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Concerning the recent recalls related to the chevy bolt battery fires - they appear to be at least 7 times as likely to catch fire and up to 35 times as likely

Concerning the recent recalls related to the chevy bolt battery fires - they appear to be at least 7 times as likely to catch fire and up to 35 times as likely when compared to ICE cars. https://allev.info/2021/07/early-chevy-bolts-much-more-likely-to-catch-fire-than-a-gas-car/ https://allev.info/2021/07/early-chevy-bolts-much-more-likel...

josephcsible 5y ago
It's unfair to condemn EVs in general by comparing the fire rate of ICE vehicles in general to that of a specific EV that's under recall for a fire risk.
- merrywhether 5y ago
  Right, similar to a citation[0] from another comment in this thread, I would guess that the fire risk of cars that are under recall for fire risk is quite high indeed! 0: https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-in-cars-damaged-1826086012 https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-i...
- kamranjon 5y ago
  I didn't condemn them, I was just providing data for comparison, which the previous commenter asked for.
WillPostForFood 5y ago
they appear to be at least 7 times as likely to catch fire and up to 35 times as likely when compared to ICE cars. Bolts are ~6 times less likely to catch fire than an ICE. A subset of Chevy Bolts, IF they have a Korean battery, IF the fire happened while parked, IF only compared to cares 2 years old or newer, then they a higher rate of fire than cars with ICE. That's relevant, but it is misleading to give the numbers without the context.
- kamranjon 5y ago
  I provided the link as context. Also for what it's worth chevy just announced a recall for all bolts 2017-2022 (which is every model year they've released) and even the EUV models from 2022 - so the problem appears to be more widespread than initially thought. https://my.chevrolet.com/how-to-support/safety/boltevrecall https://my.chevrolet.com/how-to-support/safety/boltevrecall

josephcsible 5y ago

It's unfair to condemn EVs in general by comparing the fire rate of ICE vehicles in general to that of a specific EV that's under recall for a fire risk.

merrywhether 5y ago
Right, similar to a citation[0] from another comment in this thread, I would guess that the fire risk of cars that are under recall for fire risk is quite high indeed! 0: https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-in-cars-damaged-1826086012 https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-i...
kamranjon 5y ago
I didn't condemn them, I was just providing data for comparison, which the previous commenter asked for.

WillPostForFood 5y ago

they appear to be at least 7 times as likely to catch fire and up to 35 times as likely when compared to ICE cars. Bolts are ~6 times less likely to catch fire than an ICE. A subset of Chevy Bolts, IF they have a Korean battery, IF the fire happened while parked, IF only compared to cares 2 years old or newer, then they a higher rate of fire than cars with ICE. That's relevant, but it is misleading to give the numbers without the context.

kamranjon 5y ago
I provided the link as context. Also for what it's worth chevy just announced a recall for all bolts 2017-2022 (which is every model year they've released) and even the EUV models from 2022 - so the problem appears to be more widespread than initially thought. https://my.chevrolet.com/how-to-support/safety/boltevrecall https://my.chevrolet.com/how-to-support/safety/boltevrecall