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Bookmark or Share- Real stats on electric car fires? - Car Talk CommunityIt seems that every time a Tesla or other EV catches on fire, you hear about it on the news. Gasoline cars catch on fire all the time and you never hear about it. I have come across many. Just yesterday I was passing a gas station and it looked like every cop and firefighter in the city was there. Apparently a car had caught on fire at the gas pump and had just been put out when I passed by. I ...
- Electric Car Fires aren'the only ones to worry aboutFor instance, my BEV has temperature sensors and a heat pump to limit thermal runaway. The battery is also a newer version of Li-ion that is significantly less likely to experience thermal runaway. BMW had early fire problems with their BEVs, but that was a parts problem. Once the recall replaced all the malfunctioning parts, the fires ceased.
- Starting problem seems like no gas - Car Talk CommunityHello, I’m new here. I own a really nice original ’ 89 Chrysler Lebaron coupe with the 2.5 N/A, throttle body injection and 3 speed automatic. It has just over 100k miles. The car sits in the garage all the time and is not used during the winter months and is never used in the salt season. I do “try” to start it sometimes just to keep the battery up. The problem is when I want to start ...
- EV fires is hard to extinguish? - Car Talk CommunityIn fact, the data says they account for a tiny fraction of all car fires." And it’s not just that EV fires are a fraction because EVs are still a small fraction of cars on the road. Translated to rates per vehicle (see esp the KBB piece), the rates of fires are still far lower - by a long shot.
- Car fires? - General Discussion - Car Talk CommunityCar fires start for a lot of reasons, including cigarettes dropping on the seat. New cars and new furniture in homes are made with polyurethane, poly blah blah and other plastic based materials. Once these start to burn they take off. Pay attention to any burning smell, especially electrical burning smell.
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