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Re:Electric vehicle battery fires–what to know and how to react by racc1337 on Monday August 26, 2024 @05:58AM (#41355576)
"EVs were involved in approximately 25 fires for every 100,000 sold. Comparatively, approximately 1,530 gasoline-powered vehicles and 3,475 hybrid vehicles were involved in fires for every 100,000 sold."

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/environment-energy-coordinatio...

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Re:Electric vehicle battery fires–what to know and how to react by mirekrusin on Monday August 26, 2024 @06:23AM (#41355712)
Sounds like some "forgot to mention year sold/age" shenanigans.
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Re:Electric vehicle battery fires–what to know and how to react by jewayne on Monday August 26, 2024 @07:16AM (#41356057)
Yeah, there really should be something akin to human mortality risks available, but for cars. Human mortality is always divided up by age, and various car risks should also be divided up by model year.
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