| At this point all we know is that EVs catch fire much less than ICE vehicles: https://thedriven.io/2023/05/16/petrol-and-diesel-cars-20-ti... > Only 23 fires were reported in electric vehicles in 2022 making up just 0.004% of Sweden’s fleet of 611,000 EVs. > In contrast, over the same period, some 3,400 fires we reported in 2022 from Sweden’s 4.4 million petrol and diesel cars representing 0.08% of the fossil car fleet. > This means that in 2022 a petrol or diesel car in Sweden was around 20 times more likely to catch fire than an electric vehicle. > Furthermore, fires in electric cars are declining. The MSB says the number of fires in electric cars has been around 20 a year over the last three years, although the number of electric cars over that tie has almost doubled. Presumably, this is due to EV makers improving fire suppressing designs in newer models. I’ve not seen any stats about parked vs driving. Given that ICE car fires are exceedingly rare it’s probably worth worrying about other things. |