電車起火的概率遠遠低於油車
How common are these fires?
Australian firm EV FireSafe tracks passenger electric vehicle battery fires worldwide. From 2010 to June 2023, its database records only 393 verified fires globally, out of some 30 million electric vehicles on the road.
Australia recorded only four electric vehicle battery fires over the same period. One was linked to arson. The other three vehicles were parked in structures that burned down and destroyed the vehicles. So it appears these fires didn’t start in the batteries.
But electric vehicle numbers in Australia were low during this 13-year period.
Are the risks higher than for petrol or diesel cars?
As electric vehicle numbers grow, this week’s reports might lead some people to fear fire risks will increase. However, data for the past 13 years suggest quite the opposite is true as electric vehicles replace petrol and diesel vehicles.
A May 2023 report by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency found vehicles powered by internal combustion engines were 20 times more likely to catch fire than electric vehicles in Sweden.
Sweden recorded 106 fires in various electrified modes of transport in 2022. More than half were in e-scooters (38) and e-bikes (20). Out of Sweden’s 611,000 electric vehicles, 23 fires (0.004%) were reported. The fleet of 4.4 million petrol and diesel vehicles recorded 3,400 fires (0.08%).
Globally, EV FireSafe found about 0.0012% of electric passenger vehicles caught fire from 2010 to 2023. While it was difficult to find similar global statistics for petrol and diesel vehicles, EV Firesafe used a range of country reports and found a much higher 0.1% risk of catching fire. That’s more than 80 times the rate EV Firesafe found for electric vehicles.
As well as 393 verified fires worldwide, the EV Firesafe database includes 74 incidents that are being investigated and 21 that have not been verified.
A 2020 Tesla internal report (not verified independently) suggested there was one Tesla fire for every 205 million miles (330 million kilometres) travelled. The Tesla report notes National Fire Protection Association data for the United States showed a much higher rate of one fire for every 19 million miles (30.6 million kilometres).
We still have limited data on fire risk in electric vehicles, most of which are relatively new. More statistically reliable comparisons require more data over much longer time frames.
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電車技術改進的速度遠遠高於油車，所以，電車相對油車的安全性也會越來越好
最簡單的一個道理，就是你前麵沒有發動機那個大鐵塊，你活命的概率就已增加了很多！
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2018年俺買特斯拉前，對這個電車是否容易起火做了很詳細的研究，
那時就發現電車這方麵已經比油車安全多了，尤其是比寶馬同等價位的一些油車
到現在，電車的記錄（至少是特斯拉）就更好了
一龍一大特點是，對期限很鬆，可以一拖再拖；對工程技術，絕不馬虎；對不尊重科學事實的人，嫉惡如仇
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汽車公司是媒體最大的一個客戶來源，所以電車有什麽問題，媒體裏拚命宣揚；而汽車著火了，一般掩蓋不報！
你們這種人，隻會看標題，嚴重受媒體影響，最後虧的隻是自己，被燒的也是自己
