>statistics are on my side as far as the chances of my car going up in flames Sure they are. If statistics weren't at least slightly on your side that would me

>statistics are on my side as far as the chances of my car going up in flames Sure they are. If statistics weren't at least slightly on your side that would mean that roughly half (or more) of these were catching fire. In most equipment safety issues I can think of the statistics of something going wrong are always on your side. A more comprehensive approach is probably risk/reward. How much will it cost to get rid of the car early? What is my liability if the car catches fire and data logs show I drove the car down to a 65 mile range a few times? Would Chevy still replace it? Am I liable if such a fire caused damage to someone else's property? What if the parking deck where I work doesn't have an open-air top floor to park on? What if I don't have anywhere near my house where I can park 50 feet away from other vehicles? For the same reason, if I owned a Tesla I'd probably turn off all self-driving options except maybe lane assist. Though I wouldn't buy a Tesla or other EV quite yet either-- I'd like things like battery safety to get more mature. It's not even just manufacturing, but also car accidents: EV battery fires can ramp up faster than those from an ICE. On the other hand, there's promising tech on the horizon that works around some of these things: https://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/ev-battery-fires/ https://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/ev-battery-fires/. When I had to buy a new car recently I ultimately decided against an EV [1] but I expect that may change by the time I buy my next car. [1] Not just tech maturity, but for a variety of reasons. Not least of which is that where I live electricity is almost exclusively generated by fossil fuels anyway, including coal, with an overall efficiency that isn't much different than a new car w/ average gas mileage. Add to that the efficiency loss of translating grid power into EV motive power...