Report Reveals Reality Of Electric Vehicle Battery Fires: 'The Media Don't Treat EVs And ICEs With Equal Footing'

26 Dec 2023 | Abstracted from The Cool Down

"National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [show] that 1,530 fires were reported for every 100,000 cars sold with an internal combustion engine. Meanwhile, for every 100,000 EVs sold, only 25 fires were reported."

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