[DoughtyOne]

There were 174,000 vehicle fires in 2021.

EVs were not a big number of those vehicles.

Looking back to the 1980s, there were upwards of 450,000 vehicle fires per year. LINK

[kosciusko51]

And how many of those automobiles caught fire by getting wet?

[Revel]

EV’s are still a tiny fraction of total cars.

[Revel]

That is .06 percent of all registered cars. Not counting all those sitting in back yards garages and junkyards. What is the percentage of EV’s catching fire?

[Dr. Sivana]

There were 174,000 vehicle fires in 2021.

I have had two such fires. The first was a 1973 Dodge Dart with a weak oil pump. Things got too hot, small fire in engine, block cracked, but the rest of the car was okay as gas tank was in rear. Threw in a used slant-six for $300 and was riding again.

The second fire was a Grand Marquis, also under the hood. I was warned there were engine issues and was pondering a rebuild of the 4.6. No overheating, but smoke started coming into the cabin. It was early AM, and I was in a store parking lot, someone called the fire department, but eventually the whole car caught fire, with flames shooting 30 feet high. The car was a burned out husk.

Both cars were older and had known issues. The fires were also easy to put out.

[from occupied ga]

But were they SPONTANEOUS fires?