Reports of electric vehicle fires might lead some people to fear the growing numbers of these vehicles will increase fire risk. In fact, replacing petrol and diesel vehicles is likely to reduce it.

I thought that the media was a little over the top with reporting every electric car fire.

Little did I realise just how blown out of proportion it was:

"…electric vehicle battery fires are rare. Indeed, the available data indicate the fire risk is between 20 and 80 times greater for petrol and diesel vehicles. "

  • ephemeral_gibbon
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    6 months ago

    Maybe, but there’s still a lot of energy in them and if things go wrong that energy can be released. They’re probably an improvement but good standards of manufacturing etc. Are still important