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Re:Electric vehicle battery causes fire at Sydney Airport, d... by tempaway12641 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @06:33AM (#37479027)
No, EVs have far fewer fires. e.g: https://evse.com.au/blog/electric-vehicle-fires/

But it might be fair to say that when there _is_ an EV fire, its a bit harder to deal with

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Re:Electric vehicle battery causes fire at Sydney Airport, d... by ilyt on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @06:50AM (#37479154)
The EVs are also much newer on average. There is many old ICEs in shit state driving around
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Re:Electric vehicle battery causes fire at Sydney Airport, d... by mrmlz on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @06:52AM (#37479167)
"bit harder" is a bit (haha) of an understatement.
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