Published Paper Details:

As now and in near future electric vehicles are really making huge difference in automotive industry. It comes with its own limitations, one of the things to consider the most is safety. During the recent times there are some unfortunate situations like electric vehicles catching fire. In order to tackle this problem huge advancements and research are going on in Battery Management System (BMS)like cooling the battery from overheating, cutting of the power supply from battery to the drive motor. In this paper, the covered topics are causes for fire in battery packs, battery management system, methods to overcome battery overheating problems and mainly automation of fire extinguishing in electric vehicles. In this paper itself the prevention strategies to tackle firing problems are described. On the other hand, it is really necessary to ensure passive safety. It also can be achieved by installing an automatic fire extinguishing system. This project is hoping to improve the safety features of electric vehicles to reduce vehicle damage and human life.