It's not, many EVs intentionally heat up to over 50°C during fast charging. They also have several layers of material between the bottom of the battery and the road along with airflow across the entire area, so radiant heat isn't going to have a meaningful impact.
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There was but, from what I recall, it turned out to be a bug in the router software not counting the traffic correctly.
There was but, from what I recall, it turned out to be a bug in the router software not counting the traffic correctly.
Definitely had a chuckle at the G10 Max-Extreme prediction. 😆
You have clearly made up a narrative you want to hear, that doesn't change the statistics that clearly shows EVs are significantly less prone (~20x) to catching fire compared to internal combustion vehicles.
Tesla has sold nearly 8 million cars in total, with 3.5 million cars in 2023-2024 alone. There were 3.1 million Pintos ever produced in its 10 year run.
There are 27 fatalities linked to Pinto related fires and 83 related to Tesla fires according to your volunteer run source. The Pinto had a fatality for every 1 in 116,000 vehicles while Tesla, according to your source, has 1 in every 96,000. So the number of Tesla fire related fatalities does not "dwarf" the number of Pinto related fatalities. On top of that, a key difference is most of the Pinto fatalities were due to rear end collisions with no fault of the driver while Tesla's are much higher performance vehicles getting involved in high energy collisions due to driver (autonomous and human) errors.
Here is a list giving a different view of fatal accidents by car model. To quote the article:
“Most of these vehicles received excellent safety ratings, performing well in crash tests at the IIHS and NHTSA, so it’s not a vehicle design issue,” said Brauer. “The models on this list likely reflect a combination of driver behavior and driving conditions, leading to increased crashes and fatalities.”
That exposure, well done!
Good news is a wave of ~300,000 off lease EVs are about to hit the used market, so there might be some good deals to be had.
It is going to cause additional pain to those already tight on finances.
I been fortunate enough to be able to get a large solar array and battery storage system to pair with the EVs to help insulate against direct impacts of energy price shocks. Only good that can come is for more people with the means to start looking for more cost effective options such as heat pumps and fuel efficient cars, EVs, and public transit. Ideally it would garner more support for local renewable power generation, but the reality seems to be that some countries would rather just invade others for their oil resources.
Every vehicle I've had with an electric parking brake operated the same way. Hold the park button while moving and it starts clamping the parking brake down, let off the button and it starts to release. So you can basically PWM the parking brake in an emergency.
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Would either a code 3 or 5 match the eyewitness description? Anything that might be unique as far as how the ambulance would leave the scene between those two codes?