--- title: "China Unveils EV That Can Violently Eject Its Battery in Case of a Fire" description: "Electric vehicle fires are [notoriously difficult]() to put out and require [copious amounts]() of water to extinguish." date: "2025-09-27" modified: "2025-09-27" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/china-ev-eject-battery-fire" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Electric Vehicles" --- # China Unveils EV That Can Violently Eject Its Battery in Case of a Fire ![Engineers developed an EV battery ejection system that shoots the offending pack out of the side of the vehicle like a giant piece of toast.]() *China Vehicle Collision Repair Technical and Research Center Yicai via X* Electric vehicle fires are [notoriously difficult]() to put out and require [copious amounts]() of water to extinguish. It's one of the less awesome aspects of EVs, and one that can have devastating consequences for [any drivers unfortunate enough]() to get in an accident. In response, Chinese engineers have come up with a surprising — and chaotic — solution. In collaboration with the China Vehicle Collision Repair Technical and Research Center, engineers developed an EV battery ejection system that shoots the offending pack out of the side of the vehicle like a giant piece of toast. Footage [making its rounds on social media ]()shows a smoking battery pack blasting out of the side of an electric SUV, landing on a pad roughly twenty feet away. But whether the solution will catch on remains dubious at best. For one, the jetpack lithium-ion package could easily result in even more injuries — or worse, light a different car or innocent pedestrian on fire. https://twitter.com/yicaichina/status/1970035888190271667 Details are also hard to come by. Several carmakers have since denied being involved in the unusual tech demo, as [*CarScoops* reports](). According to Chinese state-run news outlet, the *Epoch Times*, the demonstration [drew widespread criticism](). While media outlets [implicated the Chinese company Joyson Electronics](), the firm has since denied any involvement in the project. Automaker iCar also denied involvement after users pointed out the vehicle in the clip resembled the firm's 03T crossover SUV. That kind of defensive reaction shouldn't come as much of a surprise, given that the ejection system is, in *CarScoop*'s words, a "liability with wings." "Perhaps the correct analogy is not ejecting the warp core, but firing photon torpedoes," *Jalopnik* joked in [its writeup](). **More on EV fires:** [*Man and Two Kids Burned Alive in Tesla Crash*]() ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()