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Ah yes. Nothing better than waking up in the morning and smelling lead, nickel and cobalt from a li-ion battery that caught fire somewhere in your neighborhood.

Ah yes. Nothing better than waking up in the morning and smelling lead, nickel and cobalt from a li-ion battery that caught fire somewhere in your neighborhood. Or in your garage.

stavros 3y ago
About the same as smelling burning tyres and diesel from a car whose tank caught fire.
- 3cats-in-a-coat 3y ago
  Not the same at all. First, a gas car doesn't simply catch fire while sitting in a dense parking lot. That's the most likely place for an EV to catch fire, as it's charging. Second, when a gas car catches fire, it's almost always after a car incident. Firefighters arrive, and put the fire out easily. Do you know what firefighters do when an EV catches fire? Nothing can stop this fire. Literally nothing. So firefighters have to evacuate everyone at least half a mile in radius. Then let it burn down. Which may take a full day. Or more. Read the protocols.
  - vel0city 3y ago
    > First, a gas car doesn't simply catch fire while sitting in a dense parking lot. What an absolute joker. https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/hyundai-kia-recall-more-vehicles-for-fire-risk-park-outside-a8815003331/ https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/hyu... https://apnews.com/article/chevy-silverado-recall-truck-fire-288058834b030c76d88153e013b687cc https://apnews.com/article/chevy-silverado-recall-truck-fire... https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/jeep-cherokee-recall-fire-risk https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/jeep-cherokee-recall-fi... https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/recall-chrysler-pacifica-fire-ris https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/recall-chrysler-pacific... https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/volkswagen-jetta-recalled-for-fire-risk-a4375024610/ https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/vol... https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/25/GM-agrees-to-recall-1984-Fieros-reimburse-repair-costs/4913564814800/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/25/GM-agrees-to-recall-... I could go on and on and on and on and on and on and on... I've owned multiple cars which have had multiple recalls for catching fire while parked. I've had multiple neighbors have house fires from parked ICE vehicles. You're massively wrong for thinking ICE vehicles don't catch fire while parked.
vel0city 3y ago
I've had several neighbors houses burn down from ICE vehicles catching fire in their garage in my life. Never an EV though. I've had multiple recalls in my ICE vehicles for catching fire while parked. Not my EV though.

Ah yes. Nothing better than waking up in the morning and smelling lead, nickel and cobalt from a li-ion battery that caught fire somewhere in your neighborhood. Or in your garage.

stavros 3y ago

About the same as smelling burning tyres and diesel from a car whose tank caught fire.

3cats-in-a-coat 3y ago
Not the same at all. First, a gas car doesn't simply catch fire while sitting in a dense parking lot. That's the most likely place for an EV to catch fire, as it's charging. Second, when a gas car catches fire, it's almost always after a car incident. Firefighters arrive, and put the fire out easily. Do you know what firefighters do when an EV catches fire? Nothing can stop this fire. Literally nothing. So firefighters have to evacuate everyone at least half a mile in radius. Then let it burn down. Which may take a full day. Or more. Read the protocols.
- vel0city 3y ago
  > First, a gas car doesn't simply catch fire while sitting in a dense parking lot. What an absolute joker. https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/hyundai-kia-recall-more-vehicles-for-fire-risk-park-outside-a8815003331/ https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/hyu... https://apnews.com/article/chevy-silverado-recall-truck-fire-288058834b030c76d88153e013b687cc https://apnews.com/article/chevy-silverado-recall-truck-fire... https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/jeep-cherokee-recall-fire-risk https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/jeep-cherokee-recall-fi... https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/recall-chrysler-pacifica-fire-ris https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/recall-chrysler-pacific... https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/volkswagen-jetta-recalled-for-fire-risk-a4375024610/ https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/vol... https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/25/GM-agrees-to-recall-1984-Fieros-reimburse-repair-costs/4913564814800/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/25/GM-agrees-to-recall-... I could go on and on and on and on and on and on and on... I've owned multiple cars which have had multiple recalls for catching fire while parked. I've had multiple neighbors have house fires from parked ICE vehicles. You're massively wrong for thinking ICE vehicles don't catch fire while parked.

vel0city 3y ago

I've had several neighbors houses burn down from ICE vehicles catching fire in their garage in my life. Never an EV though. I've had multiple recalls in my ICE vehicles for catching fire while parked. Not my EV though.