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Pretty much everything you've outlined is an irrational fear. ICEVs catch fire a lot, it's just not reported because it's not news. https://www.nfpa.org/-/med
by cptskippy 4y ago
Pretty much everything you've outlined is an irrational fear.
ICEVs catch fire a lot, it's just not reported because it's not news.
https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/News-and-Research/Fire-statistics-and-reports/US-Fire-Problem/osvehiclefires.pdf https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/News-and-Research/Fire-st...
> The others are range anxiety, energy storage portability and battery replacement costs.
Unless you frequently take long road trips, range anxiety isn't a thing for 200+ mile EVs. Batteries in EVs are currently warrantied for mileage far beyond the distances that most ICE owners drive their cars during it's usable life.
The horror stories you hear about people having to pay to replace batteries are usually because they failed to do something like have proper insurance.
> If I run out of gas on the side of the highway
Do you often run out of gas on the side of the highway and need AAA to deliver you gas? I have never in my life run out of gas.