Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 03:50:12 +0000
We’ve all heard it — OMG, EVs/lithium fire danger is SO REAL. Is it, though? If you believe the memes you get from “friends” who try to deter you from driving an EV, it might seem like a big deal. Well, interestingly enough, some data from federal recalls, the Federal … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:20:37 +0000
There were 209,500 vehicle fires in 2020 in the United States, and 630 civilian deaths from those fires.
Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 11:42:27 +0000
The arena is all set up, the audience is excited, and the Tesla Model S starts its short run — hits a boulder, rolls over — a few seconds go by and flames start to erupt from the vehicle’s floor, where the battery pack is installed. Applause. Firefighters arrive at the scene — cut! But […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 17:10:54 +0000
A recent Facebook share by a frenemy of mine inspired me to look more closely at electric vehicle fires. Here is the post: “So if one is involved in a crash, and people are trapped inside, the fire brigade has to isolate the battery before they cut into the car… So the problem with crashing […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:06:59 +0000
There has been a video making the rounds on Twitter of a Porsche Taycan that exploded in Florida. There isn’t any known cause of the explosion
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 04:57:20 +0000
Reports that a Tesla caught fire and that led to a massive fire in a parking garage in Norway are untrue. The fire actually started in a 2005 Opel diesel.