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There must be a lot of people who suffered from the car in the cold weather a while ago as it even snowed.

There were many traffic accidents, and especially on such days, there were many cases where the car suddenly did not start, so yesterday (7th) and today the number of emergency dispatches by insurance companies exceeded 210,000. 



Reporter Kim Jung-woo, who covered this, will continue to report on the weather forecast by Seo Dong-gyun.



<Reporter> In the



cold wave that came along with the heavy snowfall, the road turned into a huge ice sheet, and accidents occurred one after another.



Even if this traffic jam is avoided, the battery is often a problem.



As the temperature drops close to -20 degrees Celsius, the battery performance has fallen below 30%.



[It's cold, so the voltage drops.

Please go to the repair shop and have it checked.]



Emergency dispatch requests were inundated by insurance companies.



In the two days yesterday and yesterday, there were a whopping 210,000 emergency calls.



[Jung Yong-il / CEO of Samsung Fire & Marine Corp.: About 10 to 15 mobilizations came out a day, but twice as much as yesterday and today.

I'm busy without time to go to the bathroom.]



So, even connecting to the insurance company's call center was difficult.



[Kim Min-hwan/Seoul Yeongdeungpo-gu: I tried to process it through the insurance call center, but it kept working for 30 to 40 minutes.]



As urgent assistance, such as handling an accident or towing a vehicle, was delayed, many drivers rolled their feet.



Electric car drivers who ran out of batteries in the cold wave faced even more trouble.



[Mr. A/electric car driver: (mechanic) did the jump.

(By the way) 3 seconds later, the beep sounded'beep beep beep' and the engine turned off.

It got jammed.

I did it 5-6 times.

He said,'I don't really know,' and went away.]



[Ho-Geun Lee/Professor, Department of Automotive, Daedeok University: -15 degrees below zero, 18 degrees.

(Electric vehicle) The daily charging distance is inevitably reduced.

A car with a rechargeable driving distance of 400 km per day can only reach 200 km in the sky.] As the



cold wave continues for a while, the experts advised to park indoors and protect the battery with insulation.



(Video coverage: Ilsang Han·Hojun Choi, Video editor: Jinhoon Park, VJ: Hyunwoo Park)