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Old 02-01-2023, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Nobuddy View Post
To be fair, the fire statistics I have seen are fires per 100,000 vehicles. For whatever reasons, ICE burn about 10 times as frequently as battery electric vehicles. Hybrids are even worse. I suppose because they have both systems to fail and it all crammed together.
To be fair, what is the total amount of damage on an ICE vehicle vs an EV?

Many ICE fires be put out with a simple fire extinguisher.

Basically, talking about an ICE car fire vs an EV car fire is like comparing apples and oranges.