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Couldn’t it just be that EVs are highly combustible and prone to spontaneous ignition? It may be that we just need better means of shipping these vehicles so th
by D13Fd 1y ago
Couldn’t it just be that EVs are highly combustible and prone to spontaneous ignition? It may be that we just need better means of shipping these vehicles so that they are less likely to catch fire in an uncontrollable way (maybe with the batteries uninstalled).
- sagarm 1y agoThe reporting of the 2022 sunken car carrier did not mention EVs, saying that only "Porches and Bentleys" were lost. Even if the cars themselves have no fuel, the ship has lots of it. https://www.reuters.com/world/us-coast-guard-responding-cargo-ship-fire-near-alaska-no-injuries-reported-2025-06-04/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us-coast-guard-responding-carg...
- rgreeko42 1y agoWhy would we want unsafe vehicles to reach consumers? Better that they don't reach the showroom if that's the case.
- audunw 1y agoNo, EVs are far less likely to spontaneous ignition than ICE cars. The statistics on this is very clear now. Depending on the source an ICE car is 10-20 times of a similar age is more likely to catch fire. Since most EVs are new I would guess the statistics is mostly applicable to fairly new cars, and so should also be applicable to brand new cars. One caveat is there may be some EVs from less reputable Chinese car companies that may fall outside these statistics, since they’ve not been sold in the countries where I’ve checked (Northern Europe and USA). Some smaller Chinese companies cut a lot of corners, and they have had an explosive growth of EV car companies.
- lupusreal 1y agoThere's a qualitative difference between a car that's likely to burn on the road when being driven, and one that's likely to burn in the middle of the night when parked in a garage attached to my house.
- mrguyorama 1y ago>one that's likely to burn in the middle of the night when parked in a garage attached to my house. ICE cars do this all the time. It doesn't make the news as much as a brand new product doing that. Granted, the "EVs are less likely to start fires" take is also misleading. It's not usually doing a "like for like" comparison, because the majority of ICE fires are in very old and poorly maintained cars. Things like wires chewed through by rats, oil leaking out of gaskets and accumulating, stupid wiring for speakers, etc. It will depend how gracefully the average EV ages when owned by the average person who ignores maintenance. Keep in mind we've had old lithium ion batteries for two decades now, and we don't see your average phone store randomly burning down. Or those kiosks you can sell absolutely clapped out, old phones to. How often do those burn down?
- lupusreal 1y agoPhones and laptops burn often enough that I am careful to never leave one unattended on a couch or bed.