Posted on 06/01/2024 4:43:45 PM PDT by Signalman
Flames from an electric vehicle that caught fire overnight damaged some power lines and scorched a home in the Granada Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.
The fire was reported around 2 a.m. on Rinaldi Street near Haskell Avenue.
Firefighters found flames engulfing a Mercedez-Benz, which proved to be difficult to put out.
The electrical nature of the fire made it so intense that firefighters requested additional resources, Stringer News Service KNN reported.
Flames from the burning vehicle spread to a nearby home and burned some power lines in the area. It was unclear if power was affected at any of the residences.
The cause of the fire was unknown but what appeared to be a charging chord or possibly a power line was seen draped across the front of the vehicle as it was burning.
There was no word on whether the car was charging at the time of the fire.
(photos at link)
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Like scooters, have cities and insurance companies banned electric cars from being parked indoors?
They burn a little differently. You can dump a burning EV in the water and it will burn under water.
The chances of EV fire are drastically higher by nature than an ICE car. Especially when you are talking about parked cars.
There are people here who like to claim otherwise, and they sometimes play with the numbers to try to convince people.
Massively more difficult to put out an EV fire and the environmental damage is horrendous.
Does a fire caused by an EV count toward one’s carbon footprint? ‘Cause I’m thinking that good intentions ought to count for something. Maybe just paving the aay to Hell, but if you get there in an EV, who knows. Maybe get an aisle seat, or something.
Soon enough insurance companies won’t insure EVs or accidents caused by them. That will put the stake in the heart of this blood sucking vampire.
One day, about 35 years ago, as I was walking down an empty street in my neighborhood, a car parked at the end of the block suddenly exploded into flames. No exaggeration. But, how often does that happen to a gas-powered car?
> Soon enough insurance companies won’t insure EVs or accidents caused by them. <
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the federal government steps in, and offers cheap EV insurance.
Gotta keep the illusion going. And if the poor Iowa farmer has to pay for it with his tax dollars, so be it.
They already cost more. I Went from a 2022 Toyota Corolla Hybrid to a 2023 Chevrolet Silverado, 3x the price, yet my insurance went down by 1/3.
EVs - 25 fires per 100,000 sold
ICE: 1530 fires per 100,000 sold
Hybrids: 3475 fires per 100,000 sold
Very rare!(/S)
Did they blame you?
And jack up the rates on ICE vehicles.
Oversized electric golf cart fanbois hardest hit......
OH NOOOOOOOOEZ !!!!!
I imagine seldom, without involving an accident involving a moving vehicle.
But it does.
In 1977 or so, a Cadillac belonging to a mob boss exploded, unoccupied, in the middle of the night and burned.
The head of the local bomb squad was friends with some of the guys that worked for me.
A few days after the explosion he dropped by to chat and was asked about it.
He said he was surprised as anyone to find it was a gas leak, with the vapors filling the passenger compartment until the electric clock set it off.
No sign of foul play.
EVs - 25 fires per 100,000 sold
ICE: 1530 fires per 100,000 sold
Hybrids: 3475 fires per 100,000 sold
= = =
Is that for the same time frame?
ICEs have been around for a lot longer time. Hybrids shorter, and probably EVs the shortest.
I would like to see time factored into these stats.
I've read in multiple places that hybrids are the worst, then gas, then BEV's (EV's based only on battery, not hybrid). That is, in terms of frequency of fires, not how hard they are to put out.
But to be honest, I'd like to look at the raw data. For example, I don't know if the gas car fires are more frequent than EV's only because there are still some decades old gas cars on the road. I'd prefer to see comparisons with same ages of cars.
it was a gas leak, with the vapors filling the passenger compartment until the electric clock set it off.
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I am skeptical.
“When and how often, by comparison, do gasoline or diesel cars go up in flames on there own?”
How often do ICE fires spontaneously ignite and sink large cargo ships? Two spontaneous EV fires doing exactly that in less than a year.
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