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[@serpentza]

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[@newtypeuc0079]

You need to exercise . You gain weight :(

[@jordancambridge4106]

The BYD is the literal exact copy of the Tesla vehicles. All electric cars have these failures.

[@Stargate101]

@@jordancambridge4106 Well the blade battery tech was stolen from Israel labs.

[@KPC-123]

I'd love to learn why you see 'Hybrids' as being the better choice for the environment than 'EVs'. Is it related to the mining practices around the rare metals?

[@Stargate101]

@@KPC-123 I personally think Hybrid and Hydrogen would be better cars. But since CCP state controlled companies are so poor in safety standards. That they would have tons of leaks and maybe half the of world's (water's) Hydrogen floats into space. It is lighter than air. Almost no ozone layer to stop it.

[@johnxina987]

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

[@derek8564]

well, its the CCP + the citizens that ALSO follow and do the CCP's bidding.

[@BoycottChinaa]

You hate the Chinese people if you support the mafia see see pee, John!

[@yenpham-jb4wo]

Let me set this straight. I hate them both

[@fluttzkrieg4392]

@Derek You think the citizens got any say in the matter?

[@derek8564]

@@fluttzkrieg4392 There is going along with the CCP and going above and beyond to spread their message.

[@BethelAbba]

BYD = Buying your Disaster

[@oliveelephant]

Burn Your Dollars

[@GMDAzure]

BYD = Bringing Your Demise

[@sueyuyu3654]

Be your death.

[@mesoanto1031]

Burn you dinner

[@tbyte007]

Le me be the child here. Burn your di... 😁

[@SpaceOddity4214]

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

[@david9192]

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

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

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.

[@anonimato1987]

Ahhh, I can tell by that mindset that you're a software developer

[@dongshengdi773]

​@@anonimato1987 this is Not catching fire 🔥. It's a camouflage feature of the new BYD electric vehicles

[@CerealforProtein]

You are dinner

[@dodieodie498]

Maybe it's a safety feature. Flames kill COVID.

[@fhendrych]

*cook you into dinner

[@TheWebstaff]

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

[@Roads_of_Europe]

With the emphasis on "explosive"

[@BoycottChinaa]

“self immolated itself " 😄

[@pranc236]

And on the streets.

[@SoloRenegade]

very explosive

[@prot07ype87]

So explosive, it would make Megumin proud.

[@dennistaylor3009]

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.

[@louislui4833]

,that liad was shipped from Germany😂😅

[@KarloKunze]

The fire was not caused by an electric car. Educate yourself.

[@KarloKunze]

@@JerreMuesli What an incredibly stupid thing to say.

[@karancarnwright4312]

Yes, its already happening ,the ships that r transporting these high dollar EV cars catching on fire!!

[@jan22150]

​@KarloKunze there were 500 EV on board the ship, transporting those cars from Germany and caught fire in the waters of the Netherlands.

[@user-xv9jr4hm1q]

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.

[@user-tm4ch5ev1f]

But they have sold five million cars.

[@user-xv9jr4hm1q]

@@user-tm4ch5ev1f There are a lot of taxi orders, and there is a lot of inventory that secondary dealers are forced to have. The actual number of cars on the road is far below 5 million.

[@user-ie2xp2pi4n]

​@@user-xv9jr4hm1q Then where are those millions of cars finally? That cannot always stays in the garage of dealers. There must be balance between in and out finally. Besides, taxi is not a car? One taxi works 50 times frequently than one ordinaryl car.

[@seanjin5532]

How does customers feel about BYD brand when knowing so much burn up cars are produced by BYD? For me, i will never buy BYD car after watching these video@@user-ie2xp2pi4n

[@user-xv9jr4hm1q]

@@user-ie2xp2pi4n There are a large number of parking lots and unfinished buildings with a huge number of inventory cars. The reason why there are many taxis is simple, because you don't need too much mechanical quality and you can use very cheap materials.

[@Thatninetykid]

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

[@melvinch]

As a Chinese who used to work in two China IT companies, I can confidently tell you the concept of QC is non-existent in that fucked-up cuntry.

[@darrenneven8533]

My former tight ass boss used to buy , at the very least dodgy or non compliant stuff from China by the container load. My job was to make them straight and square. What are these things? TRAFFIC LIGHTS. Be aware out there❤️🙏

[@sabrekai8706]

I trust you shipped them back and they gave you your money back, right? Honest businesses always do.

[@randomsandwichian]

Ask for massive refunds, but no returns so that you can melt them up as scrap metal

[@nunyabisnass1141]

​​@@darrenneven8533 I bought a a Chinese lab power supply. Don't get me wrong it works exactly as advertised, which of coarse means they didn't advertise any over current protection either. That's a lretty standard feature on that type of equipment to the point where you wouldn't think to you'd need to look for it. To be clear your averafe purpose built chargers don't have much in the way of current protection either because they factor in the impedences of the device you are charging, but a general purpose power supply will just dump as much current as the circuit will let it, detonating whatever you power it up with, or maube causing a fire.

[@user-ts1cc1jd6b]

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

[@JDMLOVER86]

How is it going? It's been 8 months, is the car good?

[@ichwillzaster]

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...

[@SFKelvin]

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.

[@andk9640]

That’s why Berkshire Hathaway sold 100% of their shares quietly and slowly so they didn’t lose money.

[@darkevilazn]

Oh god, I guess I'll be seeing exploding busses sometime soon. This is why I hate the US bidding system when it comes to public works. They always go with the lowest bidder, but you can never take into account the quality of the products when doing so, which well, leads to situations where you get crappy shit that doesn't last long. And they ALWAYS choose the crappy shit, because you are required by law to get the cheapest bidder. And once you are locked in the contract, you can't get out it, and especially if the problems will only be found out later. I'm a government worker in the Finance department, so I know how stupid and crappy the services are since they always make us get the cheap shit.

[@hijous]

dang

[@user-ng2nt7dg3w]

Electric buses manufactured by BYD are exported to 50 countries and 300 cities including Germany, Denmark, Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Hungary, Sweden, India, and the United Kingdom

[@samholdsworth420]

Only homeless use public transportation in socal 😂

[@JustCmonSense]

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

[@patrickfle9172]

Jup, the corners are there for good reasons

[@absentmindedjwc]

Yeah, this isn't so much an EV issue as much of a China EV issue and evidence of typical corner-cutting.

[@ronnelacido1711]

But... but China passport is the most powerful in the world😜🤣😂

[@zacksmith5963]

Nope . No data proof U can watch video on every car

[@zz-ww6fv]

If you can't compete with byd, you start to slander this enterprise. Poor boy, I will support byd.

[@rossettivictor]

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

[@tashiyann3262]

In Sweden and some European countries, every single transport bus is BYD you want to say that they are doing suicide past 3 years??

[@fredrikgustafsson8]

Billigt skit... i Sverige är det bara spara pengar....

[@fffUUUUUU]

So you can't tell the difference between EV and gas buses, huh? Mental health problem?

[@truthful3777]

​@@fffUUUUUUYou lived in a museum??? Buses nowadys are electric

[@kungfury6410]

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.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

evs are usually left to burn out themselves to charred metal when they catch fire, it takes too much water to put lithium fires out

[@manoz6194]

@@fidelcatsro6948 I would have thought there would have been some kind of special chemical invented to put out battery fires.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

@@manoz6194 I don't think such chemical exist yet

[@GameC3nt]

lol cover it with cement water🤣

[@tokul76]

That firefighter should do basic training on fire classes and why class d fire is not extinguished with water. Or maybe he was trying to explain to you why metal fires are dealt with in different way.

[@pabis6817]

Byd ! Aka “Burn your Dreams”

[@Rekhan4242]

Burn your... Deathtrap Destruction Doom

[@rickcrickc1017]

Or....Burn You (to) Death

[@prot07ype87]

Burn your driver.

[@twystedhumour]

Yes! I was looking for this comment!! 🤣💕

[@metoosmath]

I just talked to byd in my town which is in New Zealand. They have never heard of any byd catching fire ever. Mmmmm lies they tell

[@creal9780]

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

[@hgbugalou]

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!

[@FukaiKokoro]

He still loves china alot. Just hates the CCP because that's the reason he had to escape.

[@kellysouter4381]

I think he does it because he still loves China and it gives him stomach ache to see how the people are mistreated.

[@infoworld7706]

Latest news Toyota and Tesla have used BYD “exploding” batteries. Probably because Tesla car fire has caused many more deaths than BYD 😅.

[@paulstubbs7678]

Living in the US, Ah-ha, now I know why he is not subject to 'control'

[@Sniper9773]

@@infoworld7706 lol you have just proven how garbage your CCP products are.🤣🤣

[@sidecarmisanthrope5927]

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.

[@rosstee]

@@ozeight4278 WTF

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

No BYDs in the USA. They don't meet crash safety standards. Plus, you know, the fires.

[@shabibmahab]

Wtf we have them here?

[@tony2707]

​@@wintersbattleofbands1144 GM Bolt makes up for it.

[@tony2707]

LFP blade batteries are pretty safe which is used in Oz. This video doesnt really show if they were blade batteries, and if that was a han it could be the hybrid non blade battery.

[@kennethausten]

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.

[@mickcrovo5238]

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.

[@PomoKaptenPlanet]

Good research, I also thought that gasoline engine logically also have the risk of combustion, logically if mobile Phone made from gasoline engine is it saver from combustion problem? BYD is one of the top sales in china may be millions of cars sold, need to study the comparison percentage not based on cherry picking study. While improving the savety and to know reducing the risk

[@enforcer41]

Whoops a rather inconvenient statistic given the purpose of this video is to turn people off electric vehicles and BYD in particular. Something like 700 gas car fires per day in the US causing many deaths apparently doesn't warrant concern either.

[@bentullett6068]

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

[@bkatbamna]

Even the ones that don't combust spontaneously increase pollution due to the rare metal mined for the batteries and the scrap and toxic metal released when the batteries eventually fail.

[@roopi67]

Brilliant deduction 😂

[@yeahbuddy92193911]

@@bkatbamna That's wrong on every level. The worst lithium mine is cleaner than the cleanest oil spill. The oil and gas industry uses more cobalt to refine oil into gas, than all the EVS in the world combined. EVs are cleaner by far, over the lifetime of the car, even when the power source is a coal power plant. If the EV burns up within the first year, then yes its worse for the environment. But it only takes a couple of years for the EV to become better overall. After 2 years its all a bonus. Especially if your house has solar.

[@DeeDeeCHAUNCEY]

Tesla’s batteries, called “NCM”, include more rare metals: nickle, colbalt, magnesium, aluminum… on top of the lithium. These LFP batteries only include lithium. They are far less destructive as a result.

[@yeahbuddy92193911]

@@DeeDeeCHAUNCEY And most Tesla's are now being made with LFP batteries. All Chinese Tesla's are LFP.

[@southbound1969]

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

[@twin2482]

That must be fun

[@FukaiKokoro]

Hahahaha that's too good! Don't piss her off too much though. I was going to say bring up the uyhgur eople but nahhh you don't wanna loose your job.

[@zimbabs]

Ask your boss' wife about the organ harvesting death vans.

[@user-lc8yc4cq5n]

Ask her if she likes 魯肉飯 (loo-low-fan)

[@sidecarmisanthrope5927]

My wife is Han Chinese. She is the first to admit that Taiwan is its own country. She also knows that every Han Chinese is related to Genghis Khan.

[@linuxguy1199]

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.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Both those companies have had fires and failures.

[@linuxguy1199]

@@BigEightiesNewWave They have, but the failures are so rare it makes national news when it happens, nobody bats an eye when WODING sells a bad lithium battery, you simply never hear about it, and when the battery does explode the company doesn't exist anymore so you can't go after them. Our batteries aren't perfect, but battery manufactures in the US have a profit incentive to make the batteries high quality and reliable. The Chinese have no quality standards, and no profit incentive to improve quality, if it holds a charge they ship it - that's not how American batteries are made. American batteries have to all be in-spec and manufactured in a clean environment with paid employees, another major plus is when someone sees a problem they don't get silenced when they report it. The Chinese are not our friends, we shouldn't be buying anything from a government that has concentration camps and goes out of it's way to suppress western human rights principles.

[@andrzejk1030]

What about Geely? Would you recommend staying away from theirs aswell?

[@linuxguy1199]

@@andrzejk1030 They've been around for a while so they're hopefully better then most. But you're paying for batteries assembled by workers who get a bowl of rice a day, don't expect them to be any good. In my experience if you do buy a suspicious battery it's best to buy two batches a week apart and then use an SMU to measure the batteries charging and discharging curves respectively, compare the two and just make sure your sample of batteries are consistent. If the capacity is actually advertised correctly it's probably a good battery. But if you're making a product it's usually a good idea to use reputable parts, avoids costly long term problems down the road.

[@BenjaminEsposti]

Panasonic is good too. In fact, some of the LG cells are bad, they're the source of the Arizona BESS fire/explosion and the chevy volt/bolt fires. (Literally, a coworker's friend's bolt battery blew up!)

[@berlin0212]

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?

[@huge_balls]

Underground there would also be the problem of the highly toxic gases emitted by battery fires.

[@giannishen]

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！👍😄👏

[@emmapeel8163]

even their pencils suck. the lead slides out, it's composite wood, plastic so sharpening is rough.. doesn't show up well for testing (fill in circle)

[@giannishen]

@@emmapeel8163 You are too honest, but stand by your honesty！👍😄👌

[@ryanhuang8498]

Staedtler wooden pencils made in Germany are awesome even with the worst quality sharpeners it's still perfectly good to use.

[@ryanhuang8498]

I wouldn't even call them pencils,it's literally throwaway sticks that are only good with hanging clothes.

[@giannishen]

@@ryanhuang8498 Hanging clothes should snap right away. 🤣

[@solmanJapan]

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.

[@user-gc1hg9sp9k]

dont worry because BYD are using LFP battery that very safe and hard to catch fire compare to other form of battery like NCM. and also the event of EV car catching fire are very-very rare

[@ianmason96]

....do they sell aftermarket batteries for it?

[@solmanJapan]

@@user-gc1hg9sp9k it doesn't matter how small the chance is.. it could still catch fire so I don't want it near my house.

[@rollingstoners1460]

Gasoline burns also so i heard

[@zz-ww6fv]

If you can't compete with byd, you start to slander this enterprise. Poor boy, I will support byd.

[@JennyfaninSweden]

Watcher from Sweden here, just watched your video whilst on my phone. Just got a BYD commercial on KZbin 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!

[@lordgoofus2364]

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.

[@Mav86asian]

Who buys them in Australia? Chinese residents living in Australia? There are too many of them there.

[@kevin5224]

@@Mav86asian lmao didnt he say they are all fake sales numbers

[@woofowl2408]

@@Mav86asian Australians are buying them. The only issues so far with the Atto have been the lane keeping assist and the tyres. If one does catch fire it will certainly make the news here.

[@retireyounglivelonger]

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

[@keith6371]

He got kicked out of China because he was considered to be a useless foreigner,ie no skill and not desirable. Dude has been butt hurt about it since, that doesn’t exactly qualify him as a genius. Just saying

[@georges1336]

Hahah. How dishonest are you? Why won't you also tell us that non-Chinese EVs are also going into flames at a similar rate? In the UK about 200 EV fires are reported annually, which is higher than China's rate. You're just a moron trying everything to slander China.

[@MrHousecup]

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

[@JT-fq2bl]

Fitting for a Michael Bay film.

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

Or a Simpsons episode.

[@zz-ww6fv]

If you can't compete with byd, you start to slander this enterprise. Poor boy, I will support byd.😂

[@fluttzkrieg4392]

@zzfunny show 朋友是一个坚韧不拔的纪录片， 在香港这座城市的设置。 主演：钱德勒 索罗斯 傅博斯1 瑞秋 莫妮卡 和一些其他他妈的演员。

[@Just_a_random_birb]

@@zz-ww6fv nah you just love china. Tesla is destroying byd

[@burgerjointgame]

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!

[@user-ng3my2fu9k]

So you subscribed to two pieces of shit

[@Unknown_Ooh]

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.

[@LCTesla]

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

[@sidecarmisanthrope5927]

The company says that it stands for Build your Dreams. If you buy one you can only dream that you bought a good car.

[@zwarst]

Burn You Down.

[@triage2962]

@@sidecarmisanthrope5927 More like Burn Your Dreams 🤣

[@brucewayne6932]

Burning your dollas

[@zz-ww6fv]

If you can't compete with byd, you start to slander this enterprise. Poor boy, I will support byd.

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

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

[@tonywei423]

How many byd atto3 sold overseas? not a single one caught a fire. Actually it is more safer then most other cars. Atto3 owner for 4 months, the best car I ever owned.

[@BoL-qp9nc]

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

[@jeffrey4181]

They can lied .

[@Just_a_random_birb]

Boeing plane problem is extremely rare. byd problem is very big and common. But Chinese sweep it under the rug

[@user-ry3fi2iw4e]

Because Boeing is not BYD😂

[@reggit6043]

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.

[@laustinspeiss]

…adding fuel to the fire.

[@yeahbuddy92193911]

Won't park next to a BYD, or EVs in general? Your ICE car is 136 times more likely to catch on fire than a Tesla, but as for BYD I don't have the stats on fire probability, I think China hides those numbers.

[@martinsaint9999]

But you cannot prevent them from parking near your car!

[@HeisenbergFam]

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

[@devin19222]

Battery explosions are still no where near meth though.

[@BoycottChinaa]

Warren Buffett should be sued like those celebrities doing adverts for the Bitcoin ponzi pyramid FTX

[@shauny2285]

But the EV fans will sweep battery fires under the rug.

[@dongshengdi773]

this is Not catching fire 🔥. It's a camouflage feature of the new BYD electric vehicles

[@bonjovi1354]

@@dongshengdi773 yea its byd super fire cook nd get cooked

[@therotterdamboy]

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.

[@malleusmaleficarum6004]

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.

[@khukri_wielderxxx1962]

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

[@karmasonam9109]

many BYD cabs in my country

[@aseannessienot]

@@karmasonam9109what country? They started selling in Malaysia. I've seen a couple already ☠️

[@HS_Rick]

@@aseannessienot They're all over the world already, BYD selling in The Netherlands too sadly.

[@karmasonam9109]

@@aseannessienot Bhutan

[@marcelb.7224]

Combustion cars burn 40 times more often

[@LMB222]

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.

[@doujinflip]

Safety isn't exactly the top priority in a culture that treats its people as expendable.

[@user-de9mu3jx7u]

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

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

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 😂

[@zz-ww6fv]

If you can't compete with byd, you start to slander this enterprise. Poor boy, I will support byd.

[@blowindzhang6795]

lies make you comfort when losing the competion with China. Both of us feel OK for you mental state

[@Shadowshit123]

"Erm... BYD good actually, you're just afraid that Chi-" *Gets crushed by billboard*

[@user-vl1sc5sd2i]

Hardly anyone has even heard of byd, including myself until this

[@irdmoose]

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

[@southkoreausasmaster8805]

There are about 8.91 million EVs in China. so the EV car fire rate is 0.005%.and the ICE car fire rate in China is about 0.01% - 0.02% When you compare the numbers, you can see that EV is indeed much more reliable than traditional ICE cars

[@southkoreausasmaster8805]

Why don't you dare to publish data on how many fires there are in BYD? Just looking for some separate videos and pictures? Did you know that the spontaneous combustion of electric vehicles is much smaller than that of fuel vehicles? And BYD's cars have a lower chance of burning than other electric vehicles? South African losers illegally teach English and make money by anti-China? Executives from Volkswagen, Porsche, Ferrari and Benley will visit BYD at Auto Shanghai 2023 because are these people stupider than you, an anti-China liar?

[@irdmoose]

@@southkoreausasmaster8805 What is your source for this data? Global Times? China Daily? Xi itself? Please share your sources.

[@southkoreausasmaster8805]

Serpentza, a white South African loser, was deported for not having an English teaching qualification and then began anti-Chinese propaganda

[@southkoreausasmaster8805]

@@irdmoose Just like he smeared Huawei, smeared BYD

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

[@n8tn808]

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

[@nikedoesthings]

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.

[@serpentza]

For sure, they pay, wine and dine influencers and journalists

[@southkoreausasmaster8805]

@@serpentza Why don't you dare to publish data on how many fires there are in BYD? Just looking for some separate videos and pictures? Did you know that the spontaneous combustion of electric vehicles is much smaller than that of fuel vehicles? And BYD's cars have a lower chance of burning than other electric vehicles? South African losers illegally teach English and make money by anti-China? Executives from Volkswagen, Porsche, Ferrari and Benley will visit BYD at Auto Shanghai 2023 because are these people stupider than you, an anti-China liar?

[@southkoreausasmaster8805]

There are about 8.91 million EVs in China. so the EV car fire rate is 0.005%.and the ICE car fire rate in China is about 0.01% - 0.02% When you compare the numbers, you can see that EV is indeed much more reliable than traditional ICE cars

[@secrets.295]

To be honest, the whole EV movement is a scam. Fossil fuel cars are the way to go

[@secrets.295]

​​​@@southkoreausasmaster8805 This is such a flawed study. On average most ICE vehicles on the road are older than the average EV cars, a lot of ICE cars are also used for extremely long hours, like for Taxi jobs, delivery, etc. So far very few EV cars around the world have a lifespan of over 10 years while there are plenty of ICE cars over that limit. So it's only natural if ICE cars have more fire incidents. Also, Fire fighters hate battery EVs because although EVs have lower fire risks, they can still catch fire and when they do, it’s incredibly difficult to put them out. In fact, there is no way to put out an EV fire. You can do your best to supress the fire, but the EV will burn again hours later. There’s only one way to put out an EV fire - which is to temporarily snuff it out, and then find a way to quickly move the vehicle to a safe flat ground to dunk it into a pool of water or leave it to burn itself out in an open field (and emitting more toxic fumes). It is really2 dangerous. To me EV is such a myth. It's not as environmentally friendly as we thought & it is never going to be as cost efficient as an ICE. Don't get yourself brainwashed by the environmentalist.

[@badchefi]

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.

[@Ukit50]

Due to fiddling on the wiring system and other but will not happen as it in original form

[@badchefi]

@@Ukit50 what are you taking about? Petrol cars?

[@Ukit50]

@@badchefi Guess what

[@badchefi]

@@Ukit50 you are making stuff up because it doesn’t suit your fantasy world.

[@jeffrey4181]

True , All EV are at risks of catching fire easily but this idiot only make comments on China EV , Testlar also the same.

[@ethicablue9598]

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

[@kevin5224]

damn thanking a propaganda thinktank is crazy

[@ethicablue9598]

@@kevin5224 classic Kevin

[@Peter-cm8vi]

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.

[@leonchu4330]

They then immediately lost the gain profits in other investments.

[@lensmith4799]

@@leonchu4330 Less than 1% of their holding. Now around 16% of BYD company.

[@zz-ww6fv]

If you can't compete with byd, you start to slander this enterprise. Poor boy, I will support byd.😂

[@DeeDeeCHAUNCEY]

LOL. BYD is in a much better position than Tesla long-term.

[@user-nc3bw2ht3b]

老哥你这题材相当可以，比很多中文youtuber做得好。

[@2DogsVlogs]

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.

[@DavidWilliams-DSW558]

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

[@Roads_of_Europe]

Don't count on it. Ev enthusiasts wouldn't post something like this that quickly. It would undermine their believes.

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

EV channels and car channels are all paid / controlled by CCP

[@DavidWilliams-DSW558]

@@Roads_of_Europe, surely Tesla fans would love to highlight BYD's hot news...?

[@dongshengdi773]

​@@DavidWilliams-DSW558 this is Not catching fire 🔥. It's a camouflage feature of the new BYD electric vehicles

[@texanplayer7651]

@@Roads_of_Europe EV enthusiasts (at least those who are not sponsored by the CCP) would actually love to talk about such things, because facts and numbers don't actually undermine their beliefs, they actually prove them right. According to data, thermal engine cars are many times more likely to burst into flames than EVs (at least those not made in China by BYD), and their flames are often just as big and deadly. The fact you don't hear about it is because it would be too "common news" because this happens every day hundreds of times, so journalists don't talk about it. The reason why you hear a lot about EVs bursting into flames, is because you just need to look at who controls the media: lobbyists. And who are the lobbyists? Oil companies, as well as traditional thermal car companies like GM. They have every reason in the book to spread bad news on EVs. So of course they would make sensational news out of 1 or 2 Tesla's catching fire, but they will never mention the 100 other thermal cars that combusted before those 2 Tesla's did. If you are looking for sources, because I can't seem to share links on youtube for some reason, I can only tell you to look for them on Google online with "are EVs more liekly to burn?". On a website called the Car Expert UK, they come up with numbers from an american car insurance that counted 25 combustions of EVs for 100,000 units sold, compared to over 1,500 for 100,000 units sold for thermal engine cars. And even 3500 for hybrids (yeah those are not as good as Serpentza think they are).

[@sheikhrayan9538]

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... 😅😅

[@serpentza]

Maybe add some counter points

[@carmenburton4918]

You can make ammendments and counter arguments as otger have suggested

[@southkoreausasmaster8805]

@@serpentza Why don't you dare to publish data on how many fires there are in BYD? Just looking for some separate videos and pictures? Did you know that the spontaneous combustion of electric vehicles is much smaller than that of fuel vehicles? And BYD's cars have a lower chance of burning than other electric vehicles? South African losers illegally teach English and make money by anti-China? Executives from Volkswagen, Porsche, Ferrari and Benley will visit BYD at Auto Shanghai 2023 because are these people stupider than you, an anti-China liar?

[@user-lc8yc4cq5n]

Ask ChatGPT what to do.

[@ML-dk7bf]

Something to think about, In the US, not a single Chinese car company has been able to get there cars past the US safety crash testing. I doubt BYD will every get their cars into the US market, over regular safety concerns, not even taking into consideration the fire problems.

[@tiestochan2877]

Thanks for showing us the facts

[@Christ_is_King777]

Living in China is like living in a surprise deathtrap

[@randolphbienmateo8174]

I would rather buy Internal combustion engine vehicles than an EVs

[@johndeaux8815]

Bad construction? Guaranteed!

[@Cau_No]

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.)

[@FukaiKokoro]

Unfortunately Chinese manufacturers can't follow basic standards. Obviously look at Wuhan. The reason COVID got out is because people failing to follow basic saftey standards. Doctors in China don't even wash their hands in between people. So just imagine how unsanitary and unsafe the standards are for the batteries..

[@soldierboyUSA26]

made in china, what do you expect. 🖕🏽🇨🇳🤬

[@sidecarmisanthrope5927]

They also have exploding watermelons.

[@Follower_Of_Xi_Jinping_Pooh]

Don't say contamination and China in the same comment. That's taboo.

[@Follower_Of_Xi_Jinping_Pooh]

Good thing you didn't mention leak.

[@nabi5864]

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

[@allenlau3923]

bullshit

[@yvonnegonzalez5616]

We Lov, ur Xtremely -N4mative, Research, &Discovery Podcasts!

[@WhoTFMadeThisChange]

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

[@alouisschafer7212]

ahh hes also just a lil sheep who doesn't actually work on cars just talks all day bla bla

[@bentullett6068]

He gets paid to rave about EV cars as that is what the car industry want as they have been pushed to go this route by all governments across the globe.

[@mrvwbug4423]

Well, he would like to be able to leave China alive, so has to say what the CCP tells him. China has no qualms about putting westerners to death on fake charges these days.

[@Follower_Of_Xi_Jinping_Pooh]

Until he gets roasted. Figuratively and literally.

[@St.Maurice]

Check cleared

[@vladtherussian9594]

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

[@govindnram8556]

Is there an exhaustive worldwide study about lithium battery fires?

[@riverpines8549]

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.

[@Haipaido]

i got a byd commercial in front of this video 😂

[@zacksmith5963]

Byd ❤

[@minimusmax]

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

[@zz-ww6fv]

If you can't compete with byd, you start to slander this enterprise. Poor boy, I will support byd.

[@HS_Rick]

@@zz-ww6fv byd bot spotted 👀

[@rafaelbudimnn]

​@@zz-ww6fv mate how much byd paid you

[@Just_a_random_birb]

@@zz-ww6fv Tesla and Nissan is the best Evs. Heck even my sons tricycle is better than your beloved byd

[@johno4521]

Does this just apply to the cars? What about all the BYD buses UK bus companies are currently buying?

[@Joaodocaminhao0234]

Thank you!

[@user-ii8dz4vu7n]

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

[@900Yugo]

I have seen BYD buses. One bus just wanted to go by itself and crashed into a wall next to a train station.

[@Ukit50]

Let it be until it happen then they will regret when the US and EU automobile safety authority impound them billon of dollar for those failure

[@kevin5224]

@@Ukit50 sooo...did that happen?

[@Ukit50]

@@kevin5224 Just newly enter US and EU market wait till it happen ok

[@TheSuperlouloulou]

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

[@otterformosa2968]

BYD is the best!!!😁

[@zahariasingeorzan4084]

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...

[@JimmyBoomBots]

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

[@ronnelacido1711]

I hear the model will be k own as Furnace😁😁

[@smarseille7422]

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

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

Maybe there is a reason why they are so cheap in China and so expensive in Europe? They have to make sure that every single one works and does not burn.

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

they even put it on the news yesterday how cheap these cars are in china. to me it was an instant red flag despite my dad defenitely being impressed by their price. all i could think is : how safe are they really?

[@smarseille7422]

@@wolfgangpreier9160 not sure about the EV's, but like in the Netherlands, all they care is if a vehicle can safely stop and do not fall apart, the whole maintenance is setup to be that way. I mean I had a broken airbag in my old car for ages and nobody cared. Not even the RDW (the instance that arranges all these car stuff in the Netherlands). Besides, their car will most likely perform barely in those margins and if the car burns up after a year (or 2) or something, it will take time before everyone is up to speed to see how much garbage the Chinese cars are. I really doubt there is a difference between the cars here and the cars in China. After looking into the pricing for a new EV Car from BYD and some other european vendors, and BYD is actually cheaper than most, and a bit more expensive than Dacia.. By doing so, they maybe able to get foot on EU with cars and cash in the money. Haven't seen other vendors from china at the moment luckily.

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

@@smarseille7422 "I mean I had a broken airbag in my old car for ages and nobody cared." One year max. in Germany or Austria. Then you car is impounded. If one car burns they must make a recall - as Hyundai, Ford and Toyota had to do and replace the batteries. If they do not react they are forced by the KBA in Germany. If the chinese think they can get through with bad quality they will have a very abrupt and very bad awakening in a very short time. Tesla needed a few years to shed its bad reputation of batteries burning. VW still has a bad reputation of not beeing able to do Software. When BYD thinks they can get away with rusted cars, breaking safety systems or breaking bolts in the supsension, they should ask Toyota how that feels. Since when does a Dacia cost 72.000 Euros? Thats the price of the BYD Tang or Han. The Atto III with the small battery costs 43K. The large battery 46K. Just 400,-- less than a Model Y. And 7000,-- more than a Peugeot similar sized Peugeot E-208. That is NOT cheap. And that is certainly NOT chepar than their European competitors. Nio tries with high priced and low value vehicles. XPeng the same. High price but visibly low quality. Bad Software etc. MG sells actually quite good in the low priced segment. Quality and workmanship are worth the price. Polestar and Volvo (Geely) are quite reasonably priced for upper class luxury vehicles. BYD would have to deliver good quality for a reasonable price. Atto III 35K, Tang: 50K, Han: 40-45K, Dolphin 25K, Seal 50K. 8 years and 200.000km warranty on everything. Even better: Toyota gives you 1 Million Kilometers warranty. Thats why the BZ4X - in my opinion the worst EV from 2022 - sells so good in norway. They have much "Salz and Schmutz" (quote from Teslabjörn) and cars usually only last 3-5 years in those conditions. Toyota will have much repairs to do. But they let the customers pay for the privilege. I don't mind. Norwegians are rich, they shall pay.

[@prot07ype87]

Groeten uit Rotterdam!

[@denise8242]

No quality control in China on anything.

[@DinDjarin369]

BYD = Buy your disaster

[@domcomfermi609]

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

[@envitech02]

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

[@akeshshi9137]

Like Geely's and Cherry's breakdown and parts issue in Malaysia isn't enough to deter...

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

yeah be careful out there. i saw a news report of these cars yesterday (and i do think i saw a few on the streets here as well. i live in the netherlands) but with the price of those cars alarms immideately went off in my head. cuz no car that cheap can actually be safe

[@xxXAZNTsukasaAZNXxx]

hope your ready to see some firework and fire show :)

[@plojo]

Don’t worry too much. This channel has it against China and will twist as much info as possible to make things worse. Some of the fires shown here look like faults in the 12v circuits. Cars of all manufacturers (gas & diesel mostly) have recalls for fire hazards by the hundreds of thousands, every year. If you are afraid: don’t install third party electronic systems, stay alert for any recalls, even if they are not in your country.

[@LloydsofRochester]

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

[@capcitymatt]

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

[@cellphone7223]

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

[@antonjanssen3549]

Basically useless, battery fires are self contained (they contain both the fuel and oxidizer) and the cells are shielded against any extinguisher compounds. Class D is useful for metal fires that can strip the oxygen out of water. With battery fires you can only hope to stop the fire spreading to non battery stuff around them and keep the battery cells that haven't been compromised cool, water is perfectly fine for that.

[@rabsrealm]

@@antonjanssen3549 Spot on, with any fire with an oxidizer present, your basically preventing a spread and containing it until it runs out of puff.

[@Dularr]

They attempt to use massive amount of waterto keep the temperature down.

[@prot07ype87]

@@rabsrealm *you're**

[@TheDoggydogworld]

@@antonjanssen3549 Oxygen shouldn't evolve out of these LiFePO4 cathodes at these temperatures, unlike LCO or NMC/NCA cathodes.

[@edapplederry5888]

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!

[@saladino8882]

While driving D:

[@mikoto7693]

Look up the fate of Matthew Bell, first officer of UPS Flight 6 out of Dubai if you want a true nightmare scenario caused by lithium batteries. Only the likes of Hitler and Putin deserve to die like that.

[@theadvocate4698]

Came here to see if someone would mention it! Make me remember to get the tool that cuts the belt....😀

[@gendoruwo6322]

look on the brightside: 1: if your car is fine, that means you're not contributing to ecological polution, stop climate change, save the planet. or 2: if your car explodes with you inside, well you're dead, that means you're no longer contributing to ecological disaster, stop climate change, save the planet.

[@Octamed]

That's as good as impossible. Tesla's at least will tell you long before a fire starts to pull over and get out as they have temp sensors all through the battery.

[@sjsadlers]

They could rename it to BYDN..both are equally disastrous.

[@vyr01]

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

[@I_hate_Vegemite]

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.

[@charles8769]

Psychopaths literally praying on their downfall just cause its chinese. China living in all yall heads a bit too rent free

[@georges1336]

Non-Chinese EVs are catching fire at the same rate as Chinese EVs lol. I don't know why you don't want to disclose this. Hundreds of Teslas have randomly caught fire and there have been reports of Jaguar and Nissan EVs doing the same too.

[@hobo1704]

Their comment has nothing to do with comparing the 2 muppet..

[@lazernz]

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.

[@stevenchow408]

Byd ❤

[@woofwoof9647]

Toyota Hilux ❤

[@fidelcatsro6948]

im sticking to my gasoline bike and car ..

[@panafricanist1014]

Buy a Tesla!

[@stevenchow408]

@@panafricanist1014 you can buy what you want. It's a free society

[@Shadow-jo5yf]

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

[@BrandonMurphy728]

Tesla imported their battery from BYD and it’s insanely safe. Thumbs up for the innovation.

[@captainhadd0ck]

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

[@georges1336]

Jag issued a recall recently for their I-Pace due to a few of them bursting into flames during driving. According to Musk, around 0.01% of Tesla's catch fire which is around a few hundred-thousand. It's quite clear that BYD is not alone in this issue and painting it in that way is dishonest.

[@hobo1704]

Yep, what a shit hole

[@andy4an]

I'm an engineer. If I made a mistake that killed people, i could lose my license, and my coworkers would agree with that consequence. If you care about EVs, you should care about the proper transparency of and investigation of problems. A proper investigating is good for the industry. Cover Ups are terrifying and make the industry much weaker

[@UmVini]

1. Tesla is also using BYD Blade battery. 2. BYD is selling millions of cars overseas and it seems prety safe, i did not heard about these accidents in Australia, Europe, South America, Mexico, etc..

[@Olicom]

The difference between BYD in China and the rest of the world is that BYD China can just bribe their way out of it while the rest of the world will ban them if they do something suspect that could kill people.

[@lvlrrx]

Source? "Trust me bro" lol

[@Olicom]

@@lvlrrx What is bro yapping about XD?

[@pixelreflectorpro]

Last time I checked Tesla isn't using byd batteries

[@smalfishfung]

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.

[@citrusjuicebox]

There seems to be something poetic about how BYD's cars are named after Chinese dynasties and keep burning down.

[@alvydasurbonas8913]

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.

[@Phiyedough]

It would be interesting to determine how much pollution has already been caused by EV fires.

[@FukaiKokoro]

EVs in general annoy me. Like telsas. When I drive the freeway I constantly see semi trucks driving new telsas around..one day I saw like five. How is that better for the planet? The fact they drive perfectly good cars around on gas guzzling semi trucks is laughable. Also the resources used to manufacturer the EVs. Long term it seems kinda worse than regular gas cars. I'm all for EVs and partial EVs I just think the people who seemingly get brainwashed by it all are a tad silly. The next car I get I want a Chevy volt. Because you can do both. Electric and gas.

[@4literv6]

@@FukaiKokoro look in the mirror for whose truly brainwashed. 👍🏻

[@NegiSenseiYT]

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

[@mrvwbug4423]

Because any mention of these fires is quickly censored within China, these videos are the ones getting sent outside of China.

[@Octamed]

Don't drive any car. They're all prone to failure like this.

[@rosstee]

@@Octamed No, they're not.

[@hobo1704]

​@@Octamedtotal BS.

[@smashICE1]

@@rosstee in germany 40 cars burn down daily. guess what: they are all ICE, troglodyte.