Oh, I assumed from driving through a red at speed, and then immediately bursting into fire. I should have noticed people managed to get out before burning to death.
Across recent 2023–2025 analyses, battery-electric vehicles see roughly 25 fires per 100,000 vehicles, while gasoline cars average around 1,500 fires per 100,000 vehicles. That’s roughly 60 times fewer fires for EVs.
chances of bursting into flames in an ICE car are much higher, but reporting on that would not collect eyeballs so EV headlines are what we end up reading. Capitalism bias.
That smoke is from the chemical reaction that deploys the air bags (Which likely just denied a few people a Darwin award). That said it’s also really awful to breath in, and the engine is likely still a fire risk.
The red car was tesla?
No. Ford Fusion.
Oh, I assumed from driving through a red at speed, and then immediately bursting into fire. I should have noticed people managed to get out before burning to death.
https://recharged.com/articles/ev-fire-risk-statistics-vs-gas-car/
chances of bursting into flames in an ICE car are much higher, but reporting on that would not collect eyeballs so EV headlines are what we end up reading. Capitalism bias.
Ha! Most likely that is dust from the airbags.
That smoke is from the chemical reaction that deploys the air bags (Which likely just denied a few people a Darwin award). That said it’s also really awful to breath in, and the engine is likely still a fire risk.