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Has a Nissan LEAF electric car ever caught on fire?
I’ve been looking into buying an electric car, and I’m definitely interested in getting an affordable model like the Nissan LEAF, but I’m concerned about the possibility of an electrical fire. Has a Nissan LEAF ever caught on fire?
Allison Stone · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
While
electric and hybrid cars
like the Nissan LEAF are generally very safe to operate, there have been a few instances in which a Nissan LEAF has caught fire. In 2017, the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began a study to investigate whether the lithium-ion batteries in electric cars pose a notable fire-hazard risk, and the research is ongoing today.
The reason why high voltage lithium-ion batteries may pose a greater fire risk than combustion-engine cars is that the battery can short and spontaneously combust. Battery fires are also more difficult to extinguish and produce hazardous toxic smoke.
Incidents where a Nissan LEAF has been documented to catch on fire have occurred in 2015, 2017, 2020, and 2021. The cause of many of these incidents is unknown or unconfirmed.
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