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You do realize that real life is not a Hollywood movie, right? Cars do not explode like you see on TV. The crash danger to be concerned about is not that the
by evgen 6y ago
You do realize that real life is not a Hollywood movie, right? Cars do not explode like you see on TV. The crash danger to be concerned about is not that the car will burst into flames, but rather that when you wrap your car around a tree the rescue crew will be unable to extract you due to electrocution risk and so you will slowly bleed out while they wait for specialists with the right EV extraction experience to arrive. This was a major problem when the Prius hit the scene and suddenly there were high voltage cables that needed to be avoided, but if a crash could possibly electrify body panels or other more exposed pieces then things may get dangerous.
- BenjiWiebe 6y agoI saw a pickup truck run into a train at ~60 mph. 30 seconds later it was completely engulfed in flames. Sometimes ICE vehicles do catch fire very quickly (still not an explosion though).
- HeyLaughingBoy 6y agoThat's hardly surprising. You have a high-speed frontal collision, a fuel line gets ruptured and high-pressure gasoline comes squirting out onto a hot engine (bonus points if it hits the exhaust manifold) with plenty of airflow. Under those circumstances a fire is far from unlikely. But that wasn't what OP was talking about.