Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107]

How Much Should You Worry About EV Fires?

04 Oct 2022 | Abstracted from Autoweek

"A better way of looking at electric vehicle fires is to compare the number of fires per 100,000 vehicles sold...hybrid vehicles had the most fires per 100,000 sales at 3474.5. There were 1529.9 fires per 100k for gas vehicles and just 25.1 fires per 100k sales for electric vehicles.

"...reason why it's easy to think that electric car fires are so common is because...News and media outlets report on electric car fires more often."

ADDITIONAL RELATED NEWS LINKS

• GM Bets on CATL LFP Batteries for New Bolt EV: What It Means for Safety and Cost


• Driver Grateful For Her Tesla Electric Car in Flood Waters, But It's Not a Boat


• CPSC Confirms Presence of 180 Explosive and Deadly E-Bikes in the US, Sold on Amazon


• Porsche Halts Sale Of Electric Vehicle Over Fears Its Battery Will Catch Fire


• Proposed Federal Regulation Change Could Reduce E-Bike Inventory Value


• Hyundai Unleashes Revolutionary EV Battery Tech: Astonishingly Snuffs Out Blazes Before They Detonate, Igniting Hope and Curiosity


• Korean Scientists Make Battery Breakthrough That Could Deliver Game-Changing Performance For Future Electric Vehicles


• Judge Rules Nine Major Oil Companies Lied To The Public About Their Deadly Impacts: "Fraudulent Marketing Scheme"


• New EV Batteries Are Making Electric Cars Cheaper And Safer


• Scientists Troubled After Analyzing Waters Of Catastrophic Off-Shore Oil Spill Decade Later: "There Has Been This Massive Quieting"