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This is a strawman argument really: what if this very rare thing happens (battery fire), and then another really rare thing on top of that (entrapment); therefo
by imglorp 7y ago
This is a strawman argument really: what if this very rare thing happens (battery fire), and then another really rare thing on top of that (entrapment); therefore EV bad.
Compared to flammable liquid fires at 180,000 per year, see above, which really are pretty common.
- karlp 7y agoIn case of accident, those two things would happen much frequently.
- hef19898 7y agoNo, that's classical FMEA (Failure Method Effect Analysis).
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago>Compared to flammable liquid fires at 180,000 per year, This is a straw-man argument too. You're comparing battery fires to all vehicle fires. Ask any mechanic and they will tell you vehicle electronics systems are the primary source of crispness with stalled electric motors and rodent damage being the primary sources. Regardless of how it gets its motive power a vehicle's power-train rarely catches fire compared to other things that catch fire (which is probably in part why the NHTSA is interested in this).