Do electric vehicles really catch fire more than gas cars? The data tells a very different story. Gasoline and diesel powered cars are far more likely to catch fire and burn. Yet a single EV fire gets more headlines and attention than thousands of ICE vehicle fires combined.
Source: mafco
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A single shark attack gets more headlines than a dog bite – even though dog bites (per dog/per owner) are *far* more common. Same thing.
A bit over 500 EV fires; globally, since 2014.
Over 170,000 ICEV fires; in 2024, in just the USA
Headlines and media reports are prompted by the impossible extinguishing of EV fires.
I think the problem is an unexpected issue in the battery and then a horrific fire…. while its sitting in your garage. That is more common with electric cars (still crazy rare), but it happens and it burns people’s houses down and its shitty/
Man bites dog. If it’s being reported it’s because it isn’t common.