Tesla fire
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Clem72
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Funny, every single study I have seen (I read Ars Technica, they run a LOT of EV stories) shows the exact opposite to be true. So do you have any facts, or are you just stating a "gut feeling" as fact (probably because ICE vehicle fires never make anything but the local news).
Heres a recent article (the first result from google) that shows with Tesla it's literally 10x less often than the standard for ICE vehicles.
Fires are less frequent in Teslas and other EVs vs. gas vehicles
Electric vehicle fires are less frequent—although a number of factors can lead to a different (false) impression.
glhs837
Power with Control
So, looking at that car, and the fact that she uprooted a tree and smashed into some "landscape boulders", I'm going to assign a +90% probability to her dying from impact, not from the fire.
Nice thing about battery fires, other than those that happen as a result of a 100mph crash, is that they start small and give you plenty of time before they get big enough to cause an issue.
Nice thing about battery fires, other than those that happen as a result of a 100mph crash, is that they start small and give you plenty of time before they get big enough to cause an issue.
good on you, but I don’t recall seeing this many fire stories on other cars.Funny, every single study I have seen (I read Ars Technica, they run a LOT of EV stories) shows the exact opposite to be true. So do you have any facts, or are you just stating a "gut feeling" as fact (probably because ICE vehicle fires never make anything but the local news).
Heres a recent article (the first result from google) that shows with Tesla it's literally 10x less often than the standard for ICE vehicles.
Fires are less frequent in Teslas and other EVs vs. gas vehicles
Electric vehicle fires are less frequent—although a number of factors can lead to a different (false) impression.www.greencarreports.com
Matter fact I can’t remember one fire on any vehicle I owned, family-owned, or any friends cars. So if they’re happening 10 times greater then electric cars there certainly keeping a secret.
glhs837
Power with Control
You have but to look. This was google for "car fire maryland". Was a car fire here in LP City this week even, I think. See, car fires are so common it's only local news.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Firefighters Respond to Car Fire in ....
Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway with fire showing from the engine compartment.
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3 days ago
Maryland State Police deputies rescue two men from Bel Air ...
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BEL AIR — On Saturday, two Maryland State Police troopers rescued two men from a car fire following a crash at the intersection of Bel Air...
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5 days ago
Troopers rescue 2 men from car fire, crash in Harford County
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Maryland State Police said Trooper 1st Class Jack Hadley and Trooper 1st Class Stanley Gustaitis were in the area of the 2800 block of Belair...
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1 week ago
Woman found dead in burning car near Baltimore’s Leakin Park on Sunday morning was shot, police say
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Police have classified her death as a homicide. Advertisement. Just after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, the city fire department responded to...
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2 weeks ago
Clem72
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Gee, I wonder what the point of the article I posted was. Might be they were talking about exactly why EV fires are covered in the news and regular car fires are not. But don't bother trying to read or anything.
And when you are talking about a 1 in 2000 or so odds in any given year (for ICE vehicle), even if you are just counting your closest 100 friend's vehicles, you would only see one catch on fire once every 20 years.
That said, in my life I have witnessed at least a dozen cars on fire. But I used to drive 40-60k miles a year.
Again, good on both of you.
Buy all the electric vehicles you want. I’m not saying you can’t.
I’ll buy the first bag of marshmallows to give you.
Jesus Christ! I must’ve touch the ****ing nerve.
I’ll send you hurt feelings report you can fill out and send to my boss.
Buy all the electric vehicles you want. I’m not saying you can’t.
I’ll buy the first bag of marshmallows to give you.
Jesus Christ! I must’ve touch the ****ing nerve.
I’ll send you hurt feelings report you can fill out and send to my boss.
glhs837
Power with Control
Again, good on both of you.
Buy all the electric vehicles you want. I’m not saying you can’t.
I’ll buy the first bag of marshmallows to give you.
Jesus Christ! I must’ve touch the ****ing nerve.
I’ll send you hurt feelings report you can fill out and send to my boss.
It's funny cuz you're the only one saying Jesus effing Christ. We're just providing data that that rebuts your anecdotal conclusion.
I’m saying Jesus ****ing Christ because you guys are all ****ing wound up over an observation.
glhs837
Power with Control
I’m saying Jesus *ing Christ because you guys are all *ing wound up over an observation.
Not sure you how you get "wound up", but sure...
My point was that your failure to know about fires doesn't mean they don't happen.Is a thing a secret simply because you don't know about it? Got me... You almost sound like a democrat.. "My minds made up, dont bother me with facts"
Absolutely. If I don’t hear about it it doesn’t happen.Not sure you how you get "wound up", but sure...
Is a thing a secret simply because you don't know about it? Got me... You almost sound like a democrat.. "My minds made up, dont bother me with facts"
Clem72
Well-Known Member
Not sure you how you get "wound up", but sure...
Is a thing a secret simply because you don't know about it? Got me... You almost sound like a democrat.. "My minds made up, dont bother me with facts"
Cut him some slack, he's just upset that he can't afford these cars so he rags on them like the dweeb who hates on the cheerleaders.
Grumpy
Well-Known Member
Yep. Never discuss religion.let that be a lesson to you, young man
Wait! There's cheerleaders?!
glhs837
Power with Control
Or facts, evidently
TPD
the poor dad
It's not just Tesla batteries that catch fire. Looks like I'm not getting that new Bentley my wife ordered for me for Christmas.
"A ship carrying around 4,000 vehicles, including Porsches, Audis and Bentleys, that caught fire near the coast of the Azores will be towed to another European country or the Bahamas, the captain of the nearest port told Reuters on Friday.
Lithium-ion batteries in the electric cars on board the vehicle carrier Felicity Ace have caught fire and the blaze requires specialist equipment to extinguish, Capt. Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Hortas said.
It was not clear whether the batteries first sparked the fire.
"The ship is burning from one end to the other … everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Cabecas said."
"A ship carrying around 4,000 vehicles, including Porsches, Audis and Bentleys, that caught fire near the coast of the Azores will be towed to another European country or the Bahamas, the captain of the nearest port told Reuters on Friday.
Lithium-ion batteries in the electric cars on board the vehicle carrier Felicity Ace have caught fire and the blaze requires specialist equipment to extinguish, Capt. Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Hortas said.
It was not clear whether the batteries first sparked the fire.
"The ship is burning from one end to the other … everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Cabecas said."
glhs837
Power with Control
Yeah, its sort of funny. The ship is on fire, and nobody can say if the cars started it. Now, if you Google search "car carrier fire" and exclude Feb of this year, heres what you get. Seems its not uncommon for these ships to catch fire.