While this data from EV Firesafe in Australia found that EVs are 80x less likely to set on fire

It would be helpful if articles about EVs and fires included this kind of context

Would help make them less ill-informed and scaremongery

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t.co/iZdGoHcAb7

Also, the article makes no reference to the fact that EVs are MUCH less likely to catch fire than petrols or diesels

For example, data from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency found that EV fires are 20x less likely to happen than ICE car fires

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t.co/1eoOEuSj2B

Taking the figures quoted in this article, and UK Motorparc data from the SMMT, it's very easy to quickly work out that, in 2022, there were 19.7 EV fires for every 100,000 EVs

In 2024, that figure had dropped to 17

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t.co/wZ5ABM133z

Taking the figures quoted in this article, and UK Motorparc data from the SMMT, it's very easy to quickly work out that, in 2022, there were 19.7 EV fires for every 100,000 EVs

In 2024, that figure had dropped to 17
t.co/wZ5ABM133z

ah, I remember doing Drum and Bass on a bike at Silverstone in my British Cycling days!

A great day out