[mywacaday]

A few years ago we had a car fire in a multi story car park that spread and destroyed 20+ cars which caused severe structural damage resulting in the whole structure being out of use for over a year. There has been commentary about the concern with EV weight in multi storey car parks but I can't help wondering what happens with an inevitable EV lithium fire in a confined space. There is a lot edge cases I don't think have been considered yet with the rush to EVs.

[the_gastropod]

Lithium fires are a scary thing to deal with, but electric cars are something like 75x less likely to catch fire than ICE cars. [1]

Regarding weight, yes. Electric cars weigh more than comparable ICE cars. But it’s pretty rich how this is such a large concern when the target is electric vehicles, and not the ever-increasing size of vehicles (especially American) people are buying. A Nissan Leaf is still far lighter than a gas powered F-150—the top selling “car” in the US.

[1] https://www.autoweek.com/news/a38225037/how-much-you-should-...