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Re:In California, Car Buyers Are Choosing Electric over Gaso... by rbliss on Monday August 07, 2023 @10:43AM (#37035143)
The spat of news stories about electric car fires tends to be news sensationalism rather than the reality of residential fires.

By far, residential fires are started by cooking, home heating, malfunctioning electric wiring or lighting. Stuff you’ve already been living with for a long time!

Best thing to do is make sure your smoke alarms are working, regularly tested, and have an evacuation plan, practiced with your family.

See: https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-medi...

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Re:In California, Car Buyers Are Choosing Electric over Gaso... by giardini on Monday August 07, 2023 @12:20PM (#37036526)
Problem with EV car fires is putting them out!

Once auto and home insurance companies figure out the risks involved, they'll raise auto and home insurance prices accordingly. We'll see:

- EV fire in a condo - destroys entire condo building. Requires 4 hours of fire department coverage.

- ICE fire in a condo - partially burns a single unit. Put out in 20 minutes by fire department.

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Re:In California, Car Buyers Are Choosing Electric over Gaso... by timbit42 on Monday August 07, 2023 @03:11PM (#37039349)
"destroys entire condo building". Doubt.
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