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I always thought they should only need to be safer than gas powered products, not a new standard. Let's directly compare the impact of battery incidents from E
by palijer 4y ago
I always thought they should only need to be safer than gas powered products, not a new standard.
Let's directly compare the impact of battery incidents from EVs to the impact of widespread usage of internal combustion engines through the lens of public health policy. The damage that is being done by widespread ICE vehicle usage is very well documented and a problem we need to solve.
You can't simply equate the individual vehicle safety without considering the wider public health impact inherent with ICEs.
A similar argument this reminds me of is drug contraceptives, where male contraceptives are only directly assessed in risk compared to not taking any drug, but female contraceptives are compared to the inherent dangers of a pregnancy as well, so it would be disingenuous to directly compare the risks of male to female contraceptives much the same as EVs to ICEs
- kube-system 4y agoIt’s not useful to directly compare the two, because they have very different safety concerns. Just as one example: many gasoline products have zero shipping danger because they’re shipped without gasoline in them. Furthermore, there is no dilemma between Li-Ion safety regulations and use of fossil fuels. We can use Li-Ions and require them to meet some safety regs.
- sidewndr46 4y agoI hadn't thought about that, but many engines are often shipped completely dry. No coolant, no oil, no gasoline. A ship sinks, worst case is some cast metal sitting on the bottom of the ocean.