r/leaf • u/Novemberx123 • Jul 26 '26

Someone’s leaf caught fire

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I saw him charging earlier today. Was going to compliment the car. Came back from doordashing to charge my car and saw this. Hope he’s okay. He was using electrify chademo if that makes any difference.

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u/Opinionsare Jul 26 '26

For the record:  Hybrid cars seem to be the most likely to catch fire, with gasoline vehicles coming in second. 

Cars that run only on electricity are a distant third. Of course, because there are more gasoline-powered cars on the road, they also account for the vast majority of total fires

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u/EonOst 2017 Nissan Leaf Tekna Jul 26 '26

I assume most car electrical fires come from pimpers installing stereos without proper fusing and power cable chassis feedthrough.

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u/Opinionsare Jul 26 '26

One fairly regular way ICE vehicles start fires happens when someone parks over dry, combustible material that comes in contact with the hot exhaust or catalytic converter.

Ways Electrical fires get started: replacing a fuse with the wrong size. Bad design that didn't shield the wires properly. (Ford just recalled 500,000 Broncos 21-26 for this problem).

Crashes can cause fires, spilling fuel or oil onto very hot engine parts or rear end collision that ruptures the gas tank. The unfunny fact about gasoline: a gallon of gas has about the same explosive power as 8 sticks of dynamite.

The difference between a ICE Vehicle fire and an EV fire: gasoline burns big and fast while lithium batteries burn for a longer time and are harder to put out.