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Honest Question: is there enough data to show how likely the battery will burst into flames in crashes? So far the few incidences that I'm aware of make it feel
by fredliu 8y ago
Honest Question: is there enough data to show how likely the battery will burst into flames in crashes? So far the few incidences that I'm aware of make it feels like "the battery don't always burn, but when it does, there's no way to survive out of that". How true is that?
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 8y agohttps://www.autoblog.com/2018/05/11/a-list-of-tesla-car-fires-since-2013/ https://www.autoblog.com/2018/05/11/a-list-of-tesla-car-fire... There's a mix of 'freak' failures and some seriously gnarly crashes, but overall not that many fires. It's not a complete list, as Tesla claims 'about 40' fires (link below) but the severity of the others may not have been newsworthy. Battery fire vs. ICE fire rates are somewhat tricky to compare (you want an apples-to-apples comparison, so throw out older ICE cars, cars of different classes, etc.) but ICE cars catch on fire quite a bit. If fires are your concern, BEVs are likely the better option. https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/17/news/companies/electric-car-fire-risk/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/17/news/companies/electric-car... One complication is that BEVs are novel and emergency services may not yet have effective procedures for responding to such events.