schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 days agoWant a safe car? Crash tests say you should go electricthedriven.ioexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down15
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkWant a safe car? Crash tests say you should go electricthedriven.ioschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarekepix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down12·10 days agowhoever wrote this advertisement, havent seen a burning car battery
minus-squarebudget_biochemist@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-210 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-up5·10 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.
minus-squarenimisnimi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 days agoBasically, you require a special section in the car safety assessment documents, listing random people exclamations - when they see a fire burning? Wow. /S
whoever wrote this advertisement, havent seen a burning car battery
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.
Or a leaking gas tank.
Basically, you require a special section in the car safety assessment documents, listing random people exclamations - when they see a fire burning?
Wow. /S