schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 14 days agoWant a safe car? Crash tests say you should go electricthedriven.ioexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up156
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minus-squarebudget_biochemist@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-213 days agoFires in Petrol/Diesel vehicles are about 20 times more likely than in EVs. More data from Norway - at the time 28.3% of cars in the country were electric but they were involved in only 7.4% of total vehicle fires. More data in the article shows that the rate is decreasing too.
minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 days ago the rate is decreasing too That’s to be expected I guess as more and more batteries aren’t even flammable anymore, e.g. LiFePo.
Fires in Petrol/Diesel vehicles are about 20 times more likely than in EVs.
More data from Norway - at the time 28.3% of cars in the country were electric but they were involved in only 7.4% of total vehicle fires. More data in the article shows that the rate is decreasing too.
That’s to be expected I guess as more and more batteries aren’t even flammable anymore, e.g. LiFePo.