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Headlines everywhere: "The electric car battery fires!!" Even if just theoretical ones. And the inevitable drones of people commenting on those stories how hor
by sundvor 3y ago
Headlines everywhere: "The electric car battery fires!!"
Even if just theoretical ones. And the inevitable drones of people commenting on those stories how horrible EVs are.
(Even though ICEs are roughly 100x more likely to catch on fire in a crash).
It's hard to not see a certain % of that as pure astroturfing, indeed.
- rokkitmensch 3y agoEV's better be 100x difficult to light on fire, given how much of a pain they are to extinguish. I'd loved to have been a fly on the wall of the meetings where how much money to spend on reducing ignition risk was dickered out.
- abhibeckert 3y agoThey're not that hard to extinguish, you can just wait for them to stop burning on their own. Which is generally how car fires are also extinguished. The good news is EV fires take a long time to burn through the fuel, allowing anyone in the vehicle plenty of time to safely get out of the car. Sure, it's a bit annoying for the fire fighters who turn up 20 minutes later... but I think even they would rather arrive to find a burning car if it means the people who were in that car are safely watching from a distance.
- rodgerd 3y ago> They're not that hard to extinguish, you can just wait for them to stop burning on their own. Pity about the apartment building that burns down around them, eh?