Nice to see an ICE car fire getting some media attention for a change (www.bbc.co.uk)

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It often feels like EV fires make major headlines while ICE vehicle fires go under reported despite being order of magnitude more likely and common. Nice to see an ICE vehicle fire actually making media headlines for a change.

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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

BMW just announced another fire recall.

These cars all have highly pressurized fuel systems and more and more cheap plastic parts connecting them that are designed to fail within a set number of heat cycles. When the plastic cracks, high pressure atomized fuel sprays all over a hot engine. This has been a problem for 15 years, and still plastic connectors are normal.

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