APPARATUS FOR DETECTING THERMAL RUNAWAY OF BATTERY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE

An apparatus for detecting a thermal runaway of a battery for an electric vehicle may include: an exterior case; a plurality of battery cells provided inside the exterior case; a sensing module provided in one of the plurality of battery cells and detecting deformation amount of the battery cell; and a printed circuit board transmitting a voltage and a temperature of the battery cell, and the deformation amount of the battery cell detected by the sensing module, to a battery management system.