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Re:Federal safety agency launches probe of Tesla battery fires by imglorp on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @11:37AM (#21649354)
This is a strawman argument really: what if this very rare thing happens (battery fire), and then another really rare thing on top of that (entrapment); therefore EV bad.

Compared to flammable liquid fires at 180,000 per year, see above, which really are pretty common.

Re:Federal safety agency launches probe of Tesla battery fires by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @11:49AM (#21649475)
>Compared to flammable liquid fires at 180,000 per year,

This is a straw-man argument too. You're comparing battery fires to all vehicle fires. Ask any mechanic and they will tell you vehicle electronics systems are the primary source of crispness with stalled electric motors and rodent damage being the primary sources. Regardless of how it gets its motive power a vehicle's power-train rarely catches fire compared to other things that catch fire (which is probably in part why the NHTSA is interested in this).

Re:Federal safety agency launches probe of Tesla battery fires by hef19898 on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @11:46AM (#21649454)
No, that's classical FMEA (Failure Method Effect Analysis).
Re:Federal safety agency launches probe of Tesla battery fires by karlp on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @11:40AM (#21649382)
In case of accident, those two things would happen much frequently.