• zurohki@aussie.zone
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, but EVs don’t go fwoosh like a petrol car with a burst fuel tank in movies. You just… get out of the car and leave it to the fire fighters.

    • SawNee@aussie.zone
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      10 months ago

      Nah… https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261922017548

      Highlights

      The characteristics of BEV fires is comparable with those of conventional passenger cars.

      The new combustibles in the battery pack make a minor contribution to the whole magnitude of BEV fires.

      The jet flame, caused by thermal runaway, accelerates the fire spread to other combustibles of BEVs.

      The uncertainties, induced from unforeseen thermal runaway and reignition, make a major risk to first responders.

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    10 months ago

    The best info I’ve seen are a couple of studies out of Europe that showed ICE (gas/petrol) cars were at least 10 to 20 times more likely to catch on fire than EVs.

    And the info I’ve seen on hybrid cars said they were at least twice as likely to catch fire as ICE cars.

    A simple search provides this.

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      Why wouldn’t you just provide the links yourself, if you know where it is? Search is garbage these days.

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    Well we are talking about Australia here, lots of weird shit, like a turtle that breathes though it’s butt. A cassowary, basically a velociraptor. Saltwater crocs. Animals that exist to to fuck you up. Having to extend the UV and need to 17, because saying it’s 12+ everywhere isn’t enough. I can completely understand how an Australian might thing a EV would just burst in to flames, it’s probably the least weird thing they have experienced that day