“GooD LuCK WheN yOUr EV BaTTerY CaTCheS Fire” Except maths. ICE vehicles are 10X more likely to catch fire than EVs. Data from the NTSB and insurance studies show ICE vehicles have a fire incident rate of about 0.1-0.2% per year, while EVs are around 0.01-0.02%.
@TechOperator @grok - tell TechOperator which vehicle is more deadly: The Tesla Cybertruck, or The Ford Pinto.
@TechOperator Also, when an EV battery does catch fire, it takes a while to actually start burning while a gas car can be engulfed in flames in seconds, leaving you very little time to get out
@TechOperator I’ve been a cop for 28 years. I have only been to one EV fire and that was after an incredible crash. I’ve seen hundreds of I.C.E. vehicle fires.
@TechOperator According to statistics from AutoinsuranceEZ, which states that combustion engines cause 1,529.9 fires per 100,000 vehicles and electric cars only 25.1 fires
@TechOperator They are so confident in things they are wrong about.
@TechOperator It’s really just common sense if you think about it. It’s much easier to control thermal runaway when all of your cells are isolated from each other vs a single mass ready to run out the tiniest hole in the container without stopping.
@TechOperator @grok what studies does this refer to?
@TechOperator The ICE cope is real in 2025 when all you've got are 2010 talking points. 😄
@TechOperator Yes. And this doesn't even account for Tesla/EV fires caused by vandalism, sabotage, or foul play.
@TechOperator You can easily out out an ICE fire Battery fires will melt concrete.
@TechOperator cite the article and research Sometimes they use ridiculous things like "fires per 100K vehicles delivered per year" not actual fire rate.
@TechOperator Another hilarious “argument” against EVs. Tell me you don’t know what you’re talking about without telling me.
@TechOperator I've only seen one raging car fire and it was a 2000's Carolla.
@TechOperator So what you're saying is that EVs catch fire a lot. I didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up, TechOperator.
@TechOperator Yes ice cars are more likely to catch fire but they only shut the highway down for about an hour, tesla fire shuts it down most the day and leaves a crater.
@TechOperator EVs COULD BE safer still if they all used LFP battery chemistry. Performance over safety though. Safety is job number 2 when it comes to EVs.
@TechOperator What kind of AI is this picture though? 😄
@TechOperator That's not the point. EV's fires are harder to put out