Okay but ice cars tend to catch fire while running or fueling. EV’s are the same, it’s just they tend to fuel at home and possibly inside of a flammable structure while completely unnattended. I don’t honestly know the actual fire risk of an EV and honestly I doubt there’s a lot of good data that can be found with the amount of time i’d be willing to invest, what with EV companies wanting to downplay and any and every oil-related industry wanting to exaggerate.
A quatrad of regular sources VS one Bostonglobe boi, who shall win?
In all seriousness though, “less” fires does not equal “it is a myth”. Never was I saying it wasn’t less. Is the goal here to show risks that do exist or just to be better than the alternative vehicle type in the name of filthy politics like a fandom?
Three things most such sources that advocate for electric cars will agree on though are the fires are more cause-based (hence what I was saying in the first place), harder to put out, and that the statistics are affected by stock and consumerbase.
Ah yes, the dangerous battery myth.
Much safer to store a vehicle full of extremely flammable liquid with ten times the potential energy of a comparable lithium battery, right?
Okay but ice cars tend to catch fire while running or fueling. EV’s are the same, it’s just they tend to fuel at home and possibly inside of a flammable structure while completely unnattended. I don’t honestly know the actual fire risk of an EV and honestly I doubt there’s a lot of good data that can be found with the amount of time i’d be willing to invest, what with EV companies wanting to downplay and any and every oil-related industry wanting to exaggerate.
It’s not a myth.
Seriously, what is it with enthusiasts and their belief in brand infallibility?
It is a myth.
EV fires: 25 per 100k cars.
ICE fires: 1529 per 100k cars.
A quatrad of regular sources VS one Bostonglobe boi, who shall win?
In all seriousness though, “less” fires does not equal “it is a myth”. Never was I saying it wasn’t less. Is the goal here to show risks that do exist or just to be better than the alternative vehicle type in the name of filthy politics like a fandom?
Three things most such sources that advocate for electric cars will agree on though are the fires are more cause-based (hence what I was saying in the first place), harder to put out, and that the statistics are affected by stock and consumerbase.
The myth is that electric cars are more susceptible to fires, and they’re clearly not. It’s pure fear-mongering.
You say that like they don’t come with extra warnings.