Scomo got elected a few times so I’m not exactly impressed by at least half of Australia.
Electric vehicle myths: almost half of Australians wrongly believe EVs are more likely to catch fire, survey shows
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to news@aussie.zone
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SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
tehWrapper@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
More likely to burn hotter and for way longer, but maybe not more…
zurohki@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yeah, but EVs don’t go fwoosh like a petrol car with a burst fuel tank in movies. You just… get out of the car and leave it to the fire fighters.
SawNee@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
And the chemicals are far more (or less) toxic.
No1@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
The best info I’ve seen are a couple of studies out of Europe that showed ICE (gas/petrol) cars were at least 10 to 20 times more likely to catch on fire than EVs.
And the only info I’ve seen on hybrid cars said they were twice as likely to catch fire than ICE cars.
naught101@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why wouldn’t you just provide the links yourself, if you know where it is? Search is garbage these days.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Excluding the cars that ketamine built, it is my understanding that an electric car may not be as easy to catch on fire, but once an electric car is burning, they’re quite difficult to put out, because a lithium battery fire is no fucking joke.
Longpork3@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
From a consumer perspective, it’s pretty irrelevent. If a car catches fire, it’s a write-off anyway. The only difference is how long it takes firefighters to extinguish what used to be a car once they arrive.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I mean call me a filthy society-liking socialist but I don’t really like to operate in a “pssh, that’s the fire department’s problem” kind of mode.
Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well we are talking about Australia here, lots of weird shit, like a turtle that breathes though it’s butt. A cassowary, basically a velociraptor. Saltwater crocs. Animals that exist to to fuck you up. Having to extend the UV and need to 17, because saying it’s 12+ everywhere isn’t enough. I can completely understand how an Australian might thing a EV would just burst in to flames, it’s probably the least weird thing they have experienced that day
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
People in other countries sure have some funny ideas about Australia.
Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Are you telling me you don’t ride around in kangaroo pouches?
imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Not all EVs, just Teslers