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.
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.