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Clickbaity title - is there any evidence that EVs go on fire more frequently than ICE cars?

by AdamN 3y ago

bluescrn 3y ago
Not a normal 'EV catches fire' story. This is about an EV battery pack that was for some reason detached from the vehicle. In a car park.
- TheHappyOddish 3y ago
  At a major international airport.
tempaway12641 3y ago
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- ilyt 3y ago
  The EVs are also much newer on average. There is many old ICEs in shit state driving around
- mrmlz 3y ago
  "bit harder" is a bit (haha) of an understatement.
dijit 3y ago
It's not clickbait, it's statement of fact. "Thing happened" doesn't necessarily need to be qualified. However something to rememeber about headlines: people report on things which are noteworthy (or aligned with propaganda, but let's stick with the former). Therefore, things happening that are reported by the news as a singular occurrence are, in reality, relatively rare. This is why in a place like Coventry (where I am from) there is a really serious amount of crime (violence against people is third highest per capita in the UK) but stabbings never get reported in the newspaper, unless it was a young child or a mother or something else notable. In London, where crime is significantly lower (violent crime per capita is about 50% of what it is in Coventry), stabbings are reported much more frequently in the news. That something is reported can be a sign that it's not ubiquitous.
- lol768 3y ago
  > This is why in a place like Coventry (where I am from) there is a really serious amount of crime (violence against people is third highest per capita in the UK) but stabbings never get reported in the newspaper, unless it was a young child or a mother or something else notable. > violent crime per capita is about 50% of what it is in Coventry Wood End doing most of the heavy lifting there..?
  - dijit 3y ago
    Weird to see people living in my home town here, looks like you're also into security and IRC. I wonder if there's something about the city that causes this. :D Actually statistically Wood End does not appear more violent than anywhere else: https://crimerate.co.uk/west-midlands/coventry https://crimerate.co.uk/west-midlands/coventry However... when I was a teenager the police intentionally did not go there on patrol and there was a general tone across the city amongst people of: "don't talk to the police". People would pridefully talk about not being "a grass"[0]- so, those statistics should be taken with a pinch of salt. Nonetheless, it's obvious that violent crime (even reported) is more rampant than the average and it is rarely commented on in regional or national news. Which I infer is because it is so common and therefore not noteworthy/newsworthy. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(informant)#:~:text=In%20the%20British%20criminal%20world,mass%20trials%20at%20the%20time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(informant)#:~:text....

Clickbaity title - is there any evidence that EVs go on fire more frequently than ICE cars?

by AdamN 3y ago

Clickbaity title - is there any evidence that EVs go on fire more frequently than ICE cars?

Not a normal 'EV catches fire' story. This is about an EV battery pack that was for some reason detached from the vehicle. In a car park.

TheHappyOddish 3y ago
At a major international airport.

tempaway12641 3y ago

[dead]

ilyt 3y ago
The EVs are also much newer on average. There is many old ICEs in shit state driving around
mrmlz 3y ago
"bit harder" is a bit (haha) of an understatement.

dijit 3y ago

It's not clickbait, it's statement of fact. "Thing happened" doesn't necessarily need to be qualified. However something to rememeber about headlines: people report on things which are noteworthy (or aligned with propaganda, but let's stick with the former). Therefore, things happening that are reported by the news as a singular occurrence are, in reality, relatively rare. This is why in a place like Coventry (where I am from) there is a really serious amount of crime (violence against people is third highest per capita in the UK) but stabbings never get reported in the newspaper, unless it was a young child or a mother or something else notable. In London, where crime is significantly lower (violent crime per capita is about 50% of what it is in Coventry), stabbings are reported much more frequently in the news. That something is reported can be a sign that it's not ubiquitous.

lol768 3y ago
> This is why in a place like Coventry (where I am from) there is a really serious amount of crime (violence against people is third highest per capita in the UK) but stabbings never get reported in the newspaper, unless it was a young child or a mother or something else notable. > violent crime per capita is about 50% of what it is in Coventry Wood End doing most of the heavy lifting there..?
- dijit 3y ago
  Weird to see people living in my home town here, looks like you're also into security and IRC. I wonder if there's something about the city that causes this. :D Actually statistically Wood End does not appear more violent than anywhere else: https://crimerate.co.uk/west-midlands/coventry https://crimerate.co.uk/west-midlands/coventry However... when I was a teenager the police intentionally did not go there on patrol and there was a general tone across the city amongst people of: "don't talk to the police". People would pridefully talk about not being "a grass"[0]- so, those statistics should be taken with a pinch of salt. Nonetheless, it's obvious that violent crime (even reported) is more rampant than the average and it is rarely commented on in regional or national news. Which I infer is because it is so common and therefore not noteworthy/newsworthy. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(informant)#:~:text=In%20the%20British%20criminal%20world,mass%20trials%20at%20the%20time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(informant)#:~:text....