Comment on Hurricane Ian and EV FiresparentComments−theflyingelvis3yAnecdotal but on my drive home I regularly see car-b-ques of ICE cars. Not so many EVs.−rcxdude3yThere is a sampling bias there though: most cars are still ICE, so if they caught fire at the same rate you would expect the same observation.−dsfyu404ed3yYou’re using a weird definition of regular.I’ve commuted almost a million miles in my life and seen one fire and that was a garbage truck. Of the “irregular” things I’ve seen on the road fire is probably one of the least common.
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Anecdotal but on my drive home I regularly see car-b-ques of ICE cars. Not so many EVs.
There is a sampling bias there though: most cars are still ICE, so if they caught fire at the same rate you would expect the same observation.
You’re using a weird definition of regular.
I’ve commuted almost a million miles in my life and seen one fire and that was a garbage truck. Of the “irregular” things I’ve seen on the road fire is probably one of the least common.