qingping: should underground garages prohibit the parking of new energy vehicles?
2024-09-16
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recently, the news that a five-star hotel in hangzhou banned new energy vehicles from parking in its underground garage has attracted widespread attention. the hotel said that this was due to fire safety considerations, as new energy vehicles have a higher risk of spontaneous combustion. this move has sparked heated discussions among netizens, with some supporting it and others questioning whether it is discrimination against new energy vehicles.
at present, the development of new energy vehicles in my country is in full swing. according to the authoritative release of the traffic management bureau of the ministry of public security, by the end of june 2024, the national motor vehicle ownership will reach 440 million, of which 24.72 million will be new energy vehicles, accounting for 7.18% of the total number of vehicles. in the first half of the year, 4.397 million new energy vehicles were newly registered, an increase of 39.41% year-on-year, a record high. the country actively encourages the development of new energy vehicles, vigorously promotes new energy vehicles, and provides continuous policy support. however, some places have issued regulations prohibiting parking in underground garages, which is obviously not conducive to the development of new energy vehicles. this also exposes a real problem: the public is worried about the safety of new energy batteries. the development of new energy vehicles must be based on safety in order to protect the rights and interests of consumers.
first of all, underground garages should not set their own thresholds to prevent new energy vehicles from parking. since the car has been sold and allowed to go on the road, it means that the car has passed all tests and is a qualified product before it can go on the road. both the body and the battery should meet safety standards. the underground garage is not an extreme environment. not allowing parking is just out of concern, but there is no legal basis. in 2020, the state administration for market regulation (standardization administration) approved and issued three mandatory national standards, namely "safety requirements for electric vehicles", "requirements for electric buses", and "safety requirements for power batteries for electric vehicles", to ensure the safety of electric vehicles. there are no relevant regulations prohibiting the parking of new energy vehicles. if the owner has already bought a parking space in the underground parking lot, and the community does not allow parking, it is equivalent to infringing the rights and interests of the owner, which is also an illegal act.
in addition, it is undeniable that although problems with new energy vehicles are extremely rare, the public's concerns about battery safety are not without reason. in recent years, there have been many spontaneous combustion accidents of new energy vehicles. some cars immediately caught fire when they bumped into the chassis on the road. the problem of fast battery burning speed, large impact range, and difficulty in spraying out has also emerged. although the fire incidence rate of new energy vehicles has dropped from 1.85 per 10,000 in 2021 to 0.96 per 10,000 in 2023, the high re-ignition rate of battery fires is still worrying. the public can't help but wonder, since it is a car that has passed the test and can be on the road, how can there be individual spontaneous combustion? this is also the reason why some areas prohibit new energy vehicles from parking in underground garages.
therefore, the key is whether the battery test results of new energy vehicles are really qualified? is the control strict enough to completely eliminate these unsafe individual phenomena? safety control should not be "post-placed" in the underground garage of the residential area where the car is parked, but should be "pre-placed" to solve the problem before the car leaves the factory. if spontaneous combustion or other situations occur, the most responsible parties should be the automobile manufacturers, safety inspection departments, and regulatory departments that issue certificates of compliance.
the safety of new energy vehicles needs to be taken seriously, but we cannot ban them from entering underground garages. hotels and property management should provide reasonable solutions to meet the needs of consumers while ensuring safety. manufacturers should spend more effort on battery safety, and testing and regulatory departments should truly take responsibility to ensure that the public can drive safe vehicles.
source: china youth daily client
