[justinlink]

This is kind of misleading. Are gasoline vehicles more fire-prone? Sure, I believe that's true if you account for all types of vehicle fires.

If your car is parked in your garage, what is more fire-prone? Your turned off gasoline vehicle, or your plugged in EV? That's where some of this concern is coming from. Is it a freak occurrence? Probably!

They need to address that issue head on, explain how rare it is or why it happens etc, rather than just claiming EVs are less fire prone then gasoline vehicles.

If you tell me tornados cause more destruction and death each year than earthquakes, does that mean we should just accept that we're lucky to have had an earthquake instead of a tornado?

[wbsss4412]

> If your car is parked in your garage, what is more fire-prone? Your turned off gasoline vehicle, or your plugged in EV?

Do you have the answer to this question?

[ianschmitz]

FWIW when renewing our home insurance they asked whether we had any EVs that charge or are parked in our garage. I’m not sure how it would have affected our premium as I don’t own an EV, but the fact that they’re even asking makes me think they must see it as an elevated risk.

[justinlink]

I don't. Nor did the study answer that question. But that's my point -- consumers need to be reassured that their EV vehicles are safe plugged in within their home while they are sleeping.

[wbsss4412]

Outside of the bolt recall, I’m unaware of there being any precedent that would be cause for such a concern.

[mdeeks]

It did happen here in the Bay Area. I’m a huge EV fan but this does concern me. My Tesla charges right under the bedroom of my two year old.

https://www.businessinsider.com/couples-tesla-caught-fire-ch...

[jka]

Do you have any affiliation or relationship with elektrek (the linked website), out of interest?

[justinlink]

Nope. Never even heard of them or their website until this article. I'm not in any industry related to EV or gasoline vehicles.