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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

one sets itself on fire over and over thousand of times a minute, using the explosive force to spin wheels.

The other doesn't.

They are dissimilar in this regard.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course, but we're talking safety here. The claim is that ICE vehicles are less safe than EVs. I'm wondering how that is since all of the safety features will be essentially the same.

If you're saying one has a higher risk of fire injury I'd love to see the stats on that as fires for either type are pretty rare.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Every study has concluded that EV's catch fire at a rate orders of magnitude lower than ICE vehicles. That's a rate, so it takes into account the disparity in numbers of vehicles between ice and ev's

It's pretty easy to look up, even the slop machines give the right answer.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Again, talking about safety, not fires. Not only does number of fires not necessarily mean more dangerous: the fires could be on average smaller and/or easier to escape from, or maybe they tend to happen while unoccupied (block heater fires for example) etc. but also EVs could be more dangerous in other ways (they are heavier so maybe harder to avoid certain types of incidents?) so it'd be a wash even though they're less likely to burn.

Additionally, rates are a better way of looking at these things I agree, but ignoring sample size and use case can miss part off the story. That might not be free case here, it's just worth keeping in mind.