Businesses in the Chinese province of Zhejiang have reportedly started banning electric vehicles (EVs) from their underground carparks amidst concerns over spontaneous combustion. According to Radio Free Asia , a five-star hotel in Hangzhou and another in Xiaoshan have implemented bans. The security manager of a five-star hotel in Hangzhou told local media “based on the characteristics of electric vehicle fires and our hotel’s firefighting capabilities, we think it safer not to allow them into the underground garage”.
This hotel banned EVs from its basement parking earlier this month, with signs at the carpark’s entrance pointing EV drivers to “reserved wide parking spaces” outside. 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal.
Browse now . The hotel cited recent incidents involving fires caused by EVs. One such incident occurred on August 19, when a fire began in the basement car park of a building in Guangzhou, reportedly caused by thermal runaway of an EV battery.
Three cars and “several electric bicycles” were involved before firefighters were able contain the fire. Local news reports have suggested there have been at least 11 cases of spontaneous EV combustion in the province’s capital, Hangzhou, from April 30 to May 4. A mechanic in Hangzhou told Radio Free Asia people were concerned over EV safety after seeing videos online involving vehicle fires.
“We’ve seen so many cases of.