THE electric cars may ignite. Nothing new yet. But when it does happen, it’s a topic that gets a crowd going and gets a lot of ink.
But these unexpected fires raise obvious questions. Do electric cars often catch fire? Are they more prone to fires than locomotives?
Much less likely to catch fire
Very detailed article with Guardian tried to see things more clearly. The result? It turns out that electric vehicles are actually much less likely to catch fire than other conventional internal combustion vehicles.
” All the evidence shows that electric cars are much less likely to catch fire than their gasoline equivalents“, – explains Colin Walker, head of the transport department of the research center Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit. ” Numerous fires in gasoline or diesel cars are simply not reported. »
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The magazine compiled a list of data from several countries, including Norwaywhere simply the highest concentration of electric cars in the world, Australia and finally the world fleet You are here. In any case, the numbers are convincing. Electric cars there would be much less chance of catching fire than petrol or diesel cars. Phew!
The Swedish Emergency Management Agency released the following figures: in 2023 they were 3.8 fires per 100,000 cars electric or hybrid in 2022, compared to 68 fires per 100,000 vehicles across all fuels. However, these latest data include arson, making comparisons less relevant.
The internet is to blame
Why do fires occur? electric cars will they be more common than internal combustion vehicles?
The reason is obvious: videos circulating on social networks showing burning battery vehicles are often shocking. In fact, models of lithium most likely will explode quite strongly. Due to the chemistry of batteries, these fires are more dangerous than traditional thermal models.
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Source: Auto Plus
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