Soaring Summers, Rising Risks: Best Ways To Protect EVs From Fire Damage And Accidents This Summers -

(Last Updated On: May 2, 2025)

Key Highlights

Rising heat in summers can damage EVs
Electric vehicles prone to fire accidents in peak summers
Battery failures and component heating can also damage EVs in summers
Smart charging and parking helps prevent fire accidents

Summer season tends to bring along constant worries for EV owners. Fire accidents related to EVs have been reported frequently despite OEMs using advanced tech including battery management, smart charging, etc. That’s due to the fact that components in an EV, specifically, the battery pack is highly flammable and it’s almost impossible to instantly put it off which can lead to massive damages. This year too Summers right from the beginning have been hot and its getting hotter with each passing week. For the EV owners, we have brought you the tips and tricks to protect your vehicle from fire damages and accidents.

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1. Avoid Parking Your EV And Charging Under Direct Sunlight

Direct heat on your EV can lead to component failures and also increase the battery’s thermal temperatures. When temperatures are already soaring and you charge the EV under direct sunlight, it can directly impact the battery and could lead it to overheating. This poses risks such as battery blast or fire accidents. Similarly, parking the EV under direct sunlight can eventually lead to increased cabin temperature which can also fuel fire related accidents.

Charge your EVs at night or early morning
Use shaded charging stations or areas to keep your EV safe from overheating
Use sunshade accessories while charging or parking at open space
If your EV compatible app as pre-cabin cooling feature use it

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2. Avoid Storing Flammable Objects

Whether its an EV or your regular ICE four wheeler, keeping flammable objects inside the cabin could be dangerous. Electronics with flammable batteries, aerosols such as deodorants and perfumes, and electric vapes are amongst such items that can blast and pose fire risks when exposed to heat. Ensure you don’t store any of such item in your EV, specifically if it’s being parked in open under direct sunlight.

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3. Avoid Overcharging EV Batteries And Use Smart Battery Management Systems

Overcharging batteries can lead to heat up issues which can eventually lead to fire accidents and blasts. This is why it is always advised to not overcharge EV batteries when the temperatures are already at peak. Charging the batteries smartly and not to full 100 percent will make sure there is no additional load or temperature instabilities. Besides, most of the new-age EVs comes with smart battery management tech where the power cuts-off automatically when the battery is charged 100 percent

Stick to ideal charging range of 20- 80 percent
Avoid full 100 percent charge if afternoon
Try using Level 2 smart chargers that comes with built-in thermal management systems

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4. Keep A Check For Faults And Error Signs

If your EV’s intrument cluster shows any warning or error sign, don’t overlook it. Rather pay attention and get the issue fixed. Even if there is a small error or issue, it can lead to serious troubles specifically if your EV is running at highways in scorching heat.