06-06-2024, 02:59 AM
Do you realise that the stats per 100 ICE vehicles include cars that have been stolen or used in some criminal activity and subsequently torched?
Also, the stats do not show how quickly the majority of ICE car fires can be extinguished because the fire is usually electrical and does not involve the source of energy, namely, the petrol tank.
I saw figures a day or so ago where 80,000 litres of water were used to contain a recent EV fire, with the risk that it could flare up again at a later stage. That water , highly contaminated, just went off into the nearest drains.
Also, the stats make no reference to the ferocity of fires with EVs caused by thermal runaway.
Finally, I read today that Greek ferries will not transport EVs unless their batteries are at less than 40 per cent charge.
Also, the stats do not show how quickly the majority of ICE car fires can be extinguished because the fire is usually electrical and does not involve the source of energy, namely, the petrol tank.
I saw figures a day or so ago where 80,000 litres of water were used to contain a recent EV fire, with the risk that it could flare up again at a later stage. That water , highly contaminated, just went off into the nearest drains.
Also, the stats make no reference to the ferocity of fires with EVs caused by thermal runaway.
Finally, I read today that Greek ferries will not transport EVs unless their batteries are at less than 40 per cent charge.