Uhhhh, I think you need to check your math there. 2000 out of 800,000 is 0.25% or 1 in 400. And while that’s not high as a generality, when it comes to selling a product, especially an expensive car, that’s pretty high.
For US electric vehicles, yes. And for most other nations, as your article notes. China is the exception, it seems, with much higher rates of fires occurring.
Good point! Now I’m the one who can’t math. :P Though your source doesn’t seem to mention the cause of the fires? I would assume the batteries, but involved in a fire can be vague. Same for the gasoline vehicles.
Meanwhile, the original source I have was fires just from the manufacturing of the cars, so not even including the numbers for the vehicles sold themselves.
Look, I understand you’re trying to feel like you’re right but you should just accept that compared to gas cars there’s pretty much nothing to worry about, people are freaking out because EV cars are the new thing but the stats are pretty clear, gas cars fires just don’t get as much coverage because gas cars are the norm.
Eh, I wouldn’t say there’s nothing to worry about: Worry about taking good care of your batteries is wise. So is avoiding cheap shoddy batteries and bikes that don’t have any protections built in.
Take care of your batteries: Don’t charge them when frozen, avoid extreme heat, protect them from impact/damage, and regularly inspect both your battery and bike’s systems to keep yourself (and your bike) safe.
That said, yeah, cars are still way more dangerous statistically speaking even when only talking about fires.
Uhhhh, I think you need to check your math there. 2000 out of 800,000 is 0.25% or 1 in 400. And while that’s not high as a generality, when it comes to selling a product, especially an expensive car, that’s pretty high.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/environment-energy-coordination/climate-matters/EV-less-fire-risk#:~:text=Data from the National Transportation,fires for every 100%2C000 sold.
For US electric vehicles, yes. And for most other nations, as your article notes. China is the exception, it seems, with much higher rates of fires occurring.
The numbers you provided are lower…
Good point! Now I’m the one who can’t math. :P Though your source doesn’t seem to mention the cause of the fires? I would assume the batteries, but involved in a fire can be vague. Same for the gasoline vehicles.
Meanwhile, the original source I have was fires just from the manufacturing of the cars, so not even including the numbers for the vehicles sold themselves.
Look, I understand you’re trying to feel like you’re right but you should just accept that compared to gas cars there’s pretty much nothing to worry about, people are freaking out because EV cars are the new thing but the stats are pretty clear, gas cars fires just don’t get as much coverage because gas cars are the norm.
Eh, I wouldn’t say there’s nothing to worry about: Worry about taking good care of your batteries is wise. So is avoiding cheap shoddy batteries and bikes that don’t have any protections built in.
Take care of your batteries: Don’t charge them when frozen, avoid extreme heat, protect them from impact/damage, and regularly inspect both your battery and bike’s systems to keep yourself (and your bike) safe.
That said, yeah, cars are still way more dangerous statistically speaking even when only talking about fires.
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