Electric Vehicles Not Guilty Of Excess Short-Term Fire Risk Charges

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location after a fire broke out late on July 25, 2023, killing one crew member, and prompting a massive effort to extinguish the flames. A cargo ship that caught fire off the Dutch coast with hundreds of electric cars on board is being towed to port on August 3, 2023 as the flames appear to have been extinguished, officials said. / Netherlands OUT Electric vehicle cognoscenti can breathe a sigh of relief.

The media has also shown some scary-looking fires started by electric scooters parked overnight indoors. This highlights another problem arising from poor quality cells used on these very cheap vehicles entering thermal runaway. “Tesla has reported that between 2012 and 2021 there was approximately one Tesla vehicle fire for every 210 million miles travelled. This includes fires that did not originate in the vehicle, like arson, structure fires etc. According to the National Fire Protection Association, the national average in the U.S. was one fire per 19 million miles travelled. This suggests Tesla’s EVs are 11 times less likely to catch fire than the average car,” Edmondson said.

 

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