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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Oh...pleeease. What a load of BS.
While the EV stats are a little tricky to nail down: until 2023, in Australia only two EV's caught fire,
and they were in a building that burnt down....i.e building burnt the car, not the other way around.
Of the two more recent actual car fires in 2024, both had damage to their battery packs. Lord knows what standards might apply in the ROC but I'd wager
the computer generated voiceover and dramatic vision in your link wasn't created with objectivity in mind. 
No undamaged EV has spontaneously caught on fire in Australia.
Exhibit A: Attached are the Fire & Rescue NSW official Stats on car fires.
Near enough 24,000 cars have gone up in smoke since 2015 (about 60 a week)
in that entire time just two were EV's.
As to why this astounding anomaly exists, you might want to take a remedial chemistry class on
exothermic reactions and petrochemicals. 
Better still.... lean down next to an active EV charger plug and light up a smoke (I know smoking is bad for your health, but stick with me on this)
Then repeat, while leaning down next to the fumes coming from your petrol bowser when you next fill your ICE vehicle.  |
As I said in my earlier post. When you crunch the numbers, EVs are 83 times LESS likely than ICE vehicles to catch fire.
I keep these numbers up my sleeve ready to challenge the dinner party conversations when the misinformation rears its ugly head.