez-or5zp

4 ай бұрын

A hummer

@user-jl2wd1it8h

4 ай бұрын

@@Zeez-or5zp Good idea! Thank you boss!

@chestercheng75

4 ай бұрын

Or BMW X7

@user-jl2wd1it8h

4 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75 So expensive. But nice car.

ICE car if caught fire usually do not make explosion. And people can try extinguish it. But for EV, the hazard is much higher for common people to try to extinguish it. So yes the risk is higher. The long trip is more trchnical as you need more plannings. Also I would not be happy to park my car next to an EV. I drive hybrid and is really very happy. 1 full tank from KL to JB, run around 3 days 2 nights and return KL in 1 tank about 830km, with still 140km range left.

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

The battery also releases cocktail of extremely toxic to the environment and cause serious poisoning if inhale.

@HotRod16

5 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75 It is already toxic when gathering material to make the batteries. If anyone say own EV for sake of better environment, that was a joke. Unless we get clean energy from sun, wind, nuke and Hydro.

But a BYD. Less chances of fire due to it's foolproof technology. Mercedes and other continental cars buy their batteries from Samsung, which is a no no.

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

Bro, Mecedes Benz source their EV batteries from CATL which is a China company

@DS87

5 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75 but it isn't BYD's battery. so... apples and oranges.

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

@@DS87 It's still a lithium-ion battery that's plague with the same flaws

@pbxn-3rdx-85percent

4 ай бұрын

BYD? Burn Your Drive? 🤣

EV always had a tendency to catch on fire when overheat.. Whether you driving it or charging the battery. The battery always getting hot. Heat+lithium= huge fire and possibly explosion..

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

Not to mention a single puncture or scratch at the undercarriage that might cause combustion too

EV still not stable, imagine so much litium battery on it...when it caught on fire or explode...is crazy, everything is electric, and u cant open door or window....that is self suicide

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

EV batteries in my honest opinion still needs a long time more. Too much automation, I don't like the electronics button to open doors and handbrake specifically.

My opinion is that a Hybrid or a PHEV is the more sensible choice now. Full EV is a no no to me since it prevents me from travelling to northern states like Penang and JB due to long charge time issues.

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

Ya, range is a major headache especially Malaysia is lacking public charging station.

@dsigner

5 ай бұрын

phev can choose to use ev or both. use ev when in town, use petrol when long distance.

@kimsoon80

5 ай бұрын

Agree with you@@dsigner

@daengzool6023

5 ай бұрын

Imagine going back for Raya, CNY, Divali, Krismas, school holidays, caught in a jam going to Cameron Highlands?

@dsigner

5 ай бұрын

@@daengzool6023 if phev can use petrol. if hybrid also use petrol like in honda. petrol is for the generator only. no need to charge.

Chinese EV more advanced in battery technology .German way behind

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

But Mercedes-Benz uses Chinese batteries

@wongrudy1318

5 ай бұрын

EQB don't use Chinese battery

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

@@wongrudy1318 Mecedes Benz source their EV batteries from CATL which is a China company

Our battery technology is still the bottleneck to EV innovation.

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

I'll wait till solid state battery officially release before I venture to EV. Not sure about everyone

@pbxn-3rdx-85percent

4 ай бұрын

correction. It's EV *immolation* . 🤣

Stop speculating and generalising EV cars are prone to fire, you have a PHEV which also has a big battery which could also be subsequently a fire hazard by your definition. Let's wait for Mercedes Germany's forensic and Bomba forensic team team to confirm what has happened, before we sell misinformation for likes and views.

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

Not speculating but stating the obvious. As a Lithium-ion battery owner, I've shared real-life reasoning of owning one. See my other videos too. Apologies if this offended you. I just thought this will only hurts big car companies' ego since it's shinning a light to fellow consumers.

@Rndmaniacs

5 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75 I am not hurt just staying don't speculate, and have owned a competitor PHEV to MB, which was faultless for 5 years of ownership . Like another member mentioned battery / EV fires are actually less common than ICE ones but it's a numbers game and there are fewer HEV, PHEV and BEV cars than ICE cars. Also this car owned by someone known to me. Even they are giving the relevant parties more grace to find out what went wrong, which is more than what social media is doing. It could be the cars cooling , it could be the battery or even the DC charger, but that is for the experts to decide. MB is flying down a team from 🇩🇪 to come investigate, so they have been supportive so far.

Divert my decision to buy one

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

Just wait until the tech gets more mature 1st

M. Brand EV car not to buy

cheap car