EV misinformation.

[lazjen (Chris)]

Good grief. Either type of vehicle on fire is extremely dangerous. There's far more carcinogenic material in the plastics burning anything else. And all types of vehicles are loaded with that.

[TrevorW]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-...ions/104391416


at the rate our Govt is going I don't foresee an ICE ban before 2100

[sharkbite]

Originally Posted by lazjen

Good grief. Either type of vehicle on fire is extremely dangerous. There's far more carcinogenic material in the plastics burning anything else. And all types of vehicles are loaded with that.

Indeed - the difference being that an on-fire ICE vehicle can be extinguished with common fire suppression tools like water or on-board extinguishers...
Battery fires cannot....water can actually make it worse...

[lazjen (Chris)]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_EOvqXdABA

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by sharkbite

Indeed - the difference being that an on-fire ICE vehicle can be extinguished with common fire suppression tools like water or on-board extinguishers...
Battery fires cannot....water can actually make it worse...

There is already a solution for this

Unfortunately Australia is still in the dark ages with many aspects of EV infrastructure and uptake.
But this discussion about the possibility of EV fires is rather asinine.
EV's are inherently safer than a car with a tank-full of highly inflammable petrochemicals and the stats prove it. (Google Ford Pinto)

Rocks also from space....no doubt some would advocate wearing of hard hats because of this dire problem