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by 1stranger 1523 days ago
Because an ICE vehicle has never caught fire.
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ceejayoz 1523 days ago
Electric cars are a bit harder to extinguish.

https://www.motor1.com/news/315476/bmw-i8-fire-reponse-nethe...

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sithadmin 1523 days ago
ICE vehicle fires are a lot less scary than lithium fires.
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jacquesm 1523 days ago
That's true, but they are plenty scary and they can happen really fast as well. From 'everything fine' to 'inferno' in less than 10 seconds.
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epgui 1523 days ago
Good point (I'm personally on your side), but what is needed from both EV-cautionary and ICE-cautionary commenters is some odds ratio or data on both, rather than impressionistic and qualitative quips about either.
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